The 25 best horror novels of the 2010s, including joe_hill, laurenbeukes, MrGaunt, victorlavalle and paulGtremblay:
decade in print. If the 2000s saw the genre begin to climb out of its sobering ‘90s slump, the 2010s found it flourishing in both the small-press realm and at major publishers, as authors like Joe Hill and Lauren Beukes reminded the big leagues that there is money to be made in scaring diligent readers. Horror grandmastercontributed in no small part to the upswing, thanks to a resurgence of interest in his back catalog and a steady stream of new releases.
That’s not to say that horror has reached anything like gender or racial parity. The list below is still dominated by straight white cis men, but the last few years give ample reason to expect that similar rankings will shift as more diverse voices get a seat at the terror table.decade comes to a close, however, we want to celebrate the horror novels that impacted us during the last 10 years.
Whether or not every book below can be neatly shelved in the horror section, they all thrilled, chilled and delighted us this decade. We think they’ll spook you, too.The Graveyard Apartmentand its adaptation. It’s not quite eligible for this list due to its original release date, but it still earns an honorable mention. The novel follows a young family who moves into a seemingly ideal apartment building that’s bordered on three sides by a graveyard, a crematorium and a Buddhist temple.
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