Welcome friends and fiends! Here is an updating list of horror titles being released September 2026. This is a fairly comprehensive list of all things horror, including traditional, small press, and independently published works. I provide at least one link where you can find the book and purchase it directly.

Want to know what books I have on my TBR? The books with a featured cover at the top of each week are the books that I am planning to read!

This is a project I hope to do every month, with posts going up at the end of the month. My aim is to share the books I run into with my monthly scrolling and to have a venue to lift up authors. If you have a book releasing this month that you don’t see on the list, please feel free to leave a comment on this post so I can add your book to the list.

September 1-6

Title	Author	Publisher	Tags
An Immaculate Deception	Isabela Livino	Dutton	Historical, Gothic
An Ordinary House	Rae Starling	Hera	Psychological, Thriller
As the Snow Gathers	Mere Joyce	Poisoned Pen Press	LGBTQ, Thriller
Assisted Living	Gianaclis Caldwell	GC Book Publishers	Ghost, Gothic
Bad Things Happened Here	Moniza Hossain	Holiday House	Middle Grade, Supernatural
Blacktail	Scott Hawkins	Crown	Dark Fantasy
Bodywork	Sean Platt	Sterling & Stone	Zombie, Post-Apocalyptic
Dead Kids Don’t Get Care Packages	Jonathan Grisham	Independently Published	TAGS
Goodnight Monsters	Suzanne Junered	She Writes Press	Psychological
I Fell in Love with the Severed Head of the King of Pop	James Yates	Independently Published	Grief
Kiss Slay Replay	Rachel Harrison	Berkley	Slasher, Groundhog Day, Supernatural
Light Come, Light Go	N.L. Castle	Saltbone Press	Ghost, Literary
Mothersucker	Kim Bohyun	Vintage	Vampire
Nightmareland: Volumes 1-6	Daniel Barnett	Independently Published	TAGS
Our Strange Duet	Erin A. Craig	Delacorte Press	YA, Phantom of the Opera
Planet Slaughter	Daniel J. Volpe	AETHON: Wicked House	Sci-Fi, Monster
Precious Children	Mary G. Thompson	Tachyon Publications	Sci-Fi
Scratch Moss	David Barnett	Canelo	Folk, Gothic
Tell the Ghosts I’m Gone	Kalynn Bayron	Bloomsbury YA	YA, Paranormal
The Bogeyman	Matt Hilton	Severn House Crime and Thriller	Paranormal
The Ending You Deserve	Rebecca Stafford	Quill Tree Books	YA, Coming of Age, Dark Academia
The Eye of Goliath	Diego Muzzio	Pushkin Press	Gothic
The Heiress of Northanger Abbey	Nancy Bilyeau	Admiral Road Books	Gothic, Historical
The Nudge	Joseph Fink	Podium Publishing	Suspense, Psychological
The Patron Saint of White Menageries: Stories	Lauren T. Davila	Creature Publishing	Short Stories, Magical Realism
The Predator (no link)	Aiden E. Messer	Independently Published	Splatterpunk, Erotic
Thorns	Gregory Bastianelli	Flame Tree Press	Apocalyptic, Virus, Survival
We Are for the Dark	Gretchen McNeil	DAW	Vampire
Zero Lives Remaining	Adam Cesare	Union Square & Co.	Slasher

September 7-13

Title	Author	Publisher	Tags
A Mother’s Rage	John Evans	Rowan Prose Publishing	Revenge
Acid Green Velvet	Grace Krilanovich	Two Dollar Radio	Gothic
Adam, Mine.	K. Ancrum	HarperCollins	YA, LGBTQ, Frankenstein
All Hallows Eve	Ellen Datlow (editor), Various	Titan Books	Short Stories, Halloween
Darling	Mercedes M. Yardley	Ruadán Books	Gothic
Daughter of Rot	Rios de la Luz	Broken River Books	Coming of Age, Magical Realism, Plant Horror, Toxic Parent
Driven	Mason Coile	G.P. Putnam’s Sons	Supernatural, Trapped
Exit 8	Genki Kawamura	Flatiron Books	Liminal Space, Psychological, Game Adaptation
Feed the Tree	Wendy Dalrymple	Quill & Crow Publishing House	Witches
Hearsepower	Stephanie Sanders-Jacob	Squirm Books	Grief
How to Survive Camping: The Ancient Things	Bonnie Quinn	S&S/Saga Press	Humor
It Pierces	Jack Finn	Crow Street Press	Folk, Historical
Kissing Carrion (reprint)	Gemma Files	Shortwave	Short Stories
Our Dark Unraveling	Margot McGovern	Random House Books for Young Readers	YA, Ghost
Pictures of You	Josh Malerman	Del Rey	Ghost, Thriller, Hitchcockian
She’s a Doll	Barbara Truelove	Bindery Books	Revenge, Humor
The Band From Another World	Kevin Garone	Temor Press	Middle Grade, Aliens
The Clubhouse Gets Weird	Chisto Healy (editor), Various	Apocalyptic Bastards	Short Stories, Anthology
The Exorcism of Faeries	J. L. Vampa	S&S/Saga Press	Dark Academia, Plague
The Cracks	T. H. Huddleston	Titan Books	Grief, Ghost
The Quiet Resurrection of Sister Evelida Livingston	Nick Wallin	Rising Action	Small Town, Occult
The Raven	Susan McCauley	Celtic Sea	Gothic, Grief
The Summoning	Kelley Armstrong	Quill Tree Books	YA, Supernatural
The Worm in Every Heart (reprint)	Gemma Files	Shortwave	Short Stories
We Already Dug the Grave	Emma C. Wells	Poisoned Pen Press	Southern Gothic, Thriller
We Turn Gruesome At Night (Burnt Sparrow #2)	Eric LaRocca	Titan Books	LGBTQ
What Is Dark Within Me	Frank Cavallo	Independently Published	Occult
Wildwood	Ashley Woo	Harper Perennial	Gothic, Haunted House

