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9 books I want to read in 2026

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Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror will be published on October 3 via Random House. It's curated by filmmaker Jordan Peele, who also provides an introduction and serves as editor with John Joseph Adams.

It features short stories by Erin E. Adams, Violet Allen, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Maurice Broaddus, Chesya Burke, P. Djèlí Clark, Ezra Claytan Daniels, Tananarive Due, Nalo Hopkinson, N.K. Jemisin, Justin C. Key, L.D. Lewis, Nnedi Okorafor, Tochi Onyebuchi, Rebecca Roanhorse, Nicole D. Sconiers, Rion Amilcar Scott, Terence Taylor, and Cadwell Turnbull.

The 400-page book will be available in hardcover, e-book, and audio book. The synopsis is below.

The visionary writer and director of Get Out, Us, and Nope, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions, curates this groundbreaking anthology of all-new stories of Black horror, exploring not only the terrors of the supernatural but the chilling reality of injustice that haunts our nation. A cop begins seeing huge, blinking eyes where the headlights of cars should be that tell him who to pull over. Two freedom riders take a bus ride that leaves them stranded on a lonely road in Alabama where several unsettling somethings await them. A young girl dives into the depths of the Earth in search of the demon that killed her parents. These are just a few of the worlds of Out There Screaming, Jordan Peele’s anthology of all-new horror stories by Black writers. Featuring an introduction by Peele and an all-star roster of beloved writers and new voices, Out There Screaming is a master class in horror, and—like his spine-chilling films—its stories prey on everything we think we know about our world... and redefine what it means to be afraid.

Pre-order Out There Screaming.

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The Reformatory by Tananarive Due book quotes featuring kitties

song: Am I Wrong by TeZATalks https://open.qobuz.com/track/368114509

5/5

Florida's soil is soaked with so much blood, it's a wonder the droplets don't seep between your toes with every step.

'Cuz, see, colored folks fighting for what's theirs is like a virus to white folks- and they kill a virus so it don't spread. That killing is the work for man, not the devil.

His head slumped at the memory of the white only sign he'd had to explain to his boys and they'd said but isn't that like the nazis? And how could it be so?

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Have you read The Reformatory by Tananarive Due (2023)?

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I didn't finish it

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Voting ended onNov 18, 2025

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Nesha Reads: Blood Colony

Y'all. This book... I was sitting here for the longest time with the storybuilding, thinking to myself, "I may not be smart enough for this book." It's written excellently, of course (Tananarive Due), and I thought, "If I'm gonna start reading again, I want one or both of these things 1. A pretty simply story that is in one of my beloved genres (horror, fantasy, sci fi), and/OR 2. something brilliant that will consume me.

And starting off, I was like... when are we gonna really get to the stuff, because there was a pretty long set up to the key conflict.

Then it happened and not only have I been IN IT, but something deeply horrifying just happened to a character and it is one of my personal scariest things that could happen and boy do it got me having to take deep breaths at work.

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Recommended Reading for It: Welcome to Derry fans--

Yes, I know the obvious title is the original novel It by Stephen King. However, some have either already read it or prefer not to read it because of --ahem-- that part, so I thought I'd put down two alternatives for those who need their horror fix after watching WTD.

Up first is When the Night Bells Ring by Jo Kaplan. This novel is part historical horror, part modern dystopian. It is a juxtaposition between two women fleeing California after wildfires leave little left who find themselves stuck in a mine in Nevada and a Pioneer woman by the name of Lavinia whose diary they find in the mine. Much like WTD, the residents of the Pioneer community live with an unspeakable horror in the shadows of their town, but do not speak of it. As the story moves forward, you see that the culture of this little town may be more disturbing than the monsters that lurk in the dark.

Second is The Reformatory by Tananarive Due. This is a historical horror that takes place in Jim Crow Florida. It follows a young Black boy by the name of Robert Stephens who is unjustly sentenced to six months at a segregated reform school for boys with a sinister reputation. And again, in the spirit of WTD, the scariest parts are not necessarily the ghosts or the haints, but the racism that allows for terrible people to get away with terrible things. As an additional note, I actually got the pleasure to listen to Due speak at a book fair about the inspiration behind her novel. She learned about a relative who died in the reformatory her book is based on and this was her way of paying tribute to him and the other victims of the school.

I actually had a pretty fun experience with WTD partly because I finished When the Night Bells Ring before starting the show and read The Reformatory alongside my viewing of WTD. I'm such a nerd in the way that I like to make connections between the different media I consume. If you are the same and you appreciated themes how the themes of colonialism, racism, sexism, and child abuse were handled in the show, I do highly recommend these two readings!

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Keanu has been mentioned twice now in this book I’m reading (The Good House by Tananarive Due) I’m beginning to think the author is a fan.