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Roger Zelaznystandalone novel1993

Dark fantasy, eerie in tone, about gods, set in our world.

Clive Barkerstandalone novel1985

Dark fantasy, dark in tone, about deal with the devil, set in our world.

“Marty, out of his depth from the start, finds himself the only one willing to stand against Mamoulian.”
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The Ocean at the End of the LaneNovel

Neil Gaimanstandalone novel2013

Dark fantasy, eerie in tone, set in our world.

“A seven year old farm boy becomes friends with an eleven year old neighbor girl, who he discovers is ancient and powerful and intervenes when a nonhuman entity attempts to make a home in earthly reality.”
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Her Fearful SymmetryNovel

Audrey Niffeneggerstandalone novel2009

Gothic and ghost stories, about grief and loss, set in our world.

Bod OwensSeries

series3 books2007

Dark fantasy, about coming of age, set in our world.

“Neil Gaiman's 2008 novel won both the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and illustrator P. Craig Russell later adapted it into a two-volume graphic novel.”
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RatsSeries

series4 books1974

completed

Dark and tense in tone, about survival, set in big city.

“The Rats, James Herbert's 1974 debut novel, imagines a plague of giant mutant rats overrunning London, told through a rotating cast of victims and survivors in the tradition of British disaster horror.”
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Start with The Rats →

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