Vulture's 16 Best Horror Books of 2025 (So Far)

Neil McRobert writes: "It has been another banner year for literary horror. Somehow, as the world gets scarier, the writers penning our nightmares still manage to keep up. What follows is merely a sprinkling — a light blood spatter — of the new horror novels that kept us awake for all the right reasons this year. From techno terrors to rural cannibalism, angelic visitations to squirmy alien sex, there is something for every spooky vibe — into the Halloween season and beyond."