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CoralineSeries
series2 books2002
Fantasy and portal fantasy, set in parallel universe.
“The Guardian ranked Coraline #82 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.”
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Bod OwensSeries
series3 books2007
Fantasy and dark fantasy, about 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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Start with The Witch's Headstone →
CarrieNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1974
Psychological horror, about psychic powers and revenge, set in north america.
The Ocean at the End of the LaneNovel
Neil Gaimanstandalone novel2013
Fantasy and dark fantasy, about fae.
“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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LaterNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel2021
Ghost stories, about psychic powers, set in north america.
“A young boy, with the power of seeing and talking with the recently deceased, and his single mother try to avoid personal and financial disasters.”
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The Ghost of GraylockNovel
Dan Poblockistandalone novel2012
Ghost stories, mysterious in tone, about friendship, set in north america.
“Staying with their aunts over the summer, Neil Cady, his sister Bree, and their new friends Wesley and Eric, set out to explore Greylock Hall, an abandoned psychiatric hospital which is supposed to be haunted by the ghost of Nurse Janet.”
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