What to read this holiday season according to Book Riot

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Spooky festive Reads

MISTLETOE BY ALISON LITTLEWOOD

Leah’s husband and son have just died a tragic death. Desperate to escape the pitying looks through the holiday season, she hastily purchases a rundown farmhouse to get away from it all. But soon after she moves in, she starts seeing and hearing things that aren’t there—that shouldn’t be there.


HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SCREAM EDITED BY CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN

With stories by the likes of Seanan McGuire, Kelley Armstrong, and Josh Malerman in this collection, you’ll encounter some terrifying retold classics and horrifying brand-new tales that you won’t be able to forget.


DEAD OF WINTER BY KEALAN PATRICK BURKE

This collection of seven winter horror stories is perfect for all kinds of seasonal horror. From snowmen with faces that appear out of nowhere to snow suffocating an entire town, pretty much everything that is usually the delight of the holiday season turns sinister.


THE ABOMINABLE BY DAN SIMMONS

While not necessarily a holiday horror book, if you’re looking for a creepy story set amid unending snow and the creeping winter dread, this is the book for you. In 1924, the race to climb Mount Everest comes to a halt when George Mallory and Sandy Irvine disappear from the face of the mountain. The following year, new climbers are ready to try. But as they begin their trek, they realize someone—or something—is following them.

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