Books by Grady Hendrix
Grady Hendrix is the award-winning author of several novels, including The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires and Horrorstör, and several non-fiction titles. His history of the 1970s and 80s horror boom, Paperbacks From Hell, won a Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction
“This new novel, a bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic, is set in 1970s Florida, in a home for young unwed mothers. The residents are kept under tight control, but when a librarian shares a book about the occult, the girls discover a way to reclaim power.” Read more...
How to Sell a Haunted House
by Grady Hendrix
☆ Shortlisted for the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Novel
☆ Finalist for the 2024 Locus Award for Horror
When Louisa's parents are killed in a car crash, she returns to her hometown of Charleston, South Carolina, to deal with their affairs. But when it comes to selling the beloved family home, it's not just sibling rivalry that she has to worry about. A spooky story about complicated families in the American South from the author of The Final Girl Support Group, which The New York Times described as a "gripping, wildly entertaining exploration of childhood horrors."
Interviews with Grady Hendrix
The Best Vampire Books, recommended by Grady Hendrix
There are two essential features of a vampire, says award-winning author Grady Hendrix: they look just like us, and they need us. Beyond this, they are highly adaptable, and have stood in for pandemics, economic exploitation, addiction, abuse, true crime and lust. Here, Hendrix introduces five novels that have shaped this complicated monster.
Interviews where books by Grady Hendrix were recommended
The Best Horror Novels: The 2024 Bram Stoker Awards, recommended by The Horror Writers Association
It’s not too late to discover your favourite book of the year. Here, we offer a round-up of the horror novels garlanded at the Horror Writers Association’s annual Bram Stoker Awards in 2024, which offers everything from haunted houses to slasher homages: a perfectly curated selection for those who prefer their books to scare them senseless.
The Best Horror Novels: The 2026 Bram Stoker Awards, recommended by The Horror Writers Association
Horror, the literary genre, is booming and there are plenty of frightening fresh offerings from specialist and mainstream publishers alike. But where to start? We’ve put together an overview of the five horror novels shortlisted at the 2026 Bram Stoker Awards, including new books by fan favourites Stephen Graham Jones and Silvia Morena-Garcia.
