If You Loved Obsession, Read These Horror Books Next

A vivid, surreal Gothic about a queer, Latine, working class witch who sets out to rescue a bespelled heiress and loses control of her powers and her heart in the process. Riveting and richly layered, Muñeca explores how far one will go to save the person they love — even if that means damning themselves. Cynthia Gómez fills her debut novel with moments that chill your bones and warm your heart, a razor-sharp examination of deep-rooted issues that will haunt readers long after the last page is turned.

Hyper-competent Ellie thinks she’s going through perimenopause, but discovers she’s actually turning into a werewolf in this feminist, dark-comedy debut. A deeply gratifying, highly addictive, and provocative read, Femme Feral is an exhilarating expression of feminine rage, with a warning: If you swallow your anger, it’s sure to come back with a bite.

Ten years after surviving the Pine Cottage massacre, Quincy Carpenter has buried her past behind baking, medication, and a carefully controlled life. But when one “Final Girl” is found dead and another arrives at her door with dangerous secrets, Quincy must recover her lost memories and face what really happened before she becomes the next victim. “If you liked Gone Girl, you’ll like this.” —Stephen King

Newly married and pregnant, Jacy travels with her husband to his father’s remote Michigan cottage. At first, she feels welcomed, but after a health scare, concern turns to control. Watched, isolated, and haunted by family secrets, Jacy wonders if the real danger is already inside. “Beware the Woman is Rebecca wedded to The Handmaid’s Tale . . . along with the feverish psychological twists and turns that Abbott’s novels are celebrated for.” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR 

What if you could enter the mind of the person you love the most? Blisteringly smart, thought-provoking, and shocking, Immaculate Conception offers us a portrait of close friendship — achingly tender and twisted — that captures the tenuous line between love and possession that will haunt you long after you turn the final page.

When a demonic presence awakens deep in a Mexican silver mine, the young woman it seizes must turn to the one man she shouldn’t trust … from bestselling author Isabel Cañas.

In horror movies, the final girls are the ones left standing when the credits roll. They made it through the worst night of their lives, but what happens after? Like his bestselling novel The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, Grady Hendrix’s latest is a fast-paced, wickedly humorous thriller. From chain saws to summer camp slayers, The Final Girl Support Group pays tribute to and slyly subverts our most popular horror films — like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Scream. A can’t-miss summer read, selected by The New York Times, Oprah Daily, Time, USA Today, and more.

The seductive reimagining of a Gothic classic — a repressed wife encounters a mysterious woman who awakens her desire in the “lesbian vampire novel we need.” (Them) This immersive reworking of Carmilla, the queer novella that inspired Dracula, delivers a richly atmospheric look at feminine rage and the desires that feed our hunger.

In this blazingly smart and voracious debut novel, an artist turned stay-at-home mom becomes convinced she’s turning into a dog. “A must-read for anyone who can’t get enough of the ever-blurring line between the psychological and supernatural that Yellowjackets exemplifies.” —Vulture

When a sinister spirit invades an isolated community, three lives will be forever altered in this dark gothic fantasy from “one of the most consistent and insightful authors of psychological thrillers writing today” (Crime Reads).

Celebrated by critics around the world, The Vegetarian is a darkly allegorical, Kafka-esque tale of power, obsession, and one woman’s struggle to break free from the violence both without and within her. From Han Kang, Winner of the 2024 Noel Prize in Literature.

“Amongst the Top 50 Horror Books of All Time” – Cosmopolitan   Three dark and disturbing horror stories from an astonishing new voice, including the viral-sensation tale of obsession, Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke. For fans of Kathe Koja, Clive Barker, and Stephen Graham Jones. Winner of the Splatterpunk Award for Best Novella.

Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life; indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence. The novel was a succès de scandale, and the book was later used as evidence against Wilde at the Old Bailey in 1895. It has lost none of its power to fascinate and disturb.

Lyrical and hypnotic, heart-stopping and deeply moving, Enriquez’s stories never fail to enthrall, entertain, and leave us shaken. Translated by the award-winning Megan McDowell, A Sunny Place for Shady People showcases Enriquez’s unique blend of the literary and the horrific, and underscores why Kazuo Ishiguro, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, calls her “the most exciting discovery I’ve made in fiction for some time.”

The only hardcover edition of Daphne du Maurier’s beloved, internationally best-selling gothic mystery. Rebecca has twice been adapted for film and was named a PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick. The unassuming young heroine of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca finds her life changed overnight when she meets Maxim de Winter, a handsome and wealthy widower whose sudden proposal of marriage takes her by surprise. Only to find his first wife’s presence everywhere. Haunted by Rebecca’s legacy and Mrs. Danvers’s obsession, she digs into secrets that could destroy them all.