Where to Start Reading Grady Hendrix

The Wellwood House is home to the girls that society doesn’t want to look at or think about — teenage girls pregnant, alone and shunned. While they’re out of sight and out of mind from the rest of the world, one of the girls is given a book of witchcraft, and now, power is finally theirs. Creepy and disquieting, this story of the occult is one of Grady’s best. 

As if selling a house weren’t stressful enough — try selling a haunted one and dealing with your stubborn brother on top of it all. Grady Hendrix reminds us that a house can be haunted by more than just unruly spirits in this sharp domestic horror. 

You’ve seen them on the screen, and you’ve heard their signature piercing screams, but what happens to the “final girls” after the credits roll? This unique story of a group of final girls facing a new threat is both an ode to our favorite slashers and an original tale of its own. Will one of them become a two-time survivor, or will they defy the odds and get through it all together?

High school is hard enough without your best friend acting up after a night of skinny-dipping goes totally wrong. Grady Hendrix has a lock on campy horror, and My Best Friend’s Exorcism is the ultimate example. Teen angst meets demon possession in this terrifying tale full of thrills, spills (of blood), and the power of friendship, perhaps even over nether-worldly evil.

Slay your reading goal and a sharp-toothed fiend in this funny, campy take on a modern-day vampire invasion. Hendrix tells the story of one woman’s accidental entanglement with a monster in this scary story you’ll want to recommend to everyone in your book club.