"Deeply discomfiting, imaginatively ripe, yet ruthlessly efficient . . . Simply put--and I do not say this lightly--
Incidents Around the House is the most purely effective horror novel I have ever read."
--Esquire, "Best Horror Books of 2024" "A disturbing bedtime story told by a broken child, this book IS the monster that lives inside your closet."
--Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House "A gleeful, mean, old-school scare machine . . . You just have to turn the first page to set it off."
--Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World and Horror Movie "A masterwork of unadorned existential terror."
--Zoje Stage, USA Today bestselling author of Baby Teeth "Josh Malerman is such an insidious architect. I call all of his haunted houses home, and this just might be his most devilish design yet."
--Clay McLeod Chapman, author of What Kind of Mother and Ghost Eaters "This haunting exploration of the perils of childhood is a story that will stay with you for a long time to come."
--Gwendolyn Kiste, Lambda Literary and Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Reluctant Immortals and The Rust Maidens "This book does worse than stay with you--it stalks you. Page-turning and nerve-burning--don't read it after dark."
--Hailey Piper, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Queen of Teeth and A Light Most Hateful "
Incidents Around the House effortlessly draws the reader in for a deeply unsettling and genuinely frightening read. It's a masterclass in scares."
--Brian Keene, bestselling author of End of the Road "
Hereditary meets
Skinamarink: one of my favorite books of the year."
--Sarah Langan, author of A Better World "Terrifying, beguiling, bewitching, awesomely constructed, and a masterpiece of voice and dread."
--Nat Cassidy, author of Mary: An Awakening of Terror and Nestlings "So gripping in terror, I couldn't put it down. This is everything I'm looking for in a horror story."
--Laurel Hightower "This book has actual jump scares! Trust me: daytime only in a room with no closets."
--Sadie Hartmann, author of 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered "This is what great horror does: Read it and it will never leave you. Josh Malerman is one of the best."
--Thomas Tessier, award-winning author of The Nightwalker, Rapture, and Fog Heart "A triumph of craft and suspense."
--Sarah Gailey
"A shocker, a modern horror classic that scared the absolute hell out of me."
--Jonathan Janz, author of Children of the Dark
"Perfectly frightening . . . feels like an otherworldly warning as much as a story."
--Johnny Compton, author of The Spite House
"One of the most terrifying books I have ever read . . . I promise it will leave your heart pounding."
--Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Hugo Award-winning author of HEX and Oracle
