The first step in putting this together was getting nominations from our staff and writers. Of course, there were far more than could make it onto the list, and it meant cutting some of our personal favorites. Here are the longlisted titles that didn’t make it into the final version.

What books would you add to the list? Let us know in the comments!

A Dowry of Blood by S. T. Gibson

A Guest in the House by E. M. Carroll

American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century by Maureen Callahan

American Rapture by CJ Leede

Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison

Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, edited by Carmen Maria Machado

Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

Dreaming of You: A Novel in Verse by Melissa Lozada-Oliva

Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

Hello Sunshine by Keezy Young

Horror for Weenies: Everything You Need to Know about the Films You’re Too Scared to Watch by Emily C. Hughes

I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness by Irene Solà

Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

Into the Light by Mark Oshiro

Lakewood by Megan Giddings

Let The Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist

Midnight Rooms by Donyae Coles

Model Home by Rivers Solomon

My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

Night’s Edge by Liz Kerin

Perfect Days by Raphael Montes

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily Danforth

Queen of Teeth by Hailey Piper

Rotters by Daniel Kraus

Shutter by Ramona Emerson

Small Spaces by Katherine Arden

Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, illustrated by Lisa Sterle

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

The Great Work by Sheldon Costa

The Grip of It by Jac Jemc

The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

The Night Eaters by Marjorie M. Liu, Sana Takeda

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

There’s a Ghost in This House by Oliver Jeffers

There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk, translated by Heather Cleary

Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion

When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen

You Weren’t Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White