September 14-20

Title	Author	Publisher	Tags
10 Things I Hate About Zombies	Hazel Graves	Avon	Zombies, Rom Com
A History of Malpractice	Clarice Montgomery	Koehler Books	Thriller, Ghost
A Thousand Monstrous Forms	Saratoga Schaefer	Crooked Lane Books	Sapphic, Bluebeard, Gothic
American Nightmare	Kelly McWilliams	Crown	Historical, Jim Crow
Canaries	Royal Poff (editor), Various	Independently Published	Cosmic
Corpse Creek	Vincent Ralphhttps://amzn.to/3SefzbL	Wednesday Books	YA, Grief
I Am the Monster Under the Bed	Emily Zinnikas	St. Martin’s Press	Paranormal
In These Gilded, Ghostly Hearts	Gwendolyn Kiste	Creature Publishing	LGBTQ, Great Gatsby
Mystery James Returns from the Grave	Ally Russell	Delacorte Press	Middle Grade, Supernatural
Normal for the Spider	Hank Schwaeble	Blackstone Publishing	Secret Society
Observer	Nicholas Russell	Ecco	Cosmic
Phobias: A Collection Of Terror	Cam Muñoz	Independently Published	Short Stories
Return to Sleepy Hollow	Casey Gilly	IDW Dark	YA, Graphic Novel, Sleepy Hollow
Rooted	Leopoldo Goût	Tor Nightfire	Psychological, Aztec
Sleep Well, Mommy	Mi-ae Seo	Ecco	Korean, Serial Killer, Psychological
Something of a Calling	Zoje Stage	Blackstone Publishing	Psychological
The Final Final Girl	James Kaine	AETHON: Wicked House	Slasher
The Girl in Green	Laura Creedle	HarperCollins	YA, Monster
The Light-House: A Three-Disc Game of Survival Horror (Extremities #2)	TT Madden	Slashic Horror Press	LGBTQ, 90s, Video Game
The Pumpkin Club: 31 Days of Terror	J. Boote & Lesley Camphouse	Independently Published	Extreme, Halloween
The Restorative Artist	Cecil Fenn	Lucent Dreaming	LGBTQ, Grief, Gothic
The Rouse	China Miéville	Del Rey	Ghost, Grief
This Movie Doesn’t End the Way We Want	Hailey Piper	Titan Books	Cursed Film, Urban Legend, Cosmic
Try Not to Die in Port Luck	Timothy King	Vincere Press	Choose Your Own Adventure, Supernatural, Cryptid
Unearthed	Dan Coxon & Philip Fracassi	Titan Books	Short Stories, Anthology
We Run the Night	Peace Mbengei	Soho Teen	YA, Boarding School
Wheetago War Stories	Richard Van Camp	Renegade Arts Entertainment	Indigenous

