Top 25 Reads of 2025

I know I say this every year about "this year being a great year for books" and it is true - every year is a great year for reading books as I tap into the minds of authors and see what lies beyond my horizons. 

This year I once again hovered around the horror realm and I did stray a little bit into true paranormal along with some true crime but the books that made this list are either horror or have some type of horror within them and as most of you know horror is my favorite genre. 

It is always hard to try to figure out what books make this list but I do have 25 books that kept my insomnia fueled throughout the year. I discovered new authors to explore and revisited authors I have read in the past. 

So without further ado here are the 25 books that fueled many a night and kept me glued to my kindle and all authors are listed in no particular order. 

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HORROR/HORROR SUSPENSE

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JOHN EVERSON

My Blog Review Link:

Five Deaths for Seven Songbirds

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CATHERINE CAVENDISH

My Blog Review Link:

The Stones of Landane

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JOHN DURGIN

My Blog Review Link:

The Envelope

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JEREMY EADS

My Blog Review Link:

Reptile

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GRAHAM MASTERTON

My Blog Review Link:

Heirloom

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DUNCAN RALSTON

My Blog Review Link:

Helloween

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WILLIAM MASSA

My Blog Review Link:

The Exorcist's Code

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TAMARA THORNE & ALISTAIR CROSS

My Blog Review Link:

Five Nights in a Haunted Cabin

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JED KENT

My Blog Review Link:

Behind These Walls

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THOMAS SMITH

My Blog Review Link:

Something Stirs

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DAEMON MANX

My Blog Review Link:

The Ojanox 1: Scream in the Dark (The Ojanox Series Book 1)

My Rating: 💀💀💀💀💀

 

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PHILIP FRACASSI

My Blog Review Link:

Boys in the Valley

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JEFFREY CASTON

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FOOD: All Hate the King (Food #5)

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MICHAEL PENNING

My Blog Review Link:

Devil Music

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J.D. ALLEN

My Blog Review Link:

Tombstones

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STEVEN PAJAK

My Blog Review Link:

The Devil's Doorway

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W.D. GAGLIANI & DAVID BENTON

My Blog Review Link:

Acolytes of the Dead

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TIM CURRAN

My Blog Review Link:

Blackout

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JEFF STRAND

My Blog Review Link:

Your Body Will Never Be Found

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CANDACE NOLA

My Blog Review Link:

Shadow Manor

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DAVID IRONS

My Blog Review Link:

Night Creepers

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JEFF DEGORDICK

My Blog Review Link:

Ghostlords (The Haunted Hamlet #4)

My Rating: 💀💀💀💀💀

                                  

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SAM WHITTAKER

My Blog Review Link:

I Bought A Haunted Thanksgiving Table

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NICK ROBERTS

My Blog Review Link:

The Exorcist's House: Resurrection (The Exorcist's House #3)

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LEE MOUNTFORD

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Dark Spirits: The Watcher (Book 1 in the Dark Spirits series)

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New to me Authors:

Jed Kent

Thomas Smith

Daemon Manx

Philip Fracassi

Steven Pajak

W.D. Gagliani 

David Benton

David Irons

Sam Whittaker

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Final Thoughts:

This was another great year for horror and I spent lots of time in my favorite genre this year. I have more horror books than any other genre stuck in my cloud - literally thousands of books are in there and 90% of them are all horror. So this year I decided once again to stay within my favorite genre and knock some more horror books off my tbr shelf. 

By staying within horror I found some new to me authors and visited authors that I have read in the past. There are tons of great horror books out there still that I need to read and explore. Looking forward to stepping back into the horror realm in 2026! 

Till next year! Happy Reading!