Spring into Horror
These books will put a spring into your step.
With the turn of the season comes a new swath of books to put a “spring” into your step. From slashers to haunting reads, these novels will make you both embrace the coming sun, and read for long hours under the waning moon.
1. The Cove by Claire Rose (out May 5)
No phones, computers, or tablets. That’s the new life of Lindsay Weinburg.
Things start to feel hopeless until Lindsay meets twins Phin and Cass. After a party on the island, she wakes up with no memory of the night and only a sea-shell memento to point to the the truth. With the piling disappearances on the island, it’s clear the Cove has been waiting for them—and it won’t stop until it gets what it wants.
2. You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron
What’s a better combo than Kalynn Bayron and slasher YA fiction? Nothing, that’s what. This book is filled with thrills of every kind, and like The Blonde Dies First, is filled with queer and Black rep that’s much-needed in the slasher novel landscape.
3. What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
When retired soldier Alex Easton learns their childhood friend Madeline Usher is dying, they race to the ancestral home of the Ushers in the remote countryside of Ruravia. There, Alex finds more secrets than answers as they become entangled with the mysterious House of Usher in this delectable retelling by master storyteller T. Kingfisher.
4. The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
One moment can change everything. The Only Good Indians follows four American Indian men after a disturbing event from their youth puts them in a desperate struggle for their lives. A vengeful entity hunts them as their past comes crashing into their present.
5. Diavola by Jennifer Thorne
There’s nothing like a family vacation in the remote Italian countryside to get family secrets to come to the surface. Anna’s life choices have put her at the fringe of the Pace family. But she’s not the only one about to ruin the vacation. Their villa is haunted, and the thing inside isn’t done with Anna. This fast-paced horror blends Italian folk magic, ghost stories, and millennial existential dread in a helluva entertaining novel.
