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Laundry FilesSeries

series22 books2004

Science fiction and spy thriller.

“There are also elements of dry humour and satirisation of bureaucracy.”
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The City & the CityNovel

China Miévillestandalone novel2009

Mystery & detective, mysterious in tone, about murder investigation, set in otherworld.

The Ocean at the End of the LaneNovel

Neil Gaimanstandalone novel2013

Fantasy and dark fantasy, set in our world.

“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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The Secret of Crickley HallNovel

James Herbertstandalone novel2006

Ghost stories and gothic, tense in tone, about family secrets.

BreatheNovel

Cliff McNishstandalone novel2006

Ghost stories, about survival and grief and loss, 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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White Is for WitchingNovel

Helen Oyeyemistandalone novel2009

Gothic and ghost stories, about vampires, set in our world.

“Combining elements of ghost, vampire, and haunted house stories, White Is for Witching concerns a twin named Miranda and her relationship with the sentient, xenophobic house she inhabits.”
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