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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 →
Castle RockSeries
series16 books1978
Set in small town.
“Castle Rock is the fictional Maine town that links a cluster of otherwise separate Stephen King novels and novellas, including The Dead Zone, Cujo, The Dark Half, Needful Things, and Elevation.”
from the catalogue
Start with Nona →
Small SpacesSeries
series4 books2018
About survival.
Start with Small Spaces →
Seasons of HorrorSeries
series7 books1990
completed
Horror, eerie in tone, set in north america.
Start with Summer of Night →
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.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Witch's Headstone →
The Staircase in the WoodsNovel
Chuck Wendigstandalone novel2025
Weird fiction.
“While on a camping trip, five high-schoolers bound by an oath to always protect one another discover something in the middle of the forest: a mysterious staircase to nowhere.”
from the catalogue