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series21 books2011

Urban fantasy, set in north america.

“After learning that she is the daughter of accused serial killers Todd and Pamela Larsen, privileged 24-year-old Olivia Taylor ends up in the small town of Cainsville, Illinois, to prove her birthparents' innocence.”
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Start with Omens →

Lewis BarnaveltSeries

series12 books1973

Eerie in tone, set in north america.

“Lewis Barnavelt is a lonely orphan who moves in with his uncle Jonathan, an amateur wizard, in a rambling old house that turns out to hide a doomsday clock built into its walls by a previous, malevolent owner.”
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Start with The House with a Clock in Its Walls →

The Sisters GrimmSeries

series9 books2005

Fairy tale retelling, adventurous in tone, set in our world.

“Summary from copyright page: Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother whom they have always believed to be dead.”
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Start with The Fairy-Tale Detectives →

The Land of LaughsNovel

Jonathan Carrollstandalone novel1980

Eerie in tone, about books and reading and identity, set in north america.

“WorldCat: Schoolteacher Thomas Abbey, unsure son of a film star, doesn't know who he is or what he wants--in life, in love, or in his relationship with the strange and intense Saxony Gardner.”
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Becca KingSeries

series4 books2012

About psychic powers, set in north america.

“Whidbey Island may be only a ferry ride from Seattle, but it’s a world apart.”
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Start with The Edge of Nowhere →

The Lost Bride TrilogySeries

series3 books2023

Ghost stories and gothic, 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.”
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Start with Inheritance →

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