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series13 books1983

Gothic, set in north america.

“In each book, 12-year-old Johnny and his group of friends face and overcome evil forces usually bent on ending the world.”
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Start with The Curse of the Blue Figurine →

GoosebumpsUniverse

universe234 books1992

Horror, set in our world and contemporary.

“Each book is its own self-contained nightmare, narrated by an ordinary boy or girl whose ordinary street has quietly turned against them — and every one snaps shut on a twist that pulls the rug out one last time before the lights come up.”
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Start with Revenge of the Living Dummy →

includes Goosebumps HorrorLand, Goosebumps Series 2000, Goosebumps Most Wanted, Goosebumps SlappyWorld, Tales to Give You Goosebumps, Goosebumps: Hall of Horrors, Goosebumps Triple Header, Give Yourself Goosebumps

Lewis BarnaveltSeries

series12 books1973

Fantasy, set in north america.

“Lewis Barnavelt is a lonely orphan who moves in with his uncle Jonathan, an amateur wizard, in a rambling old house that turns out to hide a doomsday clock built into its walls by a previous, malevolent owner.”
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Start with The House with a Clock in Its Walls →

Bod OwensSeries

series3 books2007

Fantasy and dark fantasy, about coming of age, set in british isles.

“Neil Gaiman's 2008 novel won both the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and illustrator P. Craig Russell later adapted it into a two-volume graphic novel.”
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Start with The Witch's Headstone →

If You Could See Me NowNovel

Peter Straubstandalone novel1976

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

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

series3 books1975

Dark in tone, about vampires, set in small town and north america.

“Stephen King's 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot follows writer Ben Mears as he returns to his childhood town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, only to discover that its residents are being turned into vampires by a newly arrived stranger.”
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Start with 'Salem's Lot →

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