The Fall’s Best New Horror Releases

PutnamFall is officially here. That means comfy sweaters, warm drinks, and of course… the spookiest reads to cozy up with. From haunted houses to things that go bump in the night, Putnam’s got horror that will make your hair stand up on end. Horror readers have been waiting all year, and it’s finally here. Fall. It’s the season where horror reigns supreme. So, of course, we have been blessed with an abundance of new horror releases hitting shelves non-stop all season long. I know we all want to read them all, but if you’re looking for the horror books that need to move to the top of your Creepy Reads TBR, below are this season’s best new horror releases. The Unhaunting by Micaiah Johnson (Putnam) Kicking off the scariest season of the year is this Southern Gothic hanted house novel from award-winning author Micaiah Johnson. Abernathy House was built at the end of the Civil War in Mississippi. It was meant to be a sanctuary, a place where tragedy would never happen. At first, the house feels like the perfect place for Avery and his friends to heal all their wounds. But Abernathy House doesn’t repel terrible things. It absorbs them. It turns out living a charmed life comes at a cost....