Top Horror Novels I read in 2025 (part 1)
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Stephen Graham Jones (2025) we follow the story of Good Stab as he wrestles with his identity and the destruction of his homeland during the time of the buffalo hunters. includes gruesome death and the most interesting take on a vampire story I have ever read. I'll think about this book forever. Five (5) stars.
The Devils Joe Abercrombie (2025) INCREDIBLE ensemble story. here we follow a band of "devils" made up of unrepentant murderers, practitioners of ghastly magic, and outright monsters, and the mission he is tasked with will require bloody measures from them all in order to achieve its righteous ends. Five (5) stars).
The Corruption of Hollis Brown K Ancrum (2025) After unknowingly making a deal at the crossroads, Hollis finds himself losing control of his body and mind, falling victim to possession. Walt, the ghost making a home inside him, has a deep and violent history rooted in the town Hollis grew up in and he has unfinished business to take care of. Somehow a young adult queer horror about looking inside yourself for someone else (who is also possessing you). Five (5) stars.
Blood Slaves Markus Redmond (2025) In the Province of Carolina, 1710. Rafazi is the lone survivor of the Ramanga, an African vampire tribe rendered nearly extinct by plague. Rafazi decides to take over the plantation he is enslaved at by converting Willie into a vampire and starting an uprising. Both horrifying and satisfying use of violence in this story. Five (5) stars.
Road of Bones Christopher Golden (2022) Supernatural thriller set in Siberia, where a film crew is covering an elusive ghost story about the Kolyma Highway, a road built on top of the bones of gulag workers buried where they fell under the road. Chilling story. Four (4) stars.
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