7 of the Best Twisty Horror Retellings

Crooked Lane BooksTest your bravery and heart by stepping into this sapphic Bluebeard retelling from USA Today bestselling author Saratoga Schaefer! Artist Poppy's new marriage to Celia, a wealthy art dealer, is impulsive but she's brimming with excitement when she moves across the country to Celia’s home: a formidable, isolated, and art-filled manor called Busirane. However, Busirane refuses to welcome Poppy and its faceless statues and bodiless whispers beset her. When Poppy is eventually drawn to the forbidden basement, dark truths shatter everything she thought she knew, throwing her into a desperate bid for survival. I work at a bookshop, and my coworker and I were standing around the counter the other day, when she asked, “Kendra, what do you like to read in the fall?” I had to think about it for a second, but I quickly realized I ADORE horror for the season. I want to extend those delightfully creepy vibes for as long as possible and revel in all things sinister. In horror, I’ve found some of my favorite novels, like The Reformatory by Tananarive Due, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones, and Never Whistle at Night edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst J...