IGN highlights nine new books due in August 2026, spanning horror, fantasy, science fiction, romance and thrillers. The selection particularly leans into early “spooky season” reading, with several supernatural or unsettling premises.

– The Unknown by Riley Sager (4 August): a dual-timeline thriller about actresses visiting an island where five women vanished in 1926.
– The House That Eats The Dead by Max Doty (13 August UK; 18 August US): a supernatural horror story about a suburban home that devours living things.
– The Infinite State by Richard Swan.
– Them.
– Dreamland.
– A Trade of Blood.
– (Mostly) Human Resources.
– Time Travel for Beginners.
– The Calamities.