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  • Cover of The Shining
    The ShiningSeries

    series · 5 books · 1977

    Dark and tense in tone, about psychic powers, set in north america.

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

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    Start with The Shining →

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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 If You Could See Me Now
    If You Could See Me NowNovel

    Peter Straub · standalone novel · 1976

    Gothic, 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 Her Fearful Symmetry
    Her Fearful SymmetryNovel

    Audrey Niffenegger · standalone novel · 2009

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

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  • Cover of David Ash
    David AshSeries

    series · 3 books · 1988

    completed

    Set in british isles.

    “David Ash is a professional skeptic, a paranormal investigator who makes his living debunking hauntings until a case in an old English house convinces him something genuinely malicious is at work.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Haunted →

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  • Cover of Merrily Watkins
    Merrily WatkinsSeries

    series · 16 books · 1998

    completed

    Mystery & detective, about faith and religion and murder investigation, set in british isles.

    “‘The red soil and the long, wooded hills… the twisted houses with old bones of blackened oak.”

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    Start with The Wine of Angels →

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