Horror Book Release Dates
US release dates
These are the ones we know about.
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Contents
August 2026
| Release date | Title | Author | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Aug 2026 | Best Served Cold | Paul Kane & Marie O’Regan (editors) | Crime horror anthology |
| 25 Aug 2026 | Blood Rising Book 2 of The Blood Saga | Markus Redmond | Vampire |
| 25 Aug 2026 | Netherwood | Jake Arnott | Gothic |
| 25 Aug 2026 | Ronin | Oscar Brady | Post-apocalyptic |
| 25 Aug 2026 | The Snow Globe | William F. Gray | Supernatural |
| 25 Aug 2026 | Stinetinglers 5 Book 5 of Stinetinglers | R.L. Stine | Middle grade horror collection |
| 29 Aug 2026 | Crimson Rain | John Ashley | Vampire |
| 30 Aug 2026 | Fido | Christian Francis | Zombie horror movie novelization |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Saturday Mourning Television | Sliced Up Press | Anthology |
September 2026
| Release date | Title | Author | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Sep 2026 | All Her Beautiful Deaths | A. Rushby | Gothic |
| 1 Sep 2026 | As the Snow Gathers | Mere Joyce | Psychological |
| 1 Sep 2026 | The Crow: The Definitive History | Jeff Bond | Horror movie non-fiction |
| 1 Sep 2026 | I Hope This Email Finds You In Hell | Mackenzie Reed | Supernatural |
| 1 Sep 2026 | Zero Lives Remaining | Adam Cesare | Ghost |
| 7 Sep 2026 | Deathstalker | Bret Nelson | Dark fantasy horror movie novelization |
| 8 Sep 2026 | How to Survive Camping: The Ancient Things Book 3 of How to Survive Camping | Bonnie Quinn | Cosy summer camp |
| 8 Sep 2026 | It Pierces | Jack Finn | Folk |
| 8 Sep 2026 | A Mother’s Rage | John Evans | Revenge |
| 8 Sep 2026 | Pictures of You | Josh Malerman | Psychological |
| 8 Sep 2026 | The Quiet Resurrection of Sister Evelida Livingston | Nick Wallin | Supernatural |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 10 Things I Hate About Zombies | Hazel Graves | Zombie |
| 10 Sep 2026 | He Takes Them At Night Book 2 of The Girl Who Speaks to the Dead | Jon Colt | Paranormal |
| 15 Sep 2026 | Corpse Creek Book 3 of Bleak Haven | Vincent Ralph | Psychological |
| 15 Sep 2026 | The Final Final Girl | James Kaine | Killer |
| 15 Sep 2026 | In Their Eyes | Simon F. Godin | Psychological |
| 15 Sep 2026 | Something of a Calling | Zoje Stage | Psychological |
| 15 Sep 2026 | This Movie Doesn’t End the Way We Want | Hailey Piper | Urban legend |
| 15 Sep 2026 | The Thing on the Doorstep | Simon Birks, Willi Roberts, Rob Jones | Comic based on H.P. Lovecraft’s story of the same name |
| 22 Sep 2026 | Beasts Beyond the River | Scott Sigler | Supernatural western |
| 22 Sep 2026 | The Big Bad Book of Kaiju | Jonathan Maberry & Henry Herz (editors) | Monster horror anthology |
| 22 Sep 2026 | Crone | Keith Rosson | Supernatural |
| 22 Sep 2026 | The Diner | John Lynch | Slasher |
| 22 Sep 2026 | Dweller in Darkness | Sam Flynn | Dark fantasy |
| 22 Sep 2026 | Out of Body | Chris Vanjonack | Collection |
| 22 Sep 2026 | The Man in the Watch Still Visits Me at Night | Joshua Chaplinsky | Supernatural |
| 22 Sep 2026 | Mazywood | Tananarive Due | Psychological |
| 22 Sep 2026 | Monstrous | Bryan Smith | Cosmic |
| 22 Sep 2026 | Sometimes I Scare Myself | Jeneva Rose | Collection |
| 22 Sep 2026 | Traps and Specters | Philip Fracassi | Collection |
| 22 Sep 2026 | #VanDeath | Brian Asman | Slasher |
| 25 Sep 2026 | Etched in Ink Book 2 of The Vollmagus and The Etched | Corinne Price | Dark fantasy |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Dark Eyes | Rikki Goodwin | Supernatural |
| 29 Sep 2026 | The Man of Wind and Moss | Alex Gonzalez | Supernatural |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Nightjars | Michael Wehunt | Vampire |
