I saw this book pop up in October and started reading it then, but set it aside several times, not because it wasn’t good, but because it’s…kind of dark. I saw the cover on Tiktok and I read the blurb and had to buy. It’s horror, written by indigenous author, Stephen Graham Jones.

I don’t scare too easily, but there were a few moments when one of my dogs came up and poked at my foot…and…well. I’m not going to say I jumped…but I’m not not saying that, either.

It’s unsettling as hell, sad, but with weird moments of humor and warmth, too.

The creeping horror of Paul Tremblay meets Tommy Orange’s There There in a dark novel of revenge, cultural identity, and the cost of breaking from tradition in this latest novel from the Jordan Peele of horror literature, Stephen Graham Jones.

Seamlessly blending classic horror and a dramatic narrative with sharp social commentary, The Only Good Indians follows four American Indian men after a disturbing event from their youth puts them in a desperate struggle for their lives. Tracked by an entity bent on revenge, these childhood friends are helpless as the culture and traditions they left behind catch up to them in a violent, vengeful way.