My 2024 Christmas Horror Reading List
As promised (read ‘My 2024 Christmas Horror Movie List’ if you don’t know what I’m talking about), I’m here to share my Christmas horror reading list for 2024. This list only has six books, so not too long, but I believe that’ll give me more of a chance of completing, especially as I’m also listening to audiobooks (these are just normal Christmas stories. Yes, I like those too, so it’s not all about the horror, lol).
Okay, that’s enough chatter. Let’s get into my Christmas horror reading list.
Slay Ride by L. A. Birchon
Blurb: ‘Twas the night before Christmas and Nish needs to get back to his family home. But the last train out of London has been cancelled and his rail replacement bus has just broken down.
He’s stranded in a snow-bound village pub with a handful of fellow travellers and the inhabitants of Little Slaughter. It’s the annual murder mystery and the tables are made up for visitors.
With a roaring fire and generous hospitality, there’s nothing else to do. They might as well join in the festivities.
But nothing is quite as it seems, and time isn’t the only thing they’ll be killing tonight. A locked-in holiday survival horror with a sense of humour, a perfect fireside read for fans of Grady Hendrix, Joe R Lansdale and James Herbert.
You can buy this book from Amazon.
Christmas Eve Carnage by John Lynch
Blurb: CHRISTMAS IS CANCELED!!!
Life has been difficult for the Feltcher family since the loss of loving wife and mother, Courtney Feltcher.
Her husband, Jack Feltcher, buries his grief in his job, working long hours and neglecting his children
The Feltcher children struggle with the loss of their mother, and a father who is too busy with work to be present.
Chad Reynolds, an ex-con with a bone to pick plots his revenge, while a malevolent Christmas elf rises.
A nor’easter slams the town as Chad and Sprinkles are on the loose.
There will be no silent night, only…
CHRISTMAS EVE CARNAGE!!!
You can buy this book from Amazon.
25 Days by Per Jacobsen
Blurb: 25 days, 25 chapters. This December, the countdown to Christmas will chill you to the bone.
Hoping to bring his family closer together, Adam Gray arranges a vacation in a remote cabin on a snowy mountain. Things take a dark turn, however, when someone starts leaving gifts in the Christmas stocking mounted on the barn door.
Each morning brings something new, and with every passing day, the contents become more terrifying. Soon, the family makes a spine-chilling they’ve been dragged into a deranged game of Secret Santa, and if they want to survive, they will have to fight.
You can buy this book from Amazon.
I Found Christmas Lights Slithering Up My Street by Ben Farthing
Blurb: Something festive is growing in the sewer…
After last year’s tragedy, Douglas’ parents are ignoring Christmas.
But when Douglas finds an eerie strand of lights slithering through the sewer, he unwittingly unleashes merry terror upon his neighbourhood’s tacky lights contest. String lights spread like invasive kudzu, turning festive decorations into surreal, predatory nightmares.
Determined not to lose both Christmas and his family forever, Douglas gathers his courage to confront the source of the holiday deep in the concrete pipes beneath the street.
You can buy this book from Amazon.
To Hell with Hallmark by Brad Ricks
Blurb: Welcome to Hallmark, Vermont, the setting for every cliched Christmas dream. Idyllic and picturesque, it’s where real Christmas magic happens.
Here, a lonely librarian bumps into the man of her dreams and is swept away into a whirlwind romance. A big city girl runs into her high school sweetheart and rekindles a forgotten spark. A secret prince escapes the pressures of royalty – and finds his true love.
Except this year, something sinister has infected Hallmark’s Christmas magic, turning Christmas morning dreams into Christmas Eve nightmares.
Hell has come to Hallmark!
You can buy this book from Amazon.
Everything Is Temporary by Jon Cohn
Blurb: How well do we really know the people sleeping next to us in bed at night?
After a tragedy strikes the Barnes family, Sarah’s husband Tom begins acting strangely. It starts with wild mood-shifts and accusations at their thirteen-year-old daughter, but quickly escalates to the attempted murder of an off-season mall Santa. From what Sarah can tell, Tom’s only motive seems to lie behind a mysterious hatred for Christmas that burns year round. What’s worse, Tom’s only defense lies in a long-forgotten book he wrote detailing a traumatic event in his childhood that seems too far-fetched to be believed. His entire case revolves around the notion of talking Christmas trees, a living army of toys, and worst of all, a monster masquerading as Mrs. Claus.
Now, Sarah must go on a journey into her husband’s past to learn if Tom is in the midst of a psychotic breakdown, if he’s a danger to his family, or if he really is being hunted by the malevolent holiday horror that destroyed his childhood.
You can buy this book from Amazon.
So, that’s my Christmas horror book reading list for 2024. My goal is to read all of them, but I’ll be happy if I read at least half.
Let me know in the comments if you plan to read any of these movies or if you have your own recommendations.
That’s all I have for you today. I won’t be posting again until the new year, so I hope you have a lovely Christmas and a happy new year.
Stay spooky, folks!
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