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Her Fearful SymmetryNovel
Audrey Niffeneggerstandalone novel2009
Gothic, about family secrets.
BreatheNovel
Cliff McNishstandalone novel2006
Tense in tone, about survival, set in countryside & village.
“Twelve-year-old Jack, suffering from chronic asthma, has just moved into the old house with his widowed mother, and discovers that the Ghost Mother wants him to herself.”
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The Secret of Crickley HallNovel
James Herbertstandalone novel2006
Gothic, tense in tone, about family secrets.
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 →
Anna KorlovSeries
series2 books2011
About forbidden love.
“Anna Dressed in Blood and its sequel Girl of Nightmares follow Cas as his professional detachment gives way to a bond that complicates everything he thought he knew about his calling.”
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Start with Anna Dressed in Blood →
If You Could See Me NowNovel
Peter Straubstandalone novel1976
Gothic, dark in tone, set in north america.
“Coward, McCann & Geoghegan published an American edition also in June 1977.”
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