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Fritz Leiberstandalone novel1943

About witches and gender and society.

“Under the rational overlay of 20th-century civilization this sickly growth, uncultivated, unsuspected, still manages to propagate itself.”
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The Haunting of Hill HouseNovel

Shirley Jacksonstandalone novel1959

Gothic and ghost stories.

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

series9 books1962

completed

Science fiction, set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
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HangsamanNovel

Shirley Jacksonstandalone novel1951

Gothic and literary & general, about coming of age and loneliness.

“The second of Jackson's published novels, Hangsaman is a bildungsroman centering on lonely college freshman Natalie Waite, who descends into madness after enrolling in a liberal arts college.”
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Falling AngelNovel

William Hjortsbergstandalone novel1978

Mystery & detective and noir, about murder investigation and demons.

“Written in a hardboiled detective style with supernatural themes, it was adapted into the 1987 film Angel Heart.”
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In the Night RoomNovel

Peter Straubstandalone novel2004

Thriller & suspense, about grief and loss, set in contemporary.

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