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Horror fiction is fiction in any medium intended to scare, unsettle, or horrify the audience. Historically, the cause of the "horror" experience has often been the intrusion of a supernatural element into everyday human experience. Since the 1960s, any work of fiction with a morbid, gruesome, surreal, or exceptionally suspenseful or frightening theme has come to be called "horror". Horror fiction often overlaps science fiction or fantasy, all three of which categories are sometimes placed under the umbrella classification speculative fiction. ...more

  • Ghost Mother by Kelly Dwyer
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    Release date: Aug 06, 2024
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    Giveaway dates: Jul 18 - Jul 30, 2024

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  • Black Sheep by Rachel   Harrison
    Black Sheep

    Release date: Aug 20, 2024
    "...most compelling horror novel you'll read this year."
    —Eric LaRocca

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    Giveaway dates: Jul 01 - Jul 30, 2024

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  • The September House by Carissa Orlando
    The September House

    Release date: Sep 03, 2024
    "A must read for horror fans.”
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  • Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare BlakeBad Girls Don't Die by Katie AlenderMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsThe Ghost Files by Apryl BakerThe Ghost Files 2 by Apryl Baker
    Best Teen Horror/Suspense/Thriller
    863 books — 1,760 voters
    ’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingDracula by Bram StokerInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceDark Lover by J.R. WardThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
    Best Adult Vampire Books
    1,766 books — 7,770 voters

    Una historia de ayer by Sergio CoboA Shade of Vampire by Bella ForrestThe Wronged Sons by John MarrsIsle of Winds by James FahyDrowned Tomb by James Fahy
    Best of Little-Known Authors
    6,477 books — 5,657 voters
    Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
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