20 Best-Selling Horror Novels | The Most Sought-After Titles by Public Libraries

Grady Hendrix, Victor LaValle, and Stephen Graham Jones are just some of the names topping the charts.

 

 

 

 

 

HORROR BEST SELLERS, JULY 2023

Rank

 

1

How To Sell a Haunted House. [HC] Grady Hendrix. Berkley. 2023. ISBN 9780593201268. $28.

2

Lone Women. [HC] Victor LaValle. One World. 2023. ISBN 9780525512080. $27.

3

Don’t Fear the Reaper. [HC] Stephen Graham Jones. Saga Press. 2023. ISBN 9781982186593. $27.99.

4

A House with Good Bones. [HC] T. Kingfisher. Tor Nightfire. 2023. ISBN 9781250829795. $26.99.

5

Bad Cree. [HC] Jessica Johns. Doubleday. 2023. ISBN 9780385548694. $27.

6

The Spite House. [HC] Johnny Compton. Tor Nightfire. 2023. ISBN 9781250841414. $27.99.

7

All Hallows. [HC] Christopher Golden. St. Martin’s Press. 2023. ISBN 9781250280299. $27.99.

8

A History of Fear. [HC] Luke Dumas. Atria Books. 2022. ISBN 9781982199029. $27.99.

9

Mothered. [HC] Zoje Stage. Thomas & Mercer. 2023. ISBN 9781662506246. $28.99.

10

A Face in the Crowd / The Longest December. [HC] Stephen King, Stewart O’Nan, and Richard Chizmar. Cemetery Dance Publications. 2023. ISBN 9781587678226. $28.

11

The Salt Grows Heavy. [HC] Cassandra Khaw. Tor Nightfire. 2023. ISBN 9781250830913. $21.99.

12

The Nightmare Man. [HC] J. H. Markert. Crooked Lane Books. 2023. ISBN 9781639101702. $27.99.

13

Tell Me I’m Worthless. [P] Alison Rumfitt. Tor Nightfire. 2023. ISBN 9781250866233. $17.99.

14

The Scourge Between Stars. [P] Ness Brown. Tor Nightfire. 2023. ISBN 9781250834683. $16.99.

15

Sister, Maiden, Monster. [P] Lucy A. Snyder. Tor Nightfire. 2023. ISBN 9781250825650. $17.99.

16

 

Episode Thirteen. [P] Craig DiLouie. Redhook. 2023. ISBN 9780316443104. $19.99.

17

The Shoemaker’s Magician. [HC] Cynthia Pelayo. Agora Books. 2023. ISBN 9781957957104. $27.99.

18

Monstrilio. [HC] Gerardo Sámano Córdova. Zando. 2023. ISBN 9781638930365. $27.

19

The Insatiable Volt Sisters. [P] Rachel Eve Moulton. FSG Adult. 2023. ISBN 9780374538323. $18.

20

 

White Horse. [HC] Erika T. Wurth. Flatiron Books. 2022. ISBN 9781250847652. $27.99.

 

Data from Baker & Taylor based on the most popular horror fiction sold to U.S. public libraries in the six months prior to the week ending May 26, 2023.

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