The witching season is upon us, and what better way to welcome the ghosts and ghouls than with a collection of horror books crafted to disturb, thrill, and delight? Here’s a selection of eerie reads that will leave you jumping at shadows and double checking your door locks!
6 Must-Read Horror Books
1. Curdle Creek by Yvonne Battle-Felton
Signed by the author, Hardback, UK First Edition, First Printing
Welcome to Curdle Creek. We’re dying to make you feel at home.
Osira has always kept to Curdle Creek’s customs, clinging to the safety of ritual in her secluded, all-Black town governed by dark traditions. But the rules of Curdle Creek are unforgiving - especially the one that dictates “one in, one out.” When Osira is chosen, she is thrust into the ghostly grasp of her past and forced to confront long-buried secrets in a place where the departed refuse to stay silent.
2. Hear Him Calling by Carly Reagon
Signed by the author, Hardback, UK First Edition, First Printing
Step into the house that never wanted you there.
When Kyle inherits his grandfather’s old stone tower on a Welsh mountainside, he and his wife, Lydia, hope for a fresh start. But strange lights, chilling voices, and the oppressive presence that clings to the walls have Lydia on edge. As winter closes in, their isolation deepens, and the mountain's eerie whispers become more insistent. Something waits outside, something ancient that calls to them, hungering for a way in.
3. She’s Always Hungry by by Eliza Clark
Signed by the author, Special Hardback Edition, UK First Edition, First Printing
Hunger never dies. It just grows stronger.
In eleven grotesque tales, Eliza Clark’s characters hunger for love, perfection, and sometimes, a taste of the unthinkable. From unsettling body horror to alien flora that thrive on human touch, Clark’s stories are a banquet of dark desires. Each twisted fable gnaws at the edges of human need, reminding us that there is something predatory in all of us.
4. Barrowbeck by Andrew Michael Hurley
Signed by the author, Hardback, UK First Edition, First Printing
In Barrowbeck, the darkness has always been there, waiting.
The villagers of Barrowbeck have long kept the land's eerie customs, but ancient bargains have a way of coming due. From a father whose daughter dances with the devil to a widower awaiting the return of his lost love, the stories here are laced with dread. Barrowbeck is a place where shadows breathe, and the past is never really buried.
5. William by Mason Coile
Signed and numbered by the author, Sprayed Edge Edition, Hardback, UK First Edition, First Printing
He was created to serve, but he wants more.
Henry’s creation, William, may look like a lifeless machine, but something within is awakening, something hungry. As William’s fascination with Henry’s wife Lily turns to obsession, the family home becomes a haunted nest of secrets and fear. And when Henry tries to end his creation, he discovers that death isn’t enough to keep William at bay. In this Frankensteinian horror, the ghost isn’t from beyond the grave; it’s alive and very much at home.
6 . The Gone Away World by Nick Harkaway
Hardback, UK First Edition, First Printing
In a land on fire, only those with nothing left to lose can find the truth.
The Jorgmund Pipe is more than an engineering marvel; it’s a lifeline. But when it erupts in flame, Gonzo Lubitsch and his crew are pulled into a strange new world. Wild, darkly comic, and dripping with gothic tension, The Gone-Away World is a tale where reality frays at the edges, leaving room for dark forces to crawl in.
Your next spooky read awaits
Light a candle, settle into your cosiest armchair, and open the pages of these chilling reads. Just be careful - the shadows have a way of creeping closer on nights like these…
