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    Explore the latest and scariest in horror and true crime books. From fresh releases to historical horrors, we've got the latest and greatest in terrifying books.

    11 Disturbing Horror Books About Cults

    11 Disturbing Horror Books About Cults

    Join if you dare.

    Cults

    By MacKenzie Stuart & Lisa Quigley

    Horror Books

    The Most-Anticipated Horror Books Coming in 2025

    The Most-Anticipated Horror Books Coming in 2025

    By Courtney Hunter-Stangler

    Horror Books

    Think You Know Stephen King? These 7 Books for King Superfans Might Prove You Wrong

    Think You Know Stephen King? These 7 Books for King Superfans Might Prove You Wrong

    By Orrin Grey

    True Crime Books

    12 True Crime Books that Changed the Genre Forever

    12 True Crime Books that Changed the Genre Forever

    By Jena Brown

    Gothic Horror

    16 Creepy Robert McCammon Books That Will Keep You Awake At Night

    16 Creepy Robert McCammon Books That Will Keep You Awake At Night

    By Orrin Grey & Kelsey Christine McConnell

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    Horror Books

    Aron Beauregard's Playground: The Book TikTok is Calling Too Gross to Finish

    Aron Beauregard's Playground: The Book TikTok is Calling Too Gross to Finish

    This extreme horror book has found the limits of body horror—and exceeded them.

    By Kelsey Christine McConnell

    Book Excerpt

    Charles Stuart Murdered His Pregnant Wife—and Blamed it on a Black Man

    Charles Stuart Murdered His Pregnant Wife—and Blamed it on a Black Man

    Read an excerpt of Deadly Greed, the despicable full story behind HBO's Murder in Boston.

    By Marisa Fertitta

    Horror Books

    It's Like This Place is Alive: A Look at Some of the Most Memorable Settings in Horror Fiction

    It's Like This Place is Alive: A Look at Some of the Most Memorable Settings in Horror Fiction

    If these walls could talk…

    By Michael J. Seidlinger

    Short Stories

    Ray Bradbury's Spookiest Short Stories and Novels—With Creepy Quotes

    Ray Bradbury's Spookiest Short Stories and Novels—With Creepy Quotes

    Experience the macabre magic of Ray Bradbury.

    By Jena Brown

    Horror Books

    What Makes a Book "Horror"?

    What Makes a Book "Horror"?

    Wading through discourse to define a genre.

    By Kelsey Christine McConnell

    Fairy Tales

    Beyond "Happily Ever After": 11 Dark Fairy Tale Books for Adults 

    Beyond "Happily Ever After": 11 Dark Fairy Tale Books for Adults 

    A poisoned apple is the least of these characters' worries. 

    By Isabel Montero

    True Crime Books

    The Tragic True Story of Lois Duncan, the Queen of Teen Suspense 

    The Tragic True Story of Lois Duncan, the Queen of Teen Suspense 

    An iconic teen suspense author experiences a living nightmare.

    By Orrin Grey

    Ghost Books

    These 11 Books Deliver Chillingly True Ghost Stories

    These 11 Books Deliver Chillingly True Ghost Stories

    Sometimes reality is the most haunting tale of all.

    By Jena Brown

    Indie Horror Books

    4 Terrifying New Releases from Indie and Small Presses This January

    4 Terrifying New Releases from Indie and Small Presses This January

    Start 2024 off right with these chilling new reads.

    By Kelsey Christine McConnell

    Horror Books

    5 Horror Poetry Collections with Unusual Themes that You Might Have Missed

    5 Horror Poetry Collections with Unusual Themes that You Might Have Missed

    Strange and beautiful.

    By Gwendolyn Kiste

    Indie Horror Books

    A Year of Terror: Take a Look Back at the Best Indie Horror Books of 2023

    A Year of Terror: Take a Look Back at the Best Indie Horror Books of 2023

    From folklore frights to creepy collections, we've had 12 months of screams.

    By The Lineup Staff

    Occult

    Alluring Books on Occultism for Curious Modern Mystics

    Alluring Books on Occultism for Curious Modern Mystics

    The secret and arcane world just beyond our own…

    By Jena Brown

    Indie Horror Books

    The Heart of Horror: How Indie Publishing Keeps the Genre Alive

    The Heart of Horror: How Indie Publishing Keeps the Genre Alive

    Smaller presses deliver bigger screams.

    By Kelsey Christine McConnell

    Horror Books

    10 Books Like Scream for Those Who Like Their Horror Outrageous and Iconic

    10 Books Like Scream for Those Who Like Their Horror Outrageous and Iconic

    “Books don’t create psychos. Books make psychos more creative!”

    By Jena Brown

    Horror Books

    From the Haunted Stacks: 2023 Horror Book Highlights

    From the Haunted Stacks: 2023 Horror Book Highlights

    A detailed look at 2023's wide range of horror fiction, from the "library world's horror maven."

    By Becky Spratford

    Horror Books

    2023's Most Terrifying Horror, True Crime, and Paranormal Bestsellers

    2023's Most Terrifying Horror, True Crime, and Paranormal Bestsellers

    The Lineup's community has chilling taste—these were our most beloved titles in 2023.

    By Lisa Quigley, Kelsey Christine McConnell & Isabel Montero

    Horror Books

    This Imaginary Friend Didn't Come to Play

    This Imaginary Friend Didn't Come to Play

    A father must protect his twin daughters from a shadowy, malevolent force in Let Him In.

    By Kelsey Christine McConnell

    Horror Books

    Old-School Horror Zines Rise From the Dead with Book Worms Horror

    Old-School Horror Zines Rise From the Dead with Book Worms Horror

    This nostalgic form of expression will worm its way into your heart. 

    By James Ippoliti

    Horror Books

    Ancestral Secrets Buried in A House with Good Bones

    Ancestral Secrets Buried in A House with Good Bones

    The vultures are watching…

    By Stephanie Sendaula

    Book Excerpt

    How Far Would You Go for Love?

    How Far Would You Go for Love?

    One woman's pregnancy awakens a dark familial curse in No Child of Mine.

    By Kelsey Christine McConnell

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