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The House on the BorderlandNovel

William Hope Hodgsonstandalone novel1908

Horror and weird fiction, eerie in tone, set in otherworld.

The Haunting of Hill HouseNovel

Shirley Jacksonstandalone novel1959

Horror and gothic, eerie in tone, set in mid 20th century.

Song of KaliNovel

Dan Simmonsstandalone novel1985

Horror, dark in tone, set in south asia and contemporary.

Conjure WifeNovel

Fritz Leiberstandalone novel1943

Horror, about witches, set in our world and mid 20th century.

“Under the rational overlay of 20th-century civilization this sickly growth, uncultivated, unsuspected, still manages to propagate itself.”
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A Monster CallsSeries

series2 books2011

Emotional in tone, about grief and loss, set in contemporary.

“A Monster Calls follows a boy struggling with his mother's terminal illness, who is visited each night by a tree-like monster demanding an honest story from him in exchange for the unsettling tales it tells.”
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Southern Reach TrilogySeries

series4 books2014

Science fiction, eerie in tone, set in our world and contemporary.

“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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