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  • Cover of Cainsville
    CainsvilleSeries

    series · 21 books · 2011

    Mysterious in tone.

    “After learning that she is the daughter of accused serial killers Todd and Pamela Larsen, privileged 24-year-old Olivia Taylor ends up in the small town of Cainsville, Illinois, to prove her birthparents' innocence.”

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    Start with Omens →

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  • Cover of Faerie Tale
    Faerie TaleNovel

    Raymond E. Feist · standalone novel · 1988

    Fantasy and thriller & suspense, eerie in tone, about fae.

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  • Cover of The Shining
    The ShiningSeries

    series · 5 books · 1977

    Horror, dark in tone, about psychic powers and addiction.

    “Together the two form a horror duology spanning nearly forty years of real-world publication.”

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    Start with The Shining →

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  • Cover of Gale Family
    Gale FamilySeries

    series · 3 books · 2009

    Adventurous in tone, set in our world.

    “Tanya Huff's urban fantasy trilogy follows Alysha Gale, a member of a Canadian family whose charms can reshape reality, after she inherits her grandmother's junk shop in Calgary and discovers it doubles as a gateway into the fae world.”

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    Start with The Enchantment Emporium →

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  • Cover of The Curse Workers
    The Curse WorkersSeries

    series · 3 books · 2010

    Fantasy, about curses, set in our world.

    “Holly Black's Curse Workers trilogy is set in an alternate America where 'curse work' — magic that harms or transforms through touch — is illegal, enforced through gloves and Prohibition-era-style crime families.”

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    Start with White Cat →

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  • Cover of The Lost Bride Trilogy
    The Lost Bride TrilogySeries

    series · 3 books · 2023

    Ghost stories and fantasy, about curses.

    “Inheritance opens Nora Roberts's Lost Bride trilogy, following a woman who inherits a Maine house entangled with a generations-old family curse and the restless spirit of a bride who never got to live in it.”

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    Start with Inheritance →

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