Friday, January 17, 2025

Ten top wintery horror novels

Claudia Guthrie is a writer covering culture, entertainment, and lifestyle content. Her work has appeared in ELLE, The Muse, Food52, and more. Originally from Kansas City, she now resides in Denver, where you can find her reading the newest thriller or knitting sweaters for her cats.

At Electric Lit Guthrie tagged ten wintery horror novels that will chill you to the bone, including:
The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon

The Winter People is told in two entwined stories. The first of Sara, a grieving mother in 1908 who would do anything to see her dead daughter again. The second of Ruthie, a present-day teenager whose mom mysteriously vanishes one January night.

As Ruthie searches for her mother, she unearths long-buried secrets and begins wondering if there’s any truth to the rumors that the dead haunt the woods around their small town.
Read about another entry on the list.

Winter People is among Melissa Albert's five dark thrillers to soothe your Valentine’s Day hangover.

--Marshal Zeringue