| 29 Sep 2026 | The Ship of Death | Kyle Winkler | Supernatural |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Silent Nightmares | Chuck Palahniuk & Michael Bailey (editors) | Ghost horror anthology |
| 29 Sep 2026 | The Siren | Tomi Adeyemi | Dark academia |
| 29 Sep 2026 | The Sisters of Crimson House | Melissa Anderson Sweazy | Psychological |
| 29 Sep 2026 | The Unhaunting | Micaiah Johnson | Haunted house |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Whispers of the Pale Witch | S.A. Sizemore | Witch |
October 2026
| Release date | Title | Author | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2026 | Twisted Pike | David Barnett | Folk |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Amityville Awakens | Robert P. Ottone | Haunted house |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Carrying | Samantha Josephs | Psychological |
| 6 Oct 2026 | The Cracks | T.H. Huddleston | Gothic |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Interview with the Vampire: 50th Anniversary Edition | Anne Rice | Vampire |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Other Worlds Than These Book 3 of The Talisman | Stephen King & Peter Straub | Psychological |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Portrait of a Haunting | Madison Tyler Nelson | Ghost |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Saw: The Ultimate Pop-Up Book | Vance Kelly (illustrator) | Horror movie novelty book |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Sleepers in the Snow | Joanne Harris | Haunted house |
| 6 Oct 2026 | What Feeds Below | Tatiana Schlote-Bonne | YA dark fantasy |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Winter’s Teeth | R.A. Betzer | Supernatural |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Look What the Cat Dragged In | Jason Rekulak | Psychological |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Nightmare Burger | Joshua Pruett | Creature |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Phantom Limb | Brian Everson | Psychological |
| 13 Oct 2026 | The Woman of the House | Kate Mooney | Psychological |
| 15 Oct 2026 | Nordic Nightmares | Margrét Helgadóttir (editor) | Anthology |
| 20 Oct 2026 | Happy Hour | Gemma Amor | Killer |
| 20 Oct 2026 | Pretty Bird | Hilary Faktor | Cult |
| 20 Oct 2026 | The Turning of Sally-Mae | Nuzo Onoh | Supernatural |
| 20 Oct 2026 | You’re No Better | Andrew Joseph White | Coming of age |
| 27 Oct 2026 | Public Access Afterworld | Jane Schoenbrun | Supernatural |
| 27 Oct 2026 | Soulhider | Dan Aykroyd | Sci-fi |
| 30 Oct 2026 | House | Christian Francis | Haunted house horror movie novelization |
November 2026
| Release date | Title | Author | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Nov 2026 | The Disincarnates | Duncan Ralston | Supernatural |
| 3 Nov 2026 | There Are No Giant Crabs in this Novel Book 5 of John Dies at the End | Jason Pargin | Cosmic comedy |
| 3 Nov 2026 | This Never Happened | Jessica Clem | Psychological |
| 17 Nov 2026 | The Best of Marvel’s Vampire Tales, Volume One | Marvel | Vampire comics collection |
2027
| Release date | Title | Author | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan 2027 | She’s Waiting in the Corridor Book 1 of Terribilis | Acacia Daniels | Military sci-fi |
| 9 Feb 2027 | We Are Good People | Danger Slater | Comedy |
| 23 Feb 2027 | He Always Comes Back | Elle Engel | Slasher |
| 9 Mar 2027 | Ears | Stephen Graham Jones | Haunted house |
| 16 Mar 2027 | Stormraven | Kelsea Yu | Gothic |
| 23 Mar 2027 | Brute | Eric LaRocca | Splatterpunk |
| 23 Mar 2027 | Simon’s Quest | Todd Keisling | Killer |
| 11 May 2027 | The Heretics Book 2 of The Devils | Joe Abercrombie | Dark fantasy |
| 27 Jul 2027 | Can’t You See It’s Coming? | Versify | Anthology |
| 17 Aug 2027 | How to Survive Camping: The Beast Book 4 of How to Survive Camping | Bonnie Quinn | Cosy summer camp |
Updated: 22 August 2026
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