2021 was an incredible year for horror fiction (one of the strongest in recent memory). The coming year looks very promising as well. Here is a quick list of 22 books whose release I eagerly await in 2022:
The Strange by Nathan Ballingrud
Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives by Adam Cesare
Devil House by John Darnielle
Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey
The Book of the Most Precious Substance by Sara Gran
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias
Don’t Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
The Dead Take the A Train by Richard Kadrey and Cassandra Khaw
Gwendy’s Final Task by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste
Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies by John Langan
Black Mouth by Ronald Malfi
Boys, Beasts & Men by Sam J. Miller
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Path of Thorns by A.G. Slatter
Dark Stars edited by John D. Taff
The Pallbearers’ Club by Paul Tremblay
We Will Rise by Tim Waggoner
Sundial by Catriona Ward
The Doloriad by Missouri Williams