Best Grady Hendrix Books

The best books by Grady Hendrix — 5 titles spanning Thriller, Horror, averaging 3.95 BLT stars.

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Grady Hendrix writes horror with a sharp pop-culture edge and genuine emotional teeth — his books are funnier than they have any right to be, and scarier than you expect once you let your guard down. The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires wraps suburban social horror and female friendship inside a vampire story that actually delivers on both fronts. My Best Friend's Exorcism plays the 1980s setting so perfectly it reads like a love letter to the decade and a critique of it simultaneously. Hendrix's style is fast, witty, and surprisingly moving — he uses genre conventions as a Trojan horse to get at real anxieties about friendship, aging, trauma, and the ways women are dismissed. Readers who want horror with brains, heart, and a wicked sense of humor will find him essential.

Grady Hendrix's highest-rated book in our collection is The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires (4.2 BLT stars). Browse the full list below.

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    The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

    by Grady Hendrix

    ★ 4.20 BLT Score (317.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.78 Goodreads (317.3K)
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    My Best Friend's Exorcism

    by Grady Hendrix

    ★ 4.20 BLT Score (154.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.92 Goodreads (154.2K)
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    The Final Girl Support Group

    by Grady Hendrix, Full Cast

    ★ 3.89 BLT Score (190.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.5 Goodreads (190.0K)
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    The Shivers Collection

    The Shivers Collection #1-5

    by Joe Hill, Stephen Graham Jones, Grady Hendrix, Catriona Ward, Owen King

    ★ 3.77 BLT Score (543 ratings)
    ★ 3.67 Goodreads (543)
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    The Final Girl Support Group

    by Grady Hendrix

    ★ 3.68 BLT Score (189.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.5 Goodreads (189.6K)
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