Horror Novel Reviews
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2018’s Top Rated Horror Novels
- All Hail the House Gods – Andrew J. Stone
- Bone Weaver’s Orchard, The – Sarah Read
- Bones – Andrew Cull
- Boy’s Life – Robert McCammon
- Broken Shells – Michael Patrick Hicks
- Dead, The – Charlie Higson
- Devil’s Dreamland, The – Sarah Tantlinger
- Coyote Songs – Gabino Iglesias
- Fever Dream – Samanta Schweblin
- Fungus, The – Harry Adam Knight
- Girl Next Door, The – Jack Ketchum
- Haunted Forest Tour, The – Jeff Strand, James A. Moore
- Kill Creek – Scott Thomas
- The Making of Gabriel Davenport – Beverley Lee
- Mandibles – Jeff Strand
- Manifest Recall – Alan Baxter
- Nightmare Room,The – Chris Sorenson
- Oversight– Michael Bailey
- Outpost 28 #2 – Dean Kuhta
- Rust Maidens, The – Gwendolyn Kiste
- Sea Was a Fair Master, The – Calvin Demmer
- Shepherd of the Black Sheep – Kristopher Triana
- Siren and the Specter, The – Jonathan Janz
- Skullface Boy – Chad Lutzke
- Triple Axe – Scott Cole
- Zee Brothers: Curse of the Zombie Omelet – Grivante
2018’s 4 Rated Horror Novels
- Afterlife – Johanna Craven
- Bad Hotel – Dustin Reade
- Behind Closed Doors – B.A. Paris
- Behind the Door – Mary SanGiovanni
- Blank Tapes, vol 1 – Paul Huxley
- Cat Out of Hell – Lynne Truss
- Cats Like Cream – Renee Miller
- C.H.U.D. Lives – Anthology
- City of Devils – Staci Layne Wilson
- Corpsing – Kayleigh Marie Edwards
- Creature – Hunter Shea
- Creepy Pasta Collection, The – Mr. Creepy Pasta
- Darker Days – Kenneth W. Cain
- Devil and the Deep, The – Editor Ellen Datlow
- Devil Dragon – Deborah Sheldon
- Down by the Sea – Michelle Mellon
- Down from Beast Mountain – Gerry Griffiths
- Forest, The – Julia Blake
- Forest Underground – Lydian Faust
- Forsaken (Unit 51 #2) – Michael McBride
- Gilchrist – Christian Galacar
- Green and the Black, The – William Meikle
- Haunting of Natalie Glasgow, The – Hailey Piper
- Hellhole: An Anthology of Subterranean Terror – ed. Lee Murray
- Hematophages, The – Stephen Kozeniewski
- Hidden City – Alan Baxter
- Jurassic Florida – Hunter Shea
- Kaiju: Deadfall – J.E. Gurley
- Kill Hill Carnage – Tim Meyer
- Kind Nepenthe – Matthew V. Brockmeyer
- Leak of Madness – Alice J. Black
- Lingering, The – SJI Holiday
- Lost Highways – Ed. D. Alexander War
- Mary: The Summoning – Hillary Monahan
- Murders of Molly Southbourne – Tade Thompson
- Old Hollow – Ambrose Stolliker
- Ophelia Immune – Beth Mattson
- Pitch Dark – Courtney Alameda
- Primordial by David Wood and Alan Baxter
- Queen of No Tomorrows – Matt Maxwell
- Rattus New Yorkus – Hunter Shea
- Resurrection High– John Brhel
- Rising, The – Brian Keene
- Scapegoat – Adam Howe & James Newman
- Sick House, The – Jeff Strand
- Suspended in Dusk II – Ed. Simon Dewar
- Terror is Our Business – Joe and Kasey Lansdale
- Tide of Stone – Kaaron Warren
- They Feed – Jason Parent
- Unheimlich Manoeuvre, The – Tracy Fahey
- Welcome to the Show – Ed. Matt Hayward, Doug Moreno
- Zee Brothers 2: Zombie School Lockdown – Grivante
2018’s 3 Rated Horror Novels
- A Deep Horror that Was Very Nearly Awe – J.R. Hamantaschen
- Another – Yukito Ayatsuji
- Beast of Brenton Woods, The – Jackson R. Thomas
- Bell Witch, The – John F.D. Taff
- Beyond Night – Eric S. Brown, Steven L. Shrewsbury
- Blood in Guthrie, The – Kira McKinney
- Bone White – Ronald Malfi
- Calling 666 – Akasha Savage
- Darkness Within, The – Alice J. Black
- Demonic, The – Lee Mountford
- Doorbells at Dusk – Ed. Evans Light
- Fantastic Tales of Terror – Ed. Eugene Johnson
- Off Season – Jack Ketchum
- Garden of Eldritch Delights – Lucy A. Snyder
- Ghost Virus – Graham Masterton
- Gorge, The – AJ Leehart
- Hark! The Herald Angels Scream – Ed. Christopher Golden
- Harrowing, The – Alexandra Sokoloff
- House, The – Bentley Little
- House by the Cemetery, The – John Everson
- Initiation – C.J. Black
- King in Yellow, The – Robert W. Chambers
- Knowing, The – Ninie Hammon
- Megalodon: Feeding Frenzy – J.E. Gurley
- Mouth of the Dark, The – Tim Waggoner
- Mystery Walk – Robert McCammon
- Nameless – Mercedes M. Yardley
- Parasite Life – Victoria Dalpe
- Predators – Michaelbrent Collings
- Shining Girls, The – Lauren Beukes
- Sky Grove – Scott A Johnson
- Sleeper(s) – Paul Kane
- Small Horrors – Darcy Coates
- Stinger – Robert McCammon
- Stranded – Renee Miller
- Sussex Horrors – Ed. Mark Cassell
- Thirteen Days by Sunset Beach – Ramsey Campbell
- Tragedy Man, The – Staci Layne Wilson
- What Hides Within – Jason Parent
- Winter Over, The – Matthew Iden
- Witching Well, The – S.D. Hintz
- Zero Day – Ezekiel Boone
2018’s 2 Rated Horror Novels
- Angel of the Underground – David Andreas
- Bag of Bones – Stephen King
- Crimson Vale – Jennifer Harlow
- Dreamfall – Amy Plum
- Haunting of Cabin Green – April A. Taylor
- House at the Bottom of the Lake – Audrey Swindon
- In the Still of the Night – Supernaturals #2 – David L. Golemon
- IT – Stephen King
- Neighbors, The – Ania Ahlborn
- Tortured Souls – Linda Cadose
2018’s 1 Rated Horror Novels
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