A Bone-Chilling List of the 19 Best Horror Books

This genre-bending novel from Mona Awad will have you snickering one moment and wide-eyed with terror the next. About a woman picking up the pieces after her mother's untimely death, "Rouge" ($18) tackles intergenerational trauma, the evils of the beauty industrial complex, cults, racism, colorism, and more. If the suspense doesn't get to you first, the twisted imagery is sure to leave you gasping for breath. (IYKYK.)