This Top Ten Topic is Most Anticipated Horror Releases For The Second Half Of The Year . Top Ten Tuesday is brought to you courtesy of the Broke and Bookish. Unfortunately, not all of these are new releases. Some are re-releases. However, all of them are new to me. Let me know if you’re excited about any of these books, and share the your own list or link in the comments below!
Top Ten Most Anticipated Horror Releases (for the 2nd half of 2016)
The Night Parade by Ronald Malfi
Release Month: July
Publisher: Kensington
See it on Goodreads
Why am I interested? Because it has a Bird Box feel, and Bird Box was freaking AWESOME!
Mirror Image by Michael Scott
Release Month: August
Publisher: Tor
See it on Goodreads
Why am I interested? Occulus.
The Ravenglass Eye by Tom Fletcher
Release Month: August
Publisher: Quercus
See it on Goodreads.
Why am I interested? Because the synopsis brings to mind “From the Corner of his Eye” by Dean Koontz, and that was an exceptional book.
A Shadow on the Wall by Jonathan Aycliffe
Release Month: August
Publisher: Night Shade Books
See it on Goodreads
Why am I interested? Because it looks scary.
Dead Souls by J. Lincoln Fenn
Release Month: September
Publisher: Gallery Books
See it on Goodreads.
Why am I interested? Because it looks unique, and unique is good. Curious to see where the author goes with it.
Dark Entries by Robert Aickman
Release Date: September
Publisher: Faber and Faber
See it on Goodreads
Why am I interested? Because the synopsis hails him as a master of horror, and I’ve never heard of him.
Tuskers III: The Omnivore Wars by Duncan McGeary
Release Month: October
Publisher: Ragnarok
See it on Goodreads.
Why am I interested? ITS THE APORKCALYPSE!
Only the Dead Know Burbank by Bradford Tatum
Release Month: October
Publisher: Harper Perennial
See it on Goodreads.
Why am I interested? Because it’s supposed to be set during the golden days of Hollywood classic monster movies, and I’m itching see how the author manages it.
The Feast of All Souls by Simon Bestwick
Release Month: December
Publisher: Solaris
See it on Goodreads
Why am I interested? Because it looks like a twisted haunted house tale and I love a good haunted house tale.
Your Brother’s Blood by David Towsey
Release Month: December
Publisher: Jo Fletcher Books
See it on Goodreads
Why am I interested? Because there’s a ton of zombie stories, but very few told from the point of the zombie.
Thanks for the recommendations. They all sound worth a look for sure. 🙂
You’re welcome and thanks for stopping by 🙂
Man, I should have known better than to look at your list! I added 5 books to my TBR/wishlist and I already had 3 from the list on it. Just joking. Thanks for the recommendations. It’s not easy finding bloggers that mention horror books on a regular basis!
Its ridiculously hard to find information on horror releases. Grr. I almost gave up on this.
Hope there’s some good ones in it for the both of us.
Mirror Image and A Shadow on The Wall sound good. Terrifying but good.
I feel like my expectations are too high for Mirror Image after watching Occulus, does that make sense? I’m expecting SO much out of it.
Expectations kill books. I hope this one won’t be another victim!
Here’s hoping -.-
I don’t read horror at all but you have some great ones in your list. I can feel the scariness just looking at the covers.
Especially on the first one , right? Radiates creep!
So many of these I want to read!!!! Just got an ARC of Dead Souls – loved Poe by this author.
When do you think you will have a review up for Dead Souls?
Probably not until mid August since it doesn’t come out until September.
Great list! These all look and sound really interesting. I’ll have to add some to my TBR!
Please, do 🙂 Horror needs love.
Your Brother’s Blood looks pretty awesome. A zombie story from the POV of a zombie? Like, what the heck could be going in their minds?
And definitely checking out Robert Eickman. I have no idea who the guy is too hahaha
If you’re interested in the concept, there’s one already released that’s a decent story.. Its in the Surviving the Dead series. I think it’s book 3.5. “The Passenger”.
Yay! I’m interested in a few of these, thank you for the heads up!
Sweet 🙂 I get insanely happy when people say they’re looking forward to horror books. It’s like *gasp* I’m not aloooooone! *cough* anyways…
I’m so thankful for you and your blog. You always have the best horror recommendations!
Aww, thanks 🙂 Now if only more publishers would get the clue and send me more books! Imagine the pretty shelf full of horror books I could have…
HAHAHA…so true.
Oooh, I love the idea behind Only the Dead Know Burbank!
Right? Looks fantastic .
I love haunted houses stories, even if they keep me from sleeping at times, hahaha. Great recommendations thank you 🙂
You’re welcome!
From the POV of the zombie, huh? Intriguing…
Yep. Try out Passenger by James N Cook (and some other dude I can’t remember). Its book 3.5 in the Surviving the Dead series. On Kindle Unlimited. Very well done, also.
I’ve run into occasional Aickman tales in anthologies, and they’ve usually been good. I’ve long been interested in tracking more of his stuff down. Seems I’ll have the chance!
Seems you will! I’ve probably never come across him because I try my best to avoid anthologies. LOL.
And since Aickman died, in 1981, is known almost entirely for his short stories, and his collections have apparently only recently come back into print, there you go.
Oooh, Your Brother’s Blood by David Towsey sounds like it could be really interesting! I’m not a big zombie person but I love stories told from perspectives they’re not usually told from, and you’re right that there’s very few told from the zombie’s POV. 🙂
If you want to test drive the POV, try Passenger by James N. Cook (and another author I can’t think of the name of). Its book 3.5 in Surviving the Dead, but can be read alone.
Oooh, good to know! I’ll check it out. 🙂
Wow, all these books look really cool. I can’t wait to read them! 😀
Don’t they, though? Especially the first two.
Wow! Hats off to you for being able to pick so many horror books for your highly anticipated list! 🙂 I am one of those few that have absolutely no guts to read a horror novel, and even if I did, I’d pity my husband for having to deal with my fear 🙂
That said, I just might be able to muster up enough courage for The Night Parade..
Isn’t it So interesting looking? I hope you do muster up the courage.
I wouldn’t say I was a huge horror book fan, but some of these sound really quite interesting. I love the sound of Only the Dead Know Burbank because I’m also really interested in the whole golden age of Hollywood so it may be the perfect one to start to see if I enjoy this genre.
Also you managed to pick some good books for this week despite it being difficult for you! 😀
Thanks 🙂 yeah, the Burbank one sounds like a nice soft horror start.
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