The Hounding

National Bestseller • A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice Pick • Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2025 by NPR, TIME, LitHub, Paste, and PopVerse • The Crucible meets The Virgin Suicides in this haunting debut about five sisters in a small village in eighteenth-century England whose neighbors are convinced they’re turning into dogs. ONE OF PEOPLE’S, APPLE BOOKS’, AND AMAZON’S BEST BOOKS OF AUGUST 2025 “A wildly inventive riff on the Gothic form, with enough suspense and mounting dread to rival Shirley Jackson’s ‘The Lottery.’” —The New York Times Book Review Subtitle:A Novel Trim Size :5 3/8 x 8 1/4 Medium:Hardcover Author:Xenobe Purvis Page Count:240 Minor Group:Holt Adult Pub Date:8/5/2025