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  • Cover of The Shining
    The ShiningSeries

    series · 5 books · 1977

    Horror, dark and tense in tone, set in north america.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Shining →

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  • Cover of If You Could See Me Now
    If You Could See Me NowNovel

    Peter Straub · standalone novel · 1976

    Horror, dark in tone, about grief and loss, set in north america.

    “Coward, McCann & Geoghegan published an American edition also in June 1977.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Dracula
    DraculaUniverse

    universe · 144 books · 1897

    Horror.

    “Around that single novel a whole crypt of continuations has grown, raised by many writers across a century.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Dracula →

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    includes Dracula Sequence, Dracula's Children, The Return of Dracula, Dracula Adaptations, Theological College of St. Van Helsing

  • Cover of Her Fearful Symmetry
    Her Fearful SymmetryNovel

    Audrey Niffenegger · standalone novel · 2009

    Horror, about grief and loss, set in british isles.

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  • Cover of The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
    The Last Tale of the Flower BrideNovel

    Roshani Chokshi · standalone novel · 2023

    Literary & general, dark in tone, about friendship.

    “Once upon a time, a man who believed in fairy tales married a beautiful, mysterious woman named Indigo Maxwell-Casteñada.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of American Gods
    American GodsSeries

    series · 10 books · 1999

    Fantasy and mythic fantasy, about gods.

    “Gaiman's 2005 novel Anansi Boys is set in the same mythological world and shares the trickster god Mr. Nancy, but follows a different protagonist and story, making it a loose companion rather than a direct sequel.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story →

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