{"id":27708,"date":"2026-07-28T01:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T05:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/?p=27708"},"modified":"2026-08-26T21:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T01:02:15","slug":"august-2026-new-release-horror-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/august-2026-new-release-horror-books\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2026 New Release Horror Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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!<\/p>\n

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\u2019t see on the list, please feel free to leave a comment on this post so I can add your book to the list.<\/p>\n

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August 1-9<\/h1>\n

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August 10-16<\/h1>\n

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Title<\/strong><\/td>\nAuthor<\/strong><\/td>\nPublisher<\/strong><\/td>\nTag<\/strong>s<\/td>\n
13 Demons Dead<\/a><\/td>\nAdam Tierney<\/td>\nIDW<\/td>\nYA, Graphic Novel<\/td>\n
Bloody 13<\/a><\/td>\nSarah Langan<\/td>\nPink Beam Press<\/td>\nPost-Apocalyptic, Dystopia<\/td>\n
Cotton Candy and Other Short Stories<\/a><\/td>\nBrad Thomas<\/td>\nFrightmare Publishing<\/td>\nShort Stories<\/td>\n
Crudely Drawn<\/a><\/td>\nHeather Ann Larson<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nCreature<\/td>\n
Dance with Devils<\/a> (The Unmaking Trilogy #3)<\/td>\nAbe Moss<\/td>\nGrim Heart Publishing<\/td>\nCosmic<\/td>\n
Doppelg\u00e4ngers<\/a><\/td>\nMichael F Simpson<\/td>\nWitching Hole Publications<\/td>\nDoppelg\u00e4ngers<\/td>\n
Masks of Meat<\/a><\/td>\nBen O’C Williams<\/td>\nOC Publications<\/td>\nDark Fantasy<\/td>\n
Meat Bees<\/a><\/td>\nDane Erbach<\/td>\nCLASH Books<\/td>\nWasps<\/td>\n
(Mostly) Human Resources<\/a><\/td>\nGrace Viall<\/td>\nAlcove Press<\/td>\nParanormal, Cryptids, Romance<\/td>\n
Not Like Other Girls<\/a><\/td>\nA.L. Goldfuss<\/td>\nTor Books<\/td>\nLGBTQ, Short Story<\/td>\n
Plant Lady<\/a><\/td>\nMinyoung Kang<\/td>\nBerkley<\/td>\nPsychological<\/td>\n
Please, No Flowers: Born Sick Too<\/a><\/td>\nAaron Lebold<\/td>\napocalyptic bastards<\/td>\nMedical Horror<\/td>\n
Queen Mab<\/a><\/td>\nEmily McBride<\/td>\nFarrar, Straus and Giroux<\/td>\nMotherhood, Folk<\/td>\n
Small Town Slasher<\/a><\/td>\nStephanie Rose<\/td>\nDeath by TBR Books<\/td>\nSlasher, Meta Fiction<\/td>\n
Terror from the Cave<\/a> (Eek!)<\/td>\nJeff Strand<\/td>\nSourcebooks Young Readers<\/td>\nChildren’s, Survival, Bigfoot<\/td>\n
The Citadel of Orphans<\/a> (The Beyond #3)<\/td>\nBoris Bacic<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nCosmic<\/td>\n
The Residency<\/a><\/td>\nC. D. Major<\/td>\nCanelo<\/td>\nGothic<\/td>\n
The Unknown<\/a><\/td>\nRiley Sager<\/td>\nDutton<\/td>\nGhost, Thriller<\/td>\n
The Killing Rules<\/a><\/td>\nBree Despain<\/td>\nEntangled: Mayhem Books<\/td>\nYA, Shapeshifter, Horror Romance<\/td>\n
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August 17-23<\/h1>\n

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Title<\/strong><\/td>\nAuthor<\/strong><\/td>\nPublisher<\/strong><\/td>\nTag<\/strong>s<\/td>\n
A Plagued Sea<\/a><\/td>\nKim Bo-Young<\/td>\nTor Nightfire<\/td>\nCosmic, Post-Apocalyptic<\/td>\n
A Thin Place<\/a><\/td>\nCarson McEvoy<\/td>\nDead Fox Publishing<\/td>\nSupernatural, Portal<\/td>\n
Blood Bath<\/a><\/td>\nWrath James White<\/td>\nBad Dream Books<\/td>\nExtreme, Slasher<\/td>\n
Cult of the Lamb Vol. 2: Last Sacrament<\/a><\/td>\nAlex Paknadel<\/td>\nOni Press<\/td>\nGraphic Novel, Occult<\/td>\n
Devil Inside<\/a><\/td>\nClay McLeod Chapman<\/td>\nMIRA<\/td>\nHorromance<\/td>\n
Dreamland<\/a><\/td>\nOlivie Blake<\/td>\nTor Books<\/td>\nGothic, Occult<\/td>\n
Godfestation<\/a><\/td>\nJendia Gammon<\/td>\nSley House Publishing<\/td>\nAppalachia, Folk, Southern Gothic<\/td>\n
GRIMM Book One<\/a><\/td>\nBenni B\u00f8dker, Kenneth B\u00f8gh Andersen, John Kenn Mortensen<\/td>\nFantagraphics<\/td>\nGraphic Novel, Dark Fantasy, Fairy Tale<\/td>\n
Midwestern Chrome<\/a><\/td>\nMichael Bettendorf<\/td>\nTenebrous Press<\/td>\nSci-Fi<\/td>\n
Nest of Tongues<\/a><\/td>\nRandy Ribay<\/td>\nRandom House Books for Young Readers<\/td>\nYA, Vampire<\/td>\n
Penitents<\/a><\/td>\nMadeline Blondeau<\/td>\nGhoulish Books<\/td>\nExtreme<\/td>\n
Preaching to the Choir<\/a><\/td>\nAdrian Tchaikovsky<\/td>\nRebellion Publishing<\/td>\nMonster<\/td>\n
Rabbit Blind<\/a><\/td>\nDesiree Horton<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nShort Story<\/td>\n
Ravenous<\/a><\/td>\nSara Cooper<\/td>\nRoseway Publishing<\/td>\nLiterary, Satire, Psychological, Millennials, Momfluencers<\/td>\n
Reliquary<\/a><\/td>\nHannah F Whitten<\/td>\nRun For It<\/td>\nAquatic, Psychological<\/td>\n
Saint Delilah<\/a><\/td>\nIsabelle Spotts<\/td>\nBerkley<\/td>\nFeminist, Supernatural, Suspense<\/td>\n
She Haunts Me Still<\/a><\/td>\nDe Elizabeth<\/td>\nDutton<\/td>\nOccult, Dark Fantasy<\/td>\n
Stay Buried<\/a><\/td>\nJennifer McMahon<\/td>\nGallery Books<\/td>\nVengeful Spirit<\/td>\n
The Hill in the Dark Grove<\/a><\/td>\nLiam Higginson<\/td>\nHogarth<\/td>\nFolk, Supernatural<\/td>\n
The Last House on Earth \/ Death Walks South Boston<\/a><\/td>\nChristoph Paul<\/td>\nShortwave<\/td>\nSci-Fi, Haunted House, Mummy<\/td>\n
The Splintered Parts<\/a><\/td>\nAna Yudin<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nDark Academia, Thriller<\/td>\n
Them<\/a><\/td>\nW.H. Chizmar<\/td>\nGallery Books<\/td>\nPost-Apocalyptic, Survival<\/td>\n
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August 24-31<\/h1>\n

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Title<\/strong><\/td>\nAuthor<\/strong><\/td>\nPublisher<\/strong><\/td>\nTag<\/strong>s<\/td>\n
A (Dead) Thing Like Me<\/a><\/td>\nE.G. Young<\/td>\nHoliday House<\/td>\nYA, Paranormal<\/td>\n
And the Sea Gave Up the Dead<\/a><\/td>\nWilliam Friend<\/td>\nPoisoned Pen Press<\/td>\nLGBTQ, Occult<\/td>\n
Back for Blood: Never Whistle at Night Part II<\/a><\/td>\nShane Hawk & Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (editors), Various<\/td>\nVintage<\/td>\nShort Stories, Indigenous<\/td>\n
Candlelight<\/a><\/td>\nD.L. Tolin<\/td>\nTwisted Spindle Press<\/td>\nHistorical, Fairy Tale<\/td>\n
Corpse Honey<\/a><\/td>\nBert Lestrange<\/td>\nCrimson Cult Media<\/td>\nSplatterpunk, Body Horror, Folk, Small Town<\/td>\n
Ghosts of Chanterlands<\/a><\/td>\nCatherine Cavendish<\/td>\nFlame Tree Press<\/td>\nHistorical, Ghost<\/td>\n
In Vacuo<\/a><\/td>\nAndrea Morstabilini<\/td>\nTitan Books<\/td>\nLGBTQ, Gothic, Coming of Age<\/td>\n
Less the Horror than the Grace<\/a><\/td>\nRobert Owens Scott<\/td>\nArundel Publishing<\/td>\nHistorical, Medusa, Southern<\/td>\n
Lights! Camera! Frendo!<\/a> (Clown in a Cornfield)<\/td>\nAdam Cesare<\/td>\nHarperCollins<\/td>\nYA, Slasher<\/td>\n
Marla<\/a><\/td>\nJonathan Janz<\/td>\nBlackstone Publishing<\/td>\nSupernatural, Reprint<\/td>\n
Screams From The Asylum<\/a><\/td>\nHeather Ann Larson (editor), Various<\/td>\nBroken Brain Books<\/td>\nShort Stories<\/td>\n
Tapeworm<\/a><\/td>\nA. P. Thayer<\/td>\nEvil Twin<\/td>\nVampire, LGBTQ<\/td>\n
The Calamities<\/a><\/td>\nChuck Wendig<\/td>\nDel Rey<\/td>\nParanormal, Urban Fantasy<\/td>\n
The Devil’s Pocketbook<\/a> (re-release)<\/td>\nRoss Jeffery<\/td>\nCLASH Books<\/td>\nGrief, Myth<\/td>\n
The Halls of the Dead<\/a><\/td>\nS. M. Hallow<\/td>\nHarper Voyager<\/td>\nLGBTQ, Gothic<\/td>\n
The House That Eats the Dead<\/a><\/td>\nMax Doty<\/td>\nBantam<\/td>\nTAGS<\/td>\n
The Minimalist<\/a><\/td>\nKailee Pedersen<\/td>\nSt. Martin’s Press<\/td>\nPsychological<\/td>\n
The Sleeping Sisters<\/a><\/td>\nJennifer Givhan<\/td>\nLittle, Brown and Company<\/td>\nIndigenous, Literary<\/td>\n
These Walls Remember<\/a><\/td>\nDel Sandeen<\/td>\nBerkley<\/td>\nGothic<\/td>\n
In Vacuo<\/a><\/td>\nAndrea Morstabilini<\/td>\nTitan Books<\/td>\nLGBTQ, Gothic, Coming of Age<\/td>\n
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Disclaimer:<\/strong> Each title is linked to a store front where books may be purchased, this includes Amazon, publisher websites, and Godless.com. Please note that I am an Amazon Affiliate, so links to Amazon store fronts will use my affiliate links. Purchases made through any affiliate links help me keep this blog running.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Title<\/strong><\/td>\nAuthor<\/strong><\/td>\nPublisher<\/strong><\/td>\nTag<\/strong>s<\/td>\n
Best Served Cold: Chilling Short Stories of Crime & Revenge (Beyond and Within)<\/a><\/td>\nPaul Kane & marie O’Regan (editors), Various<\/td>\nFlame Tree Collections<\/td>\nShort Stories, Crime<\/td>\n
Binding Season<\/a><\/td>\nJulian M. Miles<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nRevenge<\/td>\n
Blood Rising<\/a> (The Blood Saga #2)<\/td>\nMarkus Redmond<\/td>\nDafina<\/td>\nHistorical, Vampire<\/td>\n
Cold Keep Remittal<\/a> (no link)<\/td>\nJames Lurid<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nFolk Horror, Paranormal<\/td>\n
Crimson Rain<\/a> (Crimson Empire #1)<\/td>\nJohn Ashley<\/td>\nPanacea Publishing<\/td>\nVampire, Dystopia<\/td>\n
Hymn of the Hanging Albatross<\/a><\/td>\nSirius<\/td>\nThe Laughing Man House<\/td>\nLGBTQ, Occult<\/td>\n
Last Day of a Prior Life<\/a><\/td>\nAndr\u00e9s Barba<\/td>\nHarperVia<\/td>\nGothic, Translated<\/td>\n
Perspective<\/a> (no link)<\/td>\nKevin J. Kennedy<\/td>\nKJK Publishing<\/td>\nSupernatural, Werewolves, Vampire<\/td>\n
Run to Beat the Devil<\/a><\/td>\nDrew Huff<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nSerial Killers<\/td>\n
Selene Shade, Loving the Dead<\/a> (The Resurrectionist #2)<\/td>\nVictoria Dalpe<\/td>\nCLASH Books<\/td>\nUrban Fantasy<\/td>\n
The Burn Line<\/a><\/td>\nJonathan Sims<\/td>\nPoisoned Pen Press<\/td>\nLGBTQ, Monsters<\/td>\n
The Dark Pit<\/a><\/td>\nDavid Lopera<\/td>\nShock & Suspense<\/td>\nDeath Game<\/td>\n
The Devil Knows Her Name<\/a><\/td>\nC.N. Vair<\/td>\nBerkley<\/td>\nAppalachia, Witch<\/td>\n
The I Scream Truck<\/a><\/td>\nI.M. Eerie<\/td>\nAladdin<\/td>\nMiddle Grade<\/td>\n
The Lost Ones<\/a><\/td>\nChris DiLeo<\/td>\nSobelo Books<\/td>\nComing of Adulthood, Mystery, Thriller<\/td>\n
The Night Pool<\/a><\/td>\nLauren Lee Smith<\/td>\nBlackstone Publishing<\/td>\nHistorical, Monster, Western<\/td>\n
The Salt King<\/a><\/td>\nNatasha Pulley<\/td>\nBloomsbury Publishing<\/td>\nLGBTQ, Apocalyptic, Religious<\/td>\n
The Snow Globe<\/a><\/td>\nWilliam F. Gray<\/td>\nAETHON: Wicked House<\/td>\nCosmic<\/td>\n
The Sunken, the Adored<\/a><\/td>\nDonyae Coles<\/td>\nAmistad<\/td>\nHistorical, Lovecraftian<\/td>\n
The Unheld<\/a><\/td>\nLuke Larkin<\/td>\nHyperion Avenue Digital<\/td>\nWestern, Occult, Sci-Fi<\/td>\n
The Woods<\/a><\/td>\nJessica Hamilton<\/td>\nSimon & Schuster<\/td>\nParanormal<\/td>\n
They Say a Girl Died Here<\/a><\/td>\nSarah Pinborough<\/td>\nFlatiron Books: Pine & Cedar<\/td>\nSupernatural, Serial Killer<\/td>\n
Tracking Death<\/a> (Killer VHS Series #8)<\/td>\nNikki R. Leigh<\/td>\nShortwave<\/td>\nYA, Found Footage, Slasher, Supernatural<\/td>\n