2026 Horror Books You Need to Know About (20+ books)

I cannot believe we’re already talking about 2026 horror books, but apparently my brain has decided it’s time to build next year’s TBR. So in this video I’m reacting to a bunch of newly announced 2026 horror releases and very scientifically deciding whether each one is a pre-order, a wait for the library, or a big fat nope.

No prep, no notes, just me, Goodreads chaos, and whatever comes out of my mouth when I hit record. We’ve got gothic horror, haunted houses, monstrous women, feminist rage, horror romance, culty mountain children, religious trauma (you know I love it), cursed domesticity, vampires, and a suspicious number of books I now feel emotionally obligated to read.

If you’re trying to figure out your own 2026 horror TBR, need new horror book recommendations, or just enjoy watching someone spiral over too many good releases, you’re in the right place.

Tell me which 2026 horror books you are excited for, which ones you’d pre-order, and what I missed that I absolutely need to check out.

If you love horror, gothic vibes, messy little final girl energy, and building our TBRs together… welcome back to the sleepover.

01:05 – You Did Nothing Wrong
02:12 – Nowhere Burning
03:28 – Trad Wife
04:57 – Molka
06:27 – Japanese Gothic
07:45 – Odessa
09:00 – Bone of My Bone
10:22 – The Caretaker
11:38 – On Sundays She Picked Flowers
12:49 – Dark Is When the Devil Comes
13:55 – Accumulation
15:28 – These Familiar Walls
16:51 – The Body
18:00 – The Fourth Wife
20:14 – The Temptation of Charlotte North
21:57 – Muñeca
23:55 – Cruelty-Free
25:14 – Filth Eaters

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