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Fright WatchSeries
series3 books2020
Horror, eerie in tone, about coming of age, set in contemporary and small town.
“Something strange is happening on Goodie Lane . . .”
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Start with The Stitchers →
CoralineSeries
series2 books2002
Fantasy and portal fantasy, tense in tone, set in parallel universe.
“The Guardian ranked Coraline #82 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.”
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Start with Coraline →
The Ghost of GraylockNovel
Dan Poblockistandalone novel2012
Ghost stories and mystery & detective, mysterious in tone, set in our world.
“Staying with their aunts over the summer, Neil Cady, his sister Bree, and their new friends Wesley and Eric, set out to explore Greylock Hall, an abandoned psychiatric hospital which is supposed to be haunted by the ghost of Nurse Janet.”
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The Halloween MoonNovel
Joseph Finkstandalone novel2021
About curses, set in our world.
“Esther Gold loves Halloween more than anything in the world.”
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Pet SemataryNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1983
Dark in tone, about grief and loss and curses.
CarrieNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1974
Psychological horror, tense in tone, about psychic powers and revenge.