February Horror Reads
Did you really think February was the month of romance and blossoming feelings and sunshine?
February can be just as terrifying for horror fans. Ghosts and monsters can easily invade your imagination and bring forth a darkness that makes you feel nervous.
Let’s see which novels can send goosebumps down your spine.
1) Jeremy: A Horrible Truth
Author: Donell Jackson
Publisher: Shift Elements
Release Date: February 20th 2026
Available Formats: Kindle and Paperback
Plot: Mark and Elena move into a new house on Maple Hollow Road. They’ve managed to get a good price on the house, and that should have struck them as odd, but then again, grief has dulled their instincts.
The house has a history buried within the walls and basement floors. A boy called Jeremy was adopted, abused, buried, and then forgotten. His disappearance is a mystery till today.
But the house still remembers him.
Jeremy is still in the house, listening to people’s fears and then using them against them. Each death may look like an accident, but it is far from it. Elena and Mark must uncover the mystery behind the haunting and rid themselves of this curse.
But Jeremy isn’t just haunting them. He is waiting for the woman who taught him that love can hurt.
2) Nightmare on Nightmare Street
Author: R.L. Stine
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Release Date: February 17, 2026
Available Formats: Kindle, Audiobook, Hardcover, MP3 CD
Plot: Twelve-year-old Joe Ferber’s new home is a literal checklist of horror movie tropes: there are graves in the basement, unsettling dolls that won't stay put, and scratching sounds coming from inside the walls. But just as the house’s terrors begin to close in on him, the story shifts. Suddenly, we meet Shawn Hannigan, another young boy who has just "woken up" from Joe's life as if it were nothing more than a bad dream.
However, Shawn’s "reality" is just as warped. His new school is populated by teachers hidden behind animal masks and a principal who lives in total darkness. The mystery deepens when a woman Shawn doesn't recognize claims to be his mother—and insists his sister doesn't exist. As the two boys' lives begin to collide and blur, they have to race to find the boundary between the waking world and a never-ending nightmare.
3) Dollface
Author: Lindy Ryan
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Release Date: February 24, 2026
Available Formats: Audiobook and Hardcover
Plot: Jill is a horror novelist who just moved to the quiet suburbs of New Jersey. Her biggest goal? Blending in with the local PTA moms and trying not to scare them off with her "Final Girl" obsession. She just wants to make some friends and leave the dark stuff on the page.
But suburbia takes a deadly turn when a killer in a plastic mask begins stalking the town, systematically picking off the local mothers. While the police remain skeptical and the community stays in denial, Jill realizes she's being pulled directly into the center of a real-life slasher flick. With her knowledge of horror tropes as her only guide, she has to figure out if she has what it takes to be the one who survives until the credits roll.
4) The Midnight Breakfast Club
Author: Sam Whittaker
Release Date: February 17, 2026
Available Formats: Kindle
Plot: Being a werewolf is a social death sentence, and living in a suburban house with a mummy and a vampire makes "fitting in" nearly impossible. Our protagonist just wants to keep a low profile, but when a wave of robberies strikes the neighborhood, the local "monsters" are immediately blamed by both the residents and the skeptical police.
As the investigation stalls, the roommates realize that a much darker, skittering presence is actually responsible for the chaos. To clear their reputations, this trio of misfits must hunt down the real culprit. However, teamwork is a challenge when one roommate is distracted by digging a moat and the other is too busy partying to take the threat seriously. It’s an amateur detective story where the monsters have to save the "normies" from a lurking evil—if they can just get their act together first.
5) They Call Her Regret
Author: Chanelle Desamours
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Release Date: February 17, 2026
Available Formats: Kindle, Audiobook, and Hardcover
Plot: Simone Washington uses her legendary, over-the-top Halloween parties as a way to outrun the dark secrets of her past. This year, for her eighteenth birthday, she’s planned an exclusive overnight event at the ominously named Doll’s Head Lake. The night is supposed to be full of spooky campfire legends, specifically the local myth of a witch known as Regret.
But the party turns into a nightmare when Simone’s best friend, Kira, dies in a freak accident. Before the tragedy can sink in, the legendary witch appears with a life-altering offer: Simone has fourteen days to break the curse holding Regret to the lake. If she succeeds, her own past secrets will be erased, and Kira will be resurrected. If she fails, Kira dies again, and this time, the blame will rest entirely on Simone.
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