Wolf Man, directed by Leigh Whannell and produced by Blumhouse, is now in theaters. The horror film, a reboot of the classic 1941 Universal monster film The Wolf Man, follows a family as they relocate to Oregon. Blake, played by Christopher Abbott, is attacked by a werewolf during a full moon, and as the family barricades itself into their isolated home, they must survive the night. But Blake is slowly transforming too, and poses a greater danger than the wolves outside.
To celebrate the release of Wolf Man, here are eight werewolf books to read under a full moon.
The Wolf's Hour
A Russian émigré turned operative for the British Secret Service, Michael Gallatin has been brought out of retirement as a personal courier to help the Allied forces win the Second World War. Parachuted into Nazi-occupied France, he's been tasked with finding an informant under close watch by the Gestapo and recover the priceless information he possesses about a mysterious Nazi plan called Iron Fist.
Gallatin is a werewolf who can shift in the shadows and sneak past Axis soldiers, but with the Normandy landings only hours away, it’s going to be a race against time for him to complete his mission.
Sharp Teeth
Written in verse, Toby Barlow's take on the werewolf is uniquely dark and quirky. An ancient race of lycanthropes has survived among the bright lights of modern Los Angeles. Their numbers are growing as the warring packs entice the downtrodden and outsiders of the city towards a life of bloodshed and wild power. Stuck in the middle of this strange predicament are Anthony, the local dogcatcher, and She, the woman he loves who harbors a dark secret.
Bitten (An Otherworld Novel Book 1)
Elena Michaels is the world’s only female werewolf. A former lover betrayed her in the worst way imaginable, and now she is cursed to live as the only one of her kind in a world where nobody expected her to survive. All she wants is a normal life, so she left her pack behind to move to Toronto and be a typical human.
Now, she has a good job, a lovely boyfriend, and a nice future. But her old pack leader has called and demanded her help with fighting a sudden uprising back home. She only agrees to return because she owes him but she doesn't want to come back to that life. She's afraid of her inner hunger that tells her a bloodthirsty life among the feral is good. Which side will win in the battle between woman and wolf?
The Howling Trilogy
Karyn and her husband Roy had come to the peaceful California village of Drago get away from the hustle and bustle of big city life. Drago seems like the perfect rural town, an idyllic location for them to celebrate their first wedding anniversary and find peace following a horrendous attack.
But Drago is actually a hellhole. Every night, Karyn hears howls that are getting closer to their home. Roy isn't worried and the locals are curiously silent on the topic, but she knows there's something in the woods. People are vanishing and dying, and nobody seems to care.
What's going on? And how long before Karyn is the next target?
Cycle of the Werewolf
A murderer is viciously killing the locals of Tarker's Mills, Maine, on each full moon. For the rest of the month, the otherwise sleepy small town lives in abject fear. Marty Coslaw, a 10-year-old boy in a wheelchair, is trying to live his life normally, but one evening, a ravenous wolf attacks him while his family sleeps. The police think it was just a random animal attack, but Marty knows the truth.
There's a werewolf on the loose, and he's slaughtering the citizens of Tarker's Mill. But who is the werewolf when it's not in animal mode? Only Marty can figure out the truth.
The Last Werewolf (Last Werewolf Trilogy Book 1)
Jacob Marlowe has lost the will to live. For two hundred years, he has wandered the world as a werewolf, forever enslaved by his insatiable hunger for flesh. His decades of crimes haunt him, particularly the memory of his first and most diabolical crime. Now, he is the last of his kind and he has no reason to go on.
But as Jake counts down to suicide, a violent murder, and an extraordinary meeting plunge him straight back into his old life. Now, he's hungry for life once more ... and possibly love. What if he isn't the last werewolf on the planet?
Lonely Werewolf Girl
Kalix MacRinnalch is a troubled teenage werewolf who feels like the world is against her. She's being pursued through the streets of London by murderous hunters and could use some support. But her sister, the Werewolf Enchantress, is too busy designing clothes for the Fire Queen, so she's on her own for now.
Kalix's family, the MacRinnalch Clan of the Scottish Highlands, is in the midst of a succession crisis after the head of the clan died without an heir. Kalix could be the deciding vote in this feud, but she doesn't want to get involved in politics. However, since Kalix might just be the reason the head of the clan ended up dead, she'll need to deal with the worst of family squabbles and hope to live to tell the tale.
The Wolfen
Becky Neff and George Wilson are two detectives on the hunt for a killer. Two of their fellow police officers are dead, murdered under bloody circumstances and their corpses partially devoured. This is no ordinary killing. Something is lurking in the shadows and it is decidedly not human.
The Wolfen are waiting in the dark to strike, gathered in the unseen corners of the city waiting to strike. Only Neff and Wilson can stop them, but it might require them to make the ultimate sacrifice.
