Eighteen of the best new & recent horror novels

Molly Odintz is the Senior Editor for CrimeReads and the editor of Austin Noir, forthcoming from Akashic Books. She grew up in Austin and worked as a bookseller at BookPeople, and recently returned to Central Texas after five years in NYC. She likes cats, crime novels, and coffee.

At CrimeReads Odintz tagged eighteen "new and recent novels perfect for spooky season," including:

Clay McLeod Chapman, Ghost Eaters (2022)

Another innovative take on grief horror, this one involves a street drug called Ghost that allows the taker to communicate with those that haunt them. Because this takes place in the South, there are far more than just personal ghosts ready to appear.

Read about the other entries on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue