Believe it or not, 2024 is right around the corner and every bookworm knows we are forever building our TBR lists for the near and far future. 2024 is looking to be filled with terrifying and immersive horror books that will have your skin crawling. Here are some horror books coming in the new year that will have you staying up way past your bedtime. That is, if you can sleep at all.

This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer (1/16)

Dylan has a dream of being the next rising star in rock climbing, so when her friend Clay discovered the untouched cliff face in the Kentucky wilderness, Dylan jumps at the chance to be the first to climb it. Dylan, along with Clay, his assistant Sylvia, and Dylan’s boyfriend, Luke, take the trek. Seven months later, three bodies are found and Dylan is still considered a missing person. What really happened out in the woods and how sinister is the truth?

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The House of Last Resort by Christopher Golden (1/30)

In Italy, half-empty towns are scattered and the beautiful hilltop town of Becchina is one of them. To build the town back up, the mayor is selling abandoned homes to anyone for a single euro as long as they agree to live there for at least five years. This seems like the deal of a lifetime for American couple Tommy and Kate. Tommy’s grandparents are from Becchina, so the two jump at the opportunity. Once they arrive in their new home, something feels off and Tommy’s grandmother is terrified when she finds out what house they bought. When strange occurrences begin to happen, Tommy and Kate find that the horrors in the houses past were not something they were prepared for.

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Midnight on Beacon Street by Emily Ruth Verona (1/30)

In October of 1993, single mom Eleanor just needs a date night. She leaves six-year-old Ben and twelve-year-old Mira with the seventeen-year-old babysitter, Amy. What starts out as a normal night of fun and pizza takes an eerie turn when darkness falls and Amy begins to get mysterious phone calls and unwanted visitors at the door. By midnight, Ben will be standing in a pool of blood in the kitchen with a dead body at his feet. What happened at midnight on Beacon Street?

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What Grows in the Dark by Jaq Evans (3/5)

It’s been sixteen years since Brigit Weylan’s sister, Emma, walked into the woods and never came out. Emma was convinced something evil was living in the woods. After her disappearance, Brigit left town and planned on never coming back. Now, Brigit is a paranormal investigator and fakes the results with her cameraman, Ian. Now, Brigit has received a call from her hometown about two missing teenagers whose disappearance is eerily similar to Emma’s. Now, Brigit must come home and face the monster in the woods.

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Murder Road by Simone St. James (3/5)

In 1995, April and Eddie are a couple who have taken a wrong turn in search of the small resort town they plan on taking their honeymoon at. After picking up a hitchhiker, they notice blood on her jacket and a truck chasing them. After the hitchhiker dies at the hospital, April and Eddie find themselves in the middle of an investigation when the police inform them unexplained murders have been happening on that very road for years.

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The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones (3/26)

In the finale of the Indian Lake trilogy, Jade Daniels has been in prison for four years after taking the fall for the crimes of Indian Lake to protect her friend Letha and her family. Now, Jade has returned back to her hometown of Proofrock to confront the curse of the Lake Witch.

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The House That Horror Built by Christina Henry (5/14)

Harry Adams has always loved horror movies and thinks that she hit the jackpot when she gets a job cleaning house for the famous horror movie director Javier Castillo. Castillo’s mansion is filled with props and costumes from his movies and awards that highlight his career that ended in tragedy and scandal. Javier wants his privacy and Harry is trying her best to show up and keep her head down, but Harry is starting to hear voices behind a locked door that sound like someone calling for help. Although she needs the job to support her son, Harry needs to know what is behind the door and if she can save whoever is locked in this house.

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Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin (6/11)

In the early 90s, five queer kids find themselves forced to be at Camp Resolution, a conversion camp to “fix them” located deep in the Utah desert. As the group tries to find a way to survive the brutality of the counselors, they notice strange changes in other campers as something begins speaking to them in their dreams. Now, their plan to escape has become a situation of do or die.

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