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Mother Horror's Top 50 Horror Books in 2025

"These 50 are from the 160 books I managed to read while also watching movies and shows, staying informed (true horror), co-owning a business, and maintaining a house and GenXer body–whew! How do we do it all, folks? I will say that this year, audiobooks changed my life." - Sadie Hartman/The Lineup
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King Sorrow (Joe Hill)
King Sorrow
1
Joe Hill
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng (Kylie Lee Baker)
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng
2
Kylie Lee Baker
To Carry a Body to Its Resting Place (C.S. Humble)
To Carry a Body to Its Resting Place
3
C.S. Humble
Junie (Erin Crosby Eckstine)
Junie
4
Erin Crosby Eckstine
The Last Witch (C.J. Cooke)
The Last Witch
5
C.J. Cooke
The Bewitching (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
The Bewitching
6
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Lamb (Lucy Rose)
The Lamb
7
Lucy Rose
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls (Grady Hendrix)
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
8
Grady Hendrix
Coffin Moon (Keith Rosson)
Coffin Moon
9
Keith Rosson
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter (Stephen Graham Jones)
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
10
Stephen Graham Jones
If You Knew Me (S P Miskowski)
If You Knew Me
11
S P Miskowski
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil (V.E. Schwab)
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
12
V.E. Schwab
Summer in the House of the Departed (Josh Rountree)
Summer in the House of the Departed
13
Josh Rountree
The Possession of Alba Díaz (Isabel Cañas)
The Possession of Alba Díaz
14
Isabel Cañas
Dumort (Michelle Tang)
Dumort
15
Michelle Tang
Tantrum (Rachel Eve Moulton)
Tantrum
16
Rachel Eve Moulton
Killer on the Road (Stephen Graham Jones)
Killer on the Road
17
Stephen Graham Jones
The Babysitter Lives (Stephen Graham Jones)
The Babysitter Lives
18
Stephen Graham Jones
The Unseen (Ania Ahlborn)
The Unseen
19
Ania Ahlborn
Nowhere (Allison Gunn)
Nowhere
20
Allison Gunn
The Women of Wild Hill (Kirsten Miller)
The Women of Wild Hill
21
Kirsten Miller
At Dark, I Become Loathsome (Eric Larocca)
At Dark, I Become Loathsome
22
Eric Larocca
Demon Song (Kelsea Yu)
Demon Song
23
Kelsea Yu
Sour Cherry (Natalia Theodoridou)
Sour Cherry
24
Natalia Theodoridou
The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery (Clarence A. Haynes)
The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery
25
Clarence A. Haynes
Honeysuckle and Bone (Trisha Tobias)
Honeysuckle and Bone
26
Trisha Tobias
The Library at Hellebore (Cassandra Khaw)
The Library at Hellebore
27
Cassandra Khaw
The Starving Saints (Caitlin Starling)
The Starving Saints
28
Caitlin Starling
Ghost Girls and Rabbits (Cassondra Windwalker)
Ghost Girls and Rabbits
29
Cassondra Windwalker
We Live Here Now (Sarah Pinborough)
We Live Here Now
30
Sarah Pinborough
Hollow (Taylor Grothe)
Hollow
31
Taylor Grothe
The Rotting Room (Viggy Parr Hampton)
The Rotting Room
32
Viggy Parr Hampton
Hellions: Stories (Julia Elliott)
Hellions: Stories
33
Julia Elliott
Portalmania (Debbie Urbanski)
Portalmania
34
Debbie Urbanski
She's a Lamb (Meredith Hambrock)
She's a Lamb
35
Meredith Hambrock
When the Wolf Comes Home (Nat Cassidy)
When the Wolf Comes Home
36
Nat Cassidy
Atlas of Unknowable Things (McCormick Templeman)
Atlas of Unknowable Things
37
McCormick Templeman
The Cold House (A. G. Slatter)
The Cold House
38
A. G. Slatter
The Butcher's Daughter (Corinne Leigh Clark & David Demchuk)
The Butcher's Daughter
39
Corinne Leigh Clark & David Demchuk
The Witch of Willow Sound (Vanessa F. Penney)
The Witch of Willow Sound
40
Vanessa F. Penney
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