Horror Best-Sellers, July 2021 | The Most In-Demand in Libraries & Bookstores

The horror books most in-demand with readers are from Josh Malerman, Sam J. Miller, Cynthia Pelayo, Clay McLeod Chapman, and Evie Green.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HORROR BEST-SELLERS JULY 2021

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1

A House at the Bottom of a Lake. [P] Josh Malerman. Del Rey. 2021. ISBN 9780593237779. $16.

2

The Blade Between. [HC] Sam J. Miller. Ecco. 2020. ISBN 9780062969828. $26.99.

3

Children of Chicago. [HC] Cynthia Pelayo. Polis Books. 2021. ISBN 9781951709204. $26.

4

Whisper Down the Lane. [HC] Clay MacLeod Chapman. Quirk Publishing. 2021. ISBN 9781683692157. $19.99.

5

We Hear Voices. [HC] Evie Green. Berkley. 2020. ISBN 9780593098301. $26.

6

Near the Bone. [P] Christina Henry. Berkley. 2021. ISBN 9780593199763. $17.

7

Of One Blood. [P] Pauline Hopkins. Poisoned Pen Press. 2021. ISBN 9781464215063. $14.99.

8

The Only Good Indians. [HC] Stephen Graham Jones. Gallery/Saga Press. 2020. ISBN 9781982136451. $26.99. [P] ISBN 9781982136468. $16.99.

9

The Children of Red Peak. [P] Craig DiLouie. Redhook. 2020. ISBN 9780316428132. $16.99.

10

The Hollow Places. [P] T. Kingfisher. Gallery/Saga Press. 2020. ISBN 9781534451124. $16.99.

11

Smithy. [P] Amanda Desiree. Inkshares. 2021. ISBN 9781950301218. $18.99.

12

The Whispering Dead. [P] Darcy Coates. Poisoned Pen Press. 2021. ISBN 9781728239217. $14.99.

13

Secret Santa: The Gift That Keeps on Giving. [P] Andrew Shaffer. Quirk Books. 2020. ISBN 9781683692058. $15.99./span>

14

Night Train. [P] David Quantick. Titan Books. 2020. ISBN 9781785658594. $14.95.

15

The Night Will Find Us. [P] Matthew Lyons. Keylight Books. 2020. ISBN 9781684425419. $15.99.

16

Tiny Nightmares: Very Short Tales of Horror. [P] Lincoln Michel and Nadxieli Nieto. Catapult. 2020. ISBN 9781948226622. $16.95.

17

We Have Always Lived in the Castle. [HC] Shirley Jackson. Penguin Classics. 2021. ISBN 9780143134831. $26.

18

The Searching Dead. [HC] Ramsey Campbell. Flame Tree Publishing. 2021. ISBN 9781787585584. $24.95.

19

The Year of the Witching. [HC] Alexis Henderson. Ace. 2020. ISBN 9780593099605. $26.

20

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires. [HC] Grady Hendrix. Quirk Publishing. 2020. ISBN 9781683691433. $22.99.

 

This list includes titles most in demand by libraries and bookstores nationwide from Baker & Taylor six months prior to the week ending May 28, 2021. (c) Copyright 2021 Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of MSI Information Services.

 

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