September 21-27

Title	Author	Publisher	Tags
All Her Beautiful Deaths	A. Rushby	Berkley	Gothic
#AUTHORLIFE	Joe Zagets	Bad Hand Books	Satire
Banquet for the Damned	Adam Nevill	Tor Nightfire UK	Occult, Ghost
Beasts Beyond the River	Scott Sigler	Titan Books	Historical, Indigenous, Colonial
Blood Is Dripping Onto the Courtyard: Stories	Elvira Navarro	Two Lines Press	Short Stories
Call Off the Dark	Hallie Shepherd	William Morrow	Grief
Crone	Keith Rosson	Random House	Mystery, Occult
Demonology for Overachievers	Lily Anderson	Henry Holt and Co.	YA, Dark Academia, Demons
Diary of Mayhem	Lesley A. Camphouse	Independently Published	Splatterpunk, Female Rage
Hail Mary	Elizabeth Urso	Rising Action	Small Town, Thriller
In the Woods They Wait	Carrie Lee South	Little, Brown and Company	Southern Gothic
Incarnate	Alma Katsu	G.P. Putnam’s Sons	Social Media, Picture of Dorian Grey
Insatiable	Erica Ridley	Delacorte Press	YA, Gothic, Boarding School
Kill Creek: Unbound	Scott Thomas	Inkshares	Curse
Light & Earth & Marrow	Jeannie Marschall	Shiraki Press	Witches, Monsters
Little Kin	Katya de Becerra	Blackstone Publishing	Folk
Mazywood	Tananarive Du	S&S/Saga Press	Literary, Thriller
Monstrous	Bryan Smith	Flame Tree Press	Suspense
Off the Map	Ramsey Campbell	Rapture Publishing	Short Story
Our Cut of Salt	Deena Helm	Tor Nightfire	Gothic, Haunted House
Our Lady of Holy Slaughter	S.J. Shank	Carthago Nova Press	Medieval
Out of Body: Stories	Chris Vanjonack	William Morrow	Short Stories, Speculative
Red River, KY	Lumen Reese	LIR Publishing	Southern, Serial Killer
Roots & Wrath	E.J. Wenstrom	Independently Published	Dark Fantasy, LGBTQ
Sometimes I Scare Myself	Jeneva Rose	Blackstone Publishing	Short Stories, Occult
Tastes Like Candy 2: Viciously Sweet	Jessica Lacy	Sourcebooks Fire	YA, Slasher
The Big Bad Book of Kaiju	Jonathan Maberry & Henry Herz (editors), Various	Titan Books	Kaiju, Short Stories
The Brink	Sophia Adamowicz	Ruadán Books	Cosmic
The Diner	John Lynch	High Explosive Horror	Supernatural, Slasher
The Henchperson’s Guide to Unionizing	Marshall J. Moore	Bantam	Humor
The Man in the Watch Still Visits Me at Night	Joshua Chaplinsky	CLASH Books	Psychological
The Need	Megan Mostyn-Brown	Del Rey	Cannibals
Traps and Specters: Stories	Philip Fracassi	Shortwave	Short Stories
#VanDeath	Brian Asman	Blackstone Publishing	Influencers
Worry Box	Chris Panatier	Angry Robot	Paranormal

September 28-30

Title	Author	Publisher	Tags
A Tap At the Window (Shiver Point)	Gabriel Dylan	Astra Young Readers	Middle Grade
Chasing the Headless Horseman: The History, Hijinks, and Halloweens of the Real Sleepy Hollow	J. W. Ocker	Countryman Press	Non-Fiction, Sleepy Hollow
Dark Eyes	Rikki Goodwin	AETHON: Wicked House	Supernatural, Grief
Fatal Glitch: Let’s Play a Game	Eliot Schrefer & Erin Entrada Kelly	Stonefruit Studio	Middle Grade, Sci-Fi
Happy People Don’t Live Here	Amber Sparks	Liveright	Gothic, Haunted Building
Hollow Folk	Andrew K. Clark	Quill & Crow Publishing House	Appalachia, Gothic
It Came From the Woods (Shiver Point)	Gabriel Dylan	Astra Young Readers	Middle Grade
Jenny Will Eat You Now: A Meat Cute	Gillian Daniels	Gallery Books	Creature
Love Never Dies: Romance in Horror Movies	Emma Cole	Beacon Press	Non-Fiction, Pop Culture
Newbourne Park	Jennifer Thorne	G.P. Putnam’s Sons	Werewolf
Night of Madness	Ryan Douglass	Simon Pulse	YA, Influencers, Competition
Nightjars	Michael Wehunt	St. Martin’s Press	Psychological, Paranormal
Silent Nightmares: Haunting Stories to Be Told on the Longest Night of the Year	Chuck Palahniuk & Michael Bailey (editors), Various	S&S/Saga Press	Ghosts, Short Stories, Anthologies
Something Followed Us Home: Tales of Latiné Horror	Cynthia Pelayo	Atria/Primero Sueno Press	Short Stories
The House of Gardenias	Isabel Cañas	Dutton Books	YA, Gothic
The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor	Michael Mizov	Three Dragons Press	Gothic, Family Curse
The Man of Wind and Moss	Alex Gonzalez	Erewhon Books	Monster, Folk
The Memory Tree	Heather Davey	Titan Books	Gothic
The Repairer of Reputations	Ed Park	Soho Press	Cosmic
The Ship of Death	Kyle Winkler	Avon a	Possession, Found Media
The Sisters of Crimson House	Melissa Anderson Sweazy	Sourcebooks Landmark	Southern Gothic, Psychics
Trad Wife	Sarah Langan	Atria Books	Feminism, Influencers
Video Night	Adam Cesare	Union Square & Co.	80s, Monster, Slasher
We, The Missing	Arwyn Sherman	Sobelo Books	Urban Fantasy
Whispers of the Pale Witch	S.A. Sizemore	Rowan Prose Publishing	Witches, Mystery
Wither: A Modern Gothic	Dan Warner	Bloomsbury Publishing	Gothic, Midwest
Yuletide: Curse of the Winter Witch	George Northy	Oni Press	YA, Graphic Novel, Holiday

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