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Paste Best Horror Books of 2024

We've come to the end of another year and another 12 months of publishing that proved horror fiction's vastness, versatility, and sheer visceral power. In 2024 we saw new novels from some of the brightest minds in the genre, short fiction collections from masters and relative newcomers, marvelous debuts, established voices going deeper and darker, and so much more. It's a world of fiction impossible to boil down into just 15 titles, but I'm once again willing to try.
Here are the best horror books of 2024 (and stick around until the end for an even longer Honorable Mention list).
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Coup De Grâce (Sofia Ajram)
Coup De Grâce
1
Sofia Ajram
Not a Speck of Light: Stories (Laird Barron)
Not a Speck of Light: Stories
2
Laird Barron
A Sunny Place for Shady People (Mariana Enriquez)
A Sunny Place for Shady People
3
Mariana Enriquez
So Thirsty (Rachel Harrison)
So Thirsty
4
Rachel Harrison
House of Bone and Rain (Gabino Iglesias)
House of Bone and Rain
5
Gabino Iglesias
I Was a Teenage Slasher (Stephen Graham Jones)
I Was a Teenage Slasher
6
Stephen Graham Jones
This Wretched Valley (Jenny Kiefer)
This Wretched Valley
7
Jenny Kiefer
You Like It Darker (Stephen King)
You Like It Darker
8
Stephen King
The Haunting of Velkwood (Gwendolyn Kiste)
The Haunting of Velkwood
9
Gwendolyn Kiste
American Rapture (C.J. Leede)
American Rapture
10
C.J. Leede
Incidents Around the House (Josh Malerman)
Incidents Around the House
11
Josh Malerman
Sacrificial Animals (Kailee Pedersen)
Sacrificial Animals
12
Kailee Pedersen
All the Hearts You Eat (Hailey Piper)
All the Hearts You Eat
13
Hailey Piper
Model Home (Rivers Solomon)
Model Home
14
Rivers Solomon
Horror Movie (Paul Tremblay)
Horror Movie
15
Paul Tremblay
The Unmothers (Leslie J. Anderson)
The Unmothers
16
Leslie J. Anderson
Crypt of the Moon Spider (Nathan Ballingrud)
Crypt of the Moon Spider
17
Nathan Ballingrud
I Believe in Mister Bones (Max Booth III)
I Believe in Mister Bones
18
Max Booth III
Rest Stop (Nat Cassidy)
Rest Stop
19
Nat Cassidy
Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo (Adam Cesare)
Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo
20
Adam Cesare
Letters to the Purple Satin Killer (Joshua Chaplinsky)
Letters to the Purple Satin Killer
21
Joshua Chaplinsky
Kill Your Darling (Clay McLeod Chapman)
Kill Your Darling
22
Clay McLeod Chapman
Memorials (Richard Chizmar)
Memorials
23
Richard Chizmar
Dead Girls Don't Dream (Nino Cipri)
Dead Girls Don't Dream
24
Nino Cipri
Devils Kill Devils (Johnny Compton)
Devils Kill Devils
25
Johnny Compton
The Queen (Nick Cutter)
The Queen
26
Nick Cutter
The Black Girl Survives in This One (Various Authors)
The Black Girl Survives in This One
27
Various Authors
Cuckoo (Gretchen Felker-Martin)
Cuckoo
28
Gretchen Felker-Martin
Good Night, Sleep Tight (Brian Evenson)
Good Night, Sleep Tight
29
Brian Evenson
The House of Last Resort (Christopher Golden)
The House of Last Resort
30
Christopher Golden
No Gods, Only Chaos (L. P. Hernandez)
No Gods, Only Chaos
31
L. P. Hernandez
The Angel of Indian Lake (Stephen Graham Jones)
The Angel of Indian Lake
32
Stephen Graham Jones
The Eyes Are the Best Part (Monika Kim)
The Eyes Are the Best Part
33
Monika Kim
Pay the Piper (Daniel Kraus, George a Romero)
Pay the Piper
34
Daniel Kraus, George a Romero
This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances (Eric Larocca)
This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances
35
Eric Larocca
Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil (Ananda Lima)
Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil
36
Ananda Lima
Small Town Horror (Ronald Malfi)
Small Town Horror
37
Ronald Malfi
Woodworm (Layla Martínez)
Woodworm
38
Layla Martínez
Forgotten Sisters (Cynthia Pelayo)
Forgotten Sisters
39
Cynthia Pelayo
The Devil by Name (Keith Rosson)
The Devil by Name
40
Keith Rosson
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