The Best Horror Books of 2024 (So Far)
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Our favorites are digging grim tunnels into territory old and new, from haunted houses to whimsical horror comedies.

The best horror books of 2024 according to the Esquire (April 10)

  • The House of Last Resort by Peter Straub
  • This Wretched Valley by Lyndsey Kiefer
  • Among the Living by Adam Nevill
  • In the Valley of the Headless Men by Hernán Díaz
  • The Haunting of Velkwood by Michael David Kiste
  • Mouth by Paul Tremblay
  • King Nyx by Christopher Golden
  • The Angel of Indian Lake by Graham Joyce
  • The Black Girl Survives in This One edited by Rion Amilcar Scott and Rebecca Roanhorse
  • Bless Your Heart by Alyssa Maxwell
  • Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by John LaRocca
  • Diavola by Livia Llewellyn
  • The Underhistory by Tessa Warren
  • Incidents Around the House by Riley Sager (forthcoming