14 New Horror Books • A Macabre Mix of Reads for May 2026!

For May there is a really good mix of horror for all kinds of tastes. From western slasher to witchy haunts, we even have some fairytales and sci-fi poking up above the blackened earth. Forgive the mixed metaphors, as it is springtime where anything can happen. As usual, there are too many to choose from but unlike last month, I've no advanced reading copies to remark on. Still reading last month's clutch! If you have read any of these be sure to let us know...✮ Mergers and Acquisitions ✮I Know A Place: Rest Stop and Other Dark Detours by Nat CassidyMay 5, 2026https://amzn.to/4dmkUVS Let’s hope you make it home in one piece.Neon Moon by Grace R. ReynoldsMay 5, 2026https://amzn.to/4epPor3 She Waits Where Shadows Gather: A Novel by Michelle TangMay 5, 2026https://amzn.to/4uqfrTR The Blood Year Daughter by G.G. SilvermanMay 8, 2026https://amzn.to/4utEPrW Electric Shamans at the Festival of the Sun by Mónica OjedaMay 12, 2026https://amzn.to/4cP0xkc Make Me Better: A Novel by Sarah GaileyMay 12, 2026https://amzn.to/4n1TSGw Entomology of the Pin-Up Girl by Lauren OsbornMay 12, 2026https://amzn.to/4ekPSic Femme Feral: A Novel by Sam BeckbessingerMay 12, 2026https://amzn.to/42fiX7t Decomposition Book: A Novel by Sara van OsMay 19, 2026https://amzn.to/3P1GHZM Shy Girl: A Novel by Mia Ballard (unavailable)May 19, 2026The Dorians by Nick CutterMay 19, 2026https://amzn.to/4utx995 The Temptation of Charlotte North by Camilla BruceMay 19, 2026https://amzn.to/48Dt8X6 Dead Weight by Hildur KnútsdóttirMay 26, 2026https://amzn.to/4uqkKTe House of Margins by Tlotlo TsamaaseMay 26, 2026https://amzn.to/4w7eWzE #booktube #youtube #horrorbooks #horrortuber ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com ▹ All socials ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever🩶As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