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  • Cover of If You Could See Me Now
    If You Could See Me NowNovel

    Peter Straub · standalone novel · 1976

    Horror, dark in tone, about grief and loss, set in north america.

    “Coward, McCann & Geoghegan published an American edition also in June 1977.”

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  • Cover of American Gods
    American GodsSeries

    series · 10 books · 1999

    Fantasy and mythic fantasy, about gods.

    “Gaiman's 2005 novel Anansi Boys is set in the same mythological world and shares the trickster god Mr. Nancy, but follows a different protagonist and story, making it a loose companion rather than a direct sequel.”

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    Start with Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story →

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  • Cover of Her Fearful Symmetry
    Her Fearful SymmetryNovel

    Audrey Niffenegger · standalone novel · 2009

    Horror, about grief and loss, set in british isles.

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  • Cover of The Shining
    The ShiningSeries

    series · 5 books · 1977

    Horror, dark and tense in tone, set in north america.

    “Together the two form a horror duology spanning nearly forty years of real-world publication.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Shining →

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  • Cover of The Turn of the Screw
    The Turn of the ScrewSeries

    series · 3 books · 1898

    Set in british isles and 19th century.

    “A stage adaptation of James's original text also exists.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Turn of the Screw →

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  • Cover of The Lost Bride Trilogy
    The Lost Bride TrilogySeries

    series · 3 books · 2023

    Fantasy, about curses, set in north america.

    “Inheritance opens Nora Roberts's Lost Bride trilogy, following a woman who inherits a Maine house entangled with a generations-old family curse and the restless spirit of a bride who never got to live in it.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Inheritance →

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