Best Weird Fiction Books of 2025
Here are the books our readers have hailed as the best of 2025. One of these captivating literary gems might just become your new favorite. Don't miss out on these must-read treasures!
Weird Sisters
(British Library Tales of the Weird #57 / 74)
by Mike Ashley
Release date: January 16, 2025
Spores of Doom
(British Library Tales of the Weird #59 / 74)
by Aaron Worth
Release date: March 20, 2025
Return of the Ancients
(British Library Tales of the Weird #61 / 74)
by Katy Soar
Category: Fantasy, Horror, Anthology, Short Stories, Weird Fiction, Psychological Horror, Ancient Mythology, Celtic Mythology, Roman Mythology, Mythology
Release date: May 11, 2025
Phantoms of Kernow
(British Library Tales of the Weird #62 / 74)
by Joan Passey
Release date: June 19, 2025
The Dead of Summer
(British Library Hardback Classics: Gilded Nightmares)
by Johnny Mains
Category: Horror, Anthology, Short Stories, Weird Fiction, Ancient Mythology, Summer Fiction, Celtic Mythology, Mythology, Mystery
Release date: June 3, 2025
Winter'Heart
Release date: June 26, 2025
The Wayfarer's Weird
(British Library Tales of the Weird #64 / 74)
by Weird Walk
Release date: August 21, 2025
All the Fear of the Fair
(British Library Tales of the Weird #66 / 74)
Release date: October 16, 2025
Green Unpleasant Land
(Green Unpleasant Land Cycle #1 / 2)
by Matt Thomas
Category: Horror, Steampunk, Weird Fiction, Psychological Horror, Crime Fiction, 19th century, Cthulhu, Alternate History, Historical Fiction, Thriller
Release date: May 8, 2025
The Top 10 Short Stories - Weird Women
Release date: July 18, 2025
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Sir Andrew Caldecott
(Leonaur Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction)
Release date: April 10, 2025
Final Curtain
by Steve Berman
Category: Horror, Anthology, Short Stories, Weird Fiction, Psychological Horror, Retellings, Dark Fiction
Release date: November 18, 2025