These 7 Social-Horror Books Are Equal Parts Thought-Provoking and Terrifying

Set in US-occupied Baghdad circa 2005, Frankenstein in Baghdad ($13) follows Hadi, a scavenger who collects human body parts to stitch together in order to create a corpse after losing his best friend in a bombing. His goal is for the government to recognize the individual body parts as people and give them a proper burial. But when the body goes missing, a wave of murders sweeps the city, with eyewitnesses reporting a horrendous-looking killer who cannot be killed despite being shot. Hadi realizes he has created a monster that survives on human flesh — and no one is safe from it.