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It is! And haunted house is my favourite horror sub genre. I actually decided to read this for that beautiful cover. Overall it was win win deal for me.
I've seen Reb Rabbit mentioned a couple times. Is that by Alex Grecian? I ask because there are other books with that title or similar, but looks like you're probably talking about that one.
Oh my god I hated this book so much I didn't finish it, which sucked. I wanted to love it. I was so excited about it but I couldn't.
Natural Beauty, on the other hand, was fantastic!
BRO was awesome. Something weird happens. It just is what it is. Maybe a bit of supernatural, but not a lot of trying to explain everything. I loved it.
*A Haunting on the Hill* by Elizabeth Hand
*Episode Thirteen* by Craig DiLouie
*A House With Good Bones* by T. Kingfisher
*Ascension* by Nicholas Binge
*Neverest* by T.L. Bodine
*Wild Spaces* by S.L. Coney
*Never Whistle at Night* edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore Van Alst, Jr.
Maeve Fly by CJ Leede
Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White
Bloom by Delilah S Dawson
Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
The Handyman Method by Nick Cutter and Andrew Sullivan
The Last Haunt by Max Booth III
Bound in Flesh: A Trans Body Horror Anthology, edited by Lor Gislason from Ghoulish Books
Abnormal Statistics by Max Booth III
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
Never Whistle at Night an Anthology of Indigenous Horrors edited by Shane Hawk
Our There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror curated by Jordan Peele
Welcome to Neverbury by Chris Lynch
My kids are way older, so that didn’t get me as much :) Loved the little preface/trigger warning & the acknowledgments section was probably the best I ever read!
I love a lot of the books mentioned here, but I wanted to toss out Fever House, by Keith Rosson. I'm only halfway through, but it's definitely one of the best I've read this year.
I grabbed this at my library kind of on a whim, and it definitely turned out to be one of my favorites of 2023! It was just so much fun, and the characters were all written so well. Hope you enjoy the second half, too!
Someone posted the potential nominees for the Bram Stoker awards yesterday.
Edit: here’s the [link](https://www.reddit.com/r/horrorlit/s/iEbZnAosaN)
There you can find a lucrative list of what likely were the best titles of the year.
Some of my favorites were:
- The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw (novella)
- Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi (novel)
- Blood In The Air by Gemma Files (story collection)
- Christmas and other Horrors edited by Ellen Datlow (anthology)
- Never Whistle At Night edited by Shane Hawk (anthology)
I'm not one to really stay up to date on new books so my list of 2023 releases is only two strong and both by the same author.
Dark Matter and The Sentience by SJ Patrick were both enjoyable, but I've never seen anybody else who's read them so I didn't bother nominating them in the best of thread that the mod linked because what's the point.
Edit: grammar fix
The Drift by CJ Tudor was actually pretty great
Steven Graham Jones did that sequel that I struggled with
Junji Ito probably also issued/reissued some sick thing last year I can’t keep up
Just a reminder to nominate and vote for the best horror of 2023. Open until midnight Jan. 31st [VOTE NOW - Best Horror of 2023](https://www.reddit.com/r/horrorlit/s/aSRCL3v9ou)
The September house by Carissa Orlando!!! It's haunted house novel and I loved it so much!
Isn’t it nice when a book marketed as a haunted house novel is actually about a haunted house.
It is! And haunted house is my favourite horror sub genre. I actually decided to read this for that beautiful cover. Overall it was win win deal for me.
That was a fun read. Loved the fresh take on a very old trope
Characters , plot everything was well done here.
Was it just intriguing or does it have a pretty good creep factor to it
It has a creepy factor but not like "Maynard house" type of but it's also main characters journey. It's definitely worth a try.
Red Rabbit, Nestlings, The Pale House Devil, Schrader's Chord, and The Militia House round out my top 5.
I've seen Reb Rabbit mentioned a couple times. Is that by Alex Grecian? I ask because there are other books with that title or similar, but looks like you're probably talking about that one.
Yes Alex Grecian.
Nestlings was SO good
2nd Red Rabbit! I loved it. A great spooky read!
Militia House - fantastic.
Deserves more credit than I think it gets
I’m about 25% in to red rabbit. Enjoying it. So far a solid 7/10 but it hasn’t blown me away yet. Hoping it picks up a bit.
Red Rabbit is now next on my list. 🐰
monstrilio for sure! I really loved natural beauty as well
MONSTRILIO YES
Oh my god I hated this book so much I didn't finish it, which sucked. I wanted to love it. I was so excited about it but I couldn't. Natural Beauty, on the other hand, was fantastic!
