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Paste Best Horror Books of 2024

We've come to the end of another year and another 12 months of publishing that proved horror fiction's vastness, versatility, and sheer visceral power. In 2024 we saw new novels from some of the brightest minds in the genre, short fiction collections from masters and relative newcomers, marvelous debuts, established voices going deeper and darker, and so much more. It's a world of fiction impossible to boil down into just 15 titles, but I'm once again willing to try.
Here are the best horror books of 2024 (and stick around until the end for an even longer Honorable Mention list).
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Coup De Grâce (Sofia Ajram)
Coup De Grâce
Sofia Ajram
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Not a Speck of Light: Stories (Laird Barron)
Not a Speck of Light: Stories
Laird Barron
3
A Sunny Place for Shady People (Mariana Enriquez)
A Sunny Place for Shady People
Mariana Enriquez
4
So Thirsty (Rachel Harrison)
So Thirsty
Rachel Harrison
5
House of Bone and Rain (Gabino Iglesias)
House of Bone and Rain
Gabino Iglesias
6
I Was a Teenage Slasher (Stephen Graham Jones)
I Was a Teenage Slasher
Stephen Graham Jones
7
This Wretched Valley (Jenny Kiefer)
This Wretched Valley
Jenny Kiefer
8
You Like It Darker (Stephen King)
You Like It Darker
Stephen King
9
The Haunting of Velkwood (Gwendolyn Kiste)
The Haunting of Velkwood
Gwendolyn Kiste
10
American Rapture (C.J. Leede)
American Rapture
C.J. Leede
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Incidents Around the House (Josh Malerman)
Incidents Around the House
Josh Malerman
12
Sacrificial Animals (Kailee Pedersen)
Sacrificial Animals
Kailee Pedersen
13
All the Hearts You Eat (Hailey Piper)
All the Hearts You Eat
Hailey Piper
14
Model Home (Rivers Solomon)
Model Home
Rivers Solomon
15
Horror Movie (Paul Tremblay)
Horror Movie
Paul Tremblay
16
The Unmothers (Leslie J. Anderson)
The Unmothers
Leslie J. Anderson
17
Crypt of the Moon Spider (Nathan Ballingrud)
Crypt of the Moon Spider
Nathan Ballingrud
18
I Believe in Mister Bones (Max Booth III)
I Believe in Mister Bones
Max Booth III
19
Rest Stop (Nat Cassidy)
Rest Stop
Nat Cassidy
20
Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo (Adam Cesare)
Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo
Adam Cesare
21
Letters to the Purple Satin Killer (Joshua Chaplinsky)
Letters to the Purple Satin Killer
Joshua Chaplinsky
22
Kill Your Darling (Clay McLeod Chapman)
Kill Your Darling
Clay McLeod Chapman
23
Memorials (Richard Chizmar)
Memorials
Richard Chizmar
24
Dead Girls Don't Dream (Nino Cipri)
Dead Girls Don't Dream
Nino Cipri
25
Devils Kill Devils (Johnny Compton)
Devils Kill Devils
Johnny Compton
26
The Queen (Nick Cutter)
The Queen
Nick Cutter
27
The Black Girl Survives in This One (Various Authors)
The Black Girl Survives in This One
Various Authors
28
Cuckoo (Gretchen Felker-Martin)
Cuckoo
Gretchen Felker-Martin
29
Good Night, Sleep Tight (Brian Evenson)
Good Night, Sleep Tight
Brian Evenson
30
The House of Last Resort (Christopher Golden)
The House of Last Resort
Christopher Golden
31
No Gods, Only Chaos (L. P. Hernandez)
No Gods, Only Chaos
L. P. Hernandez
32
The Angel of Indian Lake (Stephen Graham Jones)
The Angel of Indian Lake
Stephen Graham Jones
33
The Eyes Are the Best Part (Monika Kim)
The Eyes Are the Best Part
Monika Kim
34
Pay the Piper (Daniel Kraus, George a Romero)
Pay the Piper
Daniel Kraus, George a Romero
35
This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances (Eric Larocca)
This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances
Eric Larocca
36
Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil (Ananda Lima)
Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil
Ananda Lima
37
Small Town Horror (Ronald Malfi)
Small Town Horror
Ronald Malfi
38
Woodworm (Layla Martínez)
Woodworm
Layla Martínez
39
Forgotten Sisters (Cynthia Pelayo)
Forgotten Sisters
Cynthia Pelayo
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The Devil by Name (Keith Rosson)
The Devil by Name
Keith Rosson
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