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Pictures of You by Josh Malerman

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Pictures of You

Narrator
Beth Hicks
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Publish Date
10 September 2026
Run Time
6 hours 44 minutes
Format
Audiobook

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What to expect

'Josh Malerman is such an insidious architect'
- Clay McLeod Chapman


A woman becomes the unknowing subject of an artist's dangerous work in this intense Hitchcockian horror from Josh Malerman, the New York Times bestselling author of Incidents Around the House.

After a magical night out on the town with her fiancée Jack, Emily wakes alone in a huge bed situated in a beautiful, well-lit room. But the pink ceiling, the mauve walls, and the deep, dark corners are nothing like the hotel she and Jack rented. More worrisome yet: Emily has no memory of this place from the night before.

A woman’s voice directs her to remain in bed. And beyond the end of the bed, a picture frame upon an easel – a frame with no canvas, no painting, no art. Only . . . there is the silhouette of a person Emily does not recognize. A person emanating demand, danger, evil. And the way the woman talks . . . She’s acting as if Emily herself is the painting. The still life. The art.

Emily is as confused as she is scared. But it’s immediately clear that she is trapped – and that Jack’s life is on the line along with her own.

The clock is ticking . . .
For Emily.
For Jack.
For being forever trapped.

'This is the rare novel that's authentically scary'
- Stephen King on Incidents Around the House


Pictures of You is an unforgettable tale of terror that will chill you until the final word – and have you thinking of the destructive cost of jealousy long after.

Critics Review

  • Full of big ideas and a lot of heart . . . This is another great addition to the author’s oeuvre and the perfect horror novel to read while thinking about the importance of art in the age of slop.

    Locus Magazine

  • A strong, strange, properly unnerving book

    Ginger Nuts of Horror

  • Deeply discomfiting, imaginatively ripe, yet ruthlessly efficient

    Esquire, Best Horror Books of 2024, on Incidents Around the House

  • 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, on Incidents Around the House

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  • 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, on Incidents Around the House

  • A masterwork of unadorned existential terror

    Zoje Stage, USA Today bestselling author of Baby Teeth, on Incidents Around the House

  • 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, on Incidents Around the House

  • This is for readers who enjoy evil, twisted psychological suspense like Gillian Flynn's Sharp Objects (2006) and horror that probes the potential, visceral, and destructive power of art like in Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin (2025)

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Details

Author
Josh Malerman
Narrator
Beth Hicks
Duration
6 hours 44 minutes
Release Date
10 September 2026
ISBN
9781035073481
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Genre
Psychological thriller, Thriller / suspense fiction, Occult fiction / Paranormal Horror

Synopsis

'Josh Malerman is such an insidious architect'- Clay McLeod ChapmanA woman becomes the unknowing subject of an artist's dangerous work in this intense Hitchcockian horror from Josh Malerman, the New York Times bestselling author of Incidents Around the House.After a magical night out on the town with her fiancée Jack, Emily wakes alone in a huge bed situated in a beautiful, well-lit room. But the pink ceiling, the mauve walls, and the deep, dark corners are nothing like the hotel she and Jack rented. More worrisome yet: Emily has no memory of this place from the night before.A woman’s voice directs her to remain in bed. And beyond the end of the bed, a picture frame upon an easel – a frame with no canvas, no painting, no art. Only . . . there is the silhouette of a person Emily does not recognize. A person emanating demand, danger, evil. And the way the woman talks . . . She’s acting as if Emily herself is the painting. The still life. The art.Emily is as confused as she is scared. But it’s immediately clear that she is trapped – and that Jack’s life is on the line along with her own.The clock is ticking . . .For Emily.For Jack.For being forever trapped.'This is the rare novel that's authentically scary'- Stephen King on Incidents Around the HousePictures of You is an unforgettable tale of terror that will chill you until the final word – and have you thinking of the destructive cost of jealousy long after.

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