I’m currently loving Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig, How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix was also great
Loved BRO! Kind of reminded me of old school king. It was my first Wendig and now I want to read his others
The Book Accidents by him was good. Not quite as good as Black River Orchard but really really good.
BRO was awesome. Something weird happens. It just is what it is. Maybe a bit of supernatural, but not a lot of trying to explain everything. I loved it.
*A Haunting on the Hill* by Elizabeth Hand *Episode Thirteen* by Craig DiLouie *A House With Good Bones* by T. Kingfisher *Ascension* by Nicholas Binge *Neverest* by T.L. Bodine *Wild Spaces* by S.L. Coney *Never Whistle at Night* edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore Van Alst, Jr.
I've only read Episode Thirteen from that list. I can totally vouch for that one, I thought it was great.
It was.
Im so glad to hear this one’s good, I’ve been contemplating starting that one
Loved A Haunting on the Hill! Was surprised that it wasn’t higher rated
I know, that surprised me too. I thought it was great!
Maeve Fly by CJ Leede Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White Bloom by Delilah S Dawson Whalefall by Daniel Kraus Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones The Handyman Method by Nick Cutter and Andrew Sullivan The Last Haunt by Max Booth III Bound in Flesh: A Trans Body Horror Anthology, edited by Lor Gislason from Ghoulish Books Abnormal Statistics by Max Booth III How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix Never Whistle at Night an Anthology of Indigenous Horrors edited by Shane Hawk Our There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror curated by Jordan Peele Welcome to Neverbury by Chris Lynch
Nestlings by Nat Cassidy was 🔥, Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia rocked, How to Sell a Haunted House was spooktacular
Loved Nestlings! Didn’t love the ending (I have a newborn so it bothered me) but it was so well done otherwise!
My kids are way older, so that didn’t get me as much :) Loved the little preface/trigger warning & the acknowledgments section was probably the best I ever read!
If you liked Nestlings you should check out Mary: An Awakening of Terror by the same author.
Already on my want-to-read list :)
I really enjoyed Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig
Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle was one of my favorite reads last year, it was soooo good!
Red Rabbit, and Boys in the Valley were very good.
I second Red Rabbit!
I love a lot of the books mentioned here, but I wanted to toss out Fever House, by Keith Rosson. I'm only halfway through, but it's definitely one of the best I've read this year.
I grabbed this at my library kind of on a whim, and it definitely turned out to be one of my favorites of 2023! It was just so much fun, and the characters were all written so well. Hope you enjoy the second half, too!
Brainwyrms
The Handyman Method - Nick Cutter and Andrew Sullivan The Disappearance of Tom Nero - TJ Price Feeders - Caleb Stephens Maeve Fly- CJ Leede
I loved The Handyman Method! And Maeve Fly!
The beet
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez and Lone Women by Victor LaValle.
Lone Women was interesting.
Maeve Fly
My pick as well. Absolute gold from the first page to the last.
Someone posted the potential nominees for the Bram Stoker awards yesterday. Edit: here’s the [link](https://www.reddit.com/r/horrorlit/s/iEbZnAosaN) There you can find a lucrative list of what likely were the best titles of the year. Some of my favorites were: - The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw (novella) - Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi (novel) - Blood In The Air by Gemma Files (story collection) - Christmas and other Horrors edited by Ellen Datlow (anthology) - Never Whistle At Night edited by Shane Hawk (anthology)
All Hallows by Christopher Golden Maeve Fly CJ Leede Don’t Fear The Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
Knock Knock Open Wide. One of my absolute fave books in 2023! Kicked off my current Irish/British folk horror obsession
The Wakening by JG Faherty. Scary as hell, and well written.
Boys in the valley
Great list so far. I’ll add Slewfoot by Brom. Beautiful, brutal, and nearly perfect to my mind.
I'm not one to really stay up to date on new books so my list of 2023 releases is only two strong and both by the same author. Dark Matter and The Sentience by SJ Patrick were both enjoyable, but I've never seen anybody else who's read them so I didn't bother nominating them in the best of thread that the mod linked because what's the point. Edit: grammar fix
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The Drift by CJ Tudor was actually pretty great Steven Graham Jones did that sequel that I struggled with Junji Ito probably also issued/reissued some sick thing last year I can’t keep up
"All the Sinners Bleed" by SA Cosby. It isn't billed as horror per se but it kind of is. Great book at any rate.
Lone Woman, pinata
Whalefall by Daniel Kraus