Cult author Mark Z. Danielewski‘s groundbreaking horror novel House of Leaves novel turns 25 this year, and the author is celebrating with the announcement of the forthcoming release of his highly anticipated untitled novel.
The currently Untitled Novel is set to arrive on October 28, 2025, from Pantheon Books.
That Halloween season publication date is the only clue released so far about Danielewski’s latest; even the plot remains under wraps at this time.
While we await additional details on the author’s latest manuscript, the October release gives us plenty of time to revisit his twisty epistolary masterpiece, House of Leaves. Critics have consistently praised House of Leaves as a work that defies easy classification or description. American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis called it “thrillingly alive, sublimely creepy, distressingly scary, breathtakingly intelligent—it renders most other fiction meaningless.” Originally circulated as an enigmatic manuscript among a diverse community of musicians, tattoo artists, programmers, and adrenaline junkies, House of Leaves has grown into a cultural phenomenon since its initial publication on March 7, 2000.
As for what House of Leaves is, the sprawling tome is, at its core, a haunted house story. This house is much bigger on the inside than on the outside, leading to a unique reading experience unlike any other. Danielewski’s novel continues to “captivate readers with its intricate design, featuring original colored words, vertical footnotes, and expanded appendices that deepen its labyrinthine narrative.”
As Luis H.C. writes, “this complex novel deals with several different kinds of horror at the same time, from the architectural terror of the House’s non-euclidean anatomy to the omnipresent ‘Minotaur’ that pursues explorers within this ever-expanding maze. There’s also the Lovecraftian madness that envelopes these characters as they become engrossed in stories within a story, questioning reality every step of the way.”
House of Leaves is worth revisiting for its milestone anniversary, especially in anticipation of Danielewski’s highly anticipated but mysterious new novel out this October.
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