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CoralineSeries
series2 books2002
Portal fantasy, tense in tone, set in parallel universe.
“The Guardian ranked Coraline #82 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.”
from the catalogue
Start with Coraline →
Pet SemataryNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1983
Dark in tone, about grief and loss and curses.
ShadowlandNovel
Peter Straubstandalone novel1980
Dark fantasy, dark in tone, about wizards, set in countryside & village.
“WorldCat: Two apprentices studying under a master magician spend a season residing in a dark house located in the deep recesses of the Vermont forest.”
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Johnny Dixon and the ProfessorSeries
series13 books1983
Gothic.
“In each book, 12-year-old Johnny and his group of friends face and overcome evil forces usually bent on ending the world.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Curse of the Blue Figurine →
Lewis BarnaveltSeries
series12 books1973
“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.”
from the catalogue
Start with The House with a Clock in Its Walls →
White SmokeNovel
Tiffany D. Jacksonstandalone novel2021
Ghost stories, tense in tone, about family secrets.
“The phantoms of her old life keep haunting her, but a move with her newly blended family from their small California beach town to the embattled Midwestern city of Cedarville might be the fresh start she needs.”
from the catalogue