Sadie Hartmann's (Mother Horror's) Must Read Books in 2024

A list of books released in 2024 and backlist titles too

As of December 1st, 2024, I have read 213 books. I have been reading intentionally and prioritizing specific books as research for my second nonfiction book coming in 2025, so be mindful of that. Nobody can read all the books available in a calendar year, so this list comprises the books I read. It’s also not a “Best of” list. It’s a list of my favorite books I read this year, including brand-new titles and backlist titles. All the links go to my Bookshop.org shop or Amazon if they are available on KU or not available at Bookshop.org

You can view everything I read this year HERE

My favorite books released in 2024:

In no particular order:
This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer
Ghost Mother by Kelly Dwyer
This Cursed House by Del Sandeen
Alley by Junji Ito
Grey Dog by Elliott Gish
The Devil & Mrs. Davenport by Paulette Kennedy
The Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzales James
Blizzard by Marie Vingtras (translated by Jeffery Zuckerman)
The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed
The Gathering by C. J. Tudor
We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
I Was A Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones
Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
Where I End by Sophie White
The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister
The Briar Book of the Dead by A. G. Slatter
Sanctuary by Valentina Cano Repetto
It Will Only Hurt for a Moment by Deliah S. Dawson
Withered Hill by David Barnett
The Hotel by Daisy Johnson
You Will Speak for the Dead by R. A. Busby
Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman
The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones
Not A River by Selva Amada (translated by Annie McDermott)
Midnight Rooms by Donyae Cole
Tenderloin by Joy Sorman (translated by Lara Vergnaud)
My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna Van Veen
Strange Beasts by Susan J. Morris
DIAVOLA by Jennifer Thorne
Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda (translated by Julia Sanchez and Heather Cleary)

Backlist Favorites I Read in 2024
In no particular order

Shutter by Ramona Emerson
House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson
Kindred by Octavia Butler
The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow
River Woman, River Demon by Jennifer Given
Chlorine by Jade Song
The Whistling by Rebecca Netley
Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
Of Cattle and Men by Ana Paula Maria (translated by Zoë Perry)
Foxash by Kate Worsley
Carmilla: The First Vampire by Amy Choo (writer) and Soo Lee (Illustrator)
Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin (translated by Megan McDowell)
Himself by Jess Kidd
A Good House for Children by Kate Collins
The Harpy by Megan Hunter
Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
PEW by Catherine Lacey
Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang
I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardóttir (translated by Philip Roughton)
Severance Ling Ma
It Will Just Be Us by Jo Kaplan
Chain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Residents of Honeysuckle Cottage by Elizabeth Davidson
A Secret History of Witches by Louisa Morgan
Itzá by Rios de la Luz
There There by Tommy Orange
The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal
The Woman in the Mirror by Rebecca James
The Path of Thorns by A. G. Slatter
Fyneshade by Kate Griffin

As always, another amazing year of reading. I only read one non-fiction book this year and it’s GREAT! I highly recommend it if you’re a weenie like me:
HORROR FOR WEENIES by Emily C. Hughes

xxSadiexx