What I'm Reading: April 2025 Horror Review Column in Library Journal

     

My April 2025 Horror Review Column is now live on the LJ site and in the current issue of the print magazine! In this post I have gathered the titles with my three words and links to my full draft reviews on Goodreads. Click through for readalikes and more appeal information.

First this month's STARS:

• The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling (richly detailed, highly unnerving, 3 points of view)
• Interview with the author in this issue. Link coming soon
• The Country Under Heaven by Frederic S. Durbin (vignettes, weird western, thought-provoking)
• This was the surprise of the column. I knew nothing about this book before starting it; I picked it because it looked interesting and was releasing in my time frame. But wow, it was spectacular.
• Girl in the Creek by Wendy Wagner (sporror, invasively creepy, strong sense of place)

And the other 5 excellent titles:

• We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough (fast paced, mind-blowing, sinister)
• Overgrowth by Mira Grant (existential terror, alien invasion, single point of view)
• The Map of Lost Places edited by 
  Sheree Renée Thomas and 
  Lesley Conner
   (themed anthology, strong sense of place, diverse in every way)
• Silk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror From the Asian Diaspora edited by Kristy Park Kulski (discomfiting, rage, identity)
• Ten Sleep by Nicholas Belardes (slow burn, ancient evil, strong sense of place (also taxidermy!)