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Because I couldn’t narrow the list down to five, even by presenting some tied entries, here are my top ten horror or horror-adjacent novels published within the last ten years (that I haven’t already mentioned in previous entries).
1. A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge (2017)
2. Sawkill Girls by Clare Legrand (2018)
3. Bunny by Mona Awad (2019)
4. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (2020)
5. The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris (2021)
6. Juniper and Thorn by Ava Reid (2022)
7. How To Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix (2023)
8. Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang (2023)
9. This Delicious Death by Kayla Cottingham (2023)
10. Come Out, Come Out by Natalie C. Parker (2024)
I feel like most of the titles on the list can be roughly sorted into “The Real Horror is a) colonialism/racial assimilation, b) generational trauma, c) obscenely wealthy families, or d) heteronormativity,” although in Bunny, The Real Horror is Your Writing Grad Program. Also, Hardinge and Hendrix have both written several other novels that I’ve deeply enjoyed, and in both cases, it was difficult to choose just one.
If you’d like to know more about any of the titles on the list (or you’ve read them and want to talk about them, or to share some of your recent spooky favorites), comments are welcome!
1. A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge (2017)
2. Sawkill Girls by Clare Legrand (2018)
3. Bunny by Mona Awad (2019)
4. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (2020)
5. The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris (2021)
6. Juniper and Thorn by Ava Reid (2022)
7. How To Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix (2023)
8. Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang (2023)
9. This Delicious Death by Kayla Cottingham (2023)
10. Come Out, Come Out by Natalie C. Parker (2024)
I feel like most of the titles on the list can be roughly sorted into “The Real Horror is a) colonialism/racial assimilation, b) generational trauma, c) obscenely wealthy families, or d) heteronormativity,” although in Bunny, The Real Horror is Your Writing Grad Program. Also, Hardinge and Hendrix have both written several other novels that I’ve deeply enjoyed, and in both cases, it was difficult to choose just one.
If you’d like to know more about any of the titles on the list (or you’ve read them and want to talk about them, or to share some of your recent spooky favorites), comments are welcome!
