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series3 books2007

Dark fantasy, about coming of age and found family, 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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The Ocean at the End of the LaneNovel

Neil Gaimanstandalone novel2013

Dark fantasy, about fae and friendship.

“A seven year old farm boy becomes friends with an eleven year old neighbor girl, who he discovers is ancient and powerful and intervenes when a nonhuman entity attempts to make a home in earthly reality.”
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Jerusalem's LotSeries

series3 books1975

Dark and tense in tone, about vampires, set in small town.

“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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Dead LinesNovel

Greg Bearstandalone novel2004

Science fiction, dark in tone, about grief and loss and madness.

“Recent news of his best friend's fatal heart attack has now come as another devastating blow.”
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GoosebumpsUniverse

universe234 books1992

Horror, set in contemporary and our world.

“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, Give Yourself Goosebumps, Goosebumps SlappyWorld, Tales to Give You Goosebumps, Goosebumps: Hall of Horrors, Goosebumps TV Series

Southern Reach TrilogySeries

series4 books2014

Science fiction and weird fiction, about madness.

“In 2013, Paramount Pictures bought the movie rights for the series, and a film adaptation of Annihilation was made with Alex Garland as writer-director.”
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Start with Annihilation →

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