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To be a horror fan in 2022 is to find yourself at a feast after many years of famine.

Here are the best on shelves.

10.The Hacienda,Isabel Canas

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Theres just something irresistible about the gothic.

Canas isnt reinventing the wheel here; shes just making a really, really good wheel.

Enter Padre Andres, a young troubled priest hiding brujo powers.

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9.All the White Spaces, Ally Wilkes

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Some of the best survival horror weve read in years with a uniquely menacing adversary at its heart.

8.White Horse, Erika T. Wurth

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Two days after Kari was born, her mother walked out, never to return.

7.No Gods for Drowning, Hailey Piper

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When the gods start to return, however, an even greater mystery unfolds, one of cosmic significance.

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Fans of the unclassifiable and the weird should not skip this one.

6.The Devil Takes You Home, Gabino Iglesias

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5.A Black and Endless Sky, Matthew Lyons

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Equal parts cosmic horror, road-trip adventure, and adrenaline-fueled thriller, Lyonss sophomore novel swings for the fences.

4.Just Like Home, Sarah Gailey

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The last act of this novel is like nothing weve ever read before.

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3.Jackal, Erin E. Adams

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The payoff, when it comes, is well worth the ride.

2.Ghost Eaters, Clay McLeod Chapman

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Theres a catch, of course (isnt there always?

), which is that you dont necessarily choose which ghosts you see or how long they hang around.

And once they realize you’re free to see them, theyre not inclined to let you go.

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1.Manhunt, Gretchen Felker-Martin

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