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by Patrick Senécal 2000 521 pages

The Little Stranger Summary

The Little Stranger

by Sarah Waters 2010 512 pages

Historical Fiction

The Desolations of Devil's Acre Summary

The Desolations of Devil's Acre

by Ransom Riggs 2021 528 pages

Hearthstone Cottage Summary

Hearthstone Cottage

by Frazer Lee 2019 240 pages

The Tangleroot Palace Summary

The Tangleroot Palace

by Marjorie M. Liu 2021 239 pages

Departure 37 Summary

by Scott Carson 2025 389 pages

Historical Fiction

One by One Summary

by Freida McFadden 2020 295 pages

Mystery Thriller

How Bad Things Can Get Summary

How Bad Things Can Get

by Darcy Coates 2025 416 pages

Mystery Thriller

House of Salt and Sorrows Summary

House of Salt and Sorrows

by Erin A. Craig 2019 403 pages

Starling House Summary

by Alix E. Harrow 2023 320 pages

The Island Summary

by Natasha Preston 2023 303 pages

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 1999 238 pages

Sinners Retreat Summary

Sinners Retreat

by Lauren Biel 2024 366 pages

172 Hours on the Moon Summary

172 Hours on the Moon

by Johan Harstad 2008 368 pages

Science Fiction

Pay the Piper Summary

by George A. Romero 2024 328 pages

We All Fall Down Summary

We All Fall Down

by Natalie D. Richards 2017 368 pages

The Hounding Summary

by Xenobe Purvis 2025 240 pages

Historical Fiction

How to Survive a Horror Story Summary

How to Survive a Horror Story

by Mallory Arnold 2025 368 pages

The House of Last Resort Summary

The House of Last Resort

by Christopher Golden 2024 292 pages

Sour Candy Summary

by Kealan Patrick Burke 2015 84 pages

Cursed Daughters Summary

Cursed Daughters

by Oyinkan Braithwaite 2025 384 pages

Literary Fiction

Shy Girl Summary

by Mia Ballard 2025 247 pages

Literary Fiction

by Blake Crouch 2012 307 pages

Science Fiction

The Dead House Summary

by Dawn Kurtagich 2015 440 pages

The Farmhouse Summary

by Chelsea Conradt 2025 432 pages

The Once and Future Me Summary

The Once and Future Me

by Melissa Pace 2025 384 pages

Science Fiction

The Haunting of Room 904 Summary

The Haunting of Room 904

by Erika T. Wurth 2025 306 pages

Sleep Tight Summary

by J.H. Markert 2024 336 pages

Let's Split Up Summary

by Bill Wood 2024 339 pages

The Staircase in the Woods Summary

The Staircase in the Woods

by Chuck Wendig 2025 388 pages

Wake Up and Open Your Eyes Summary

Wake Up and Open Your Eyes

by Clay McLeod Chapman 2025 384 pages

Blood Like Mine Summary

Blood Like Mine

by Stuart Neville 2024 375 pages

by Emma van Straaten 2025 256 pages

A Spell to Wake the Dead Summary

A Spell to Wake the Dead

by Nicole Lesperance 2025 352 pages

Don't Look Now and Other Stories Summary

Don't Look Now and Other Stories

by Daphne du Maurier 2013 214 pages

Senseless Summary

by Ronald Malfi 2025 432 pages

Girl in the Creek Summary

Girl in the Creek

by Wendy N. Wagner 2025 263 pages

This Cursed House Summary

This Cursed House

by Del Sandeen 2024 384 pages

Historical Fiction

Ecstasy Summary

by Ivy Pochoda 2025 224 pages

El evangelio del mal Summary

El evangelio del mal

by Patrick Graham 2007 560 pages

Small Favors Summary

by Erin A. Craig 2021 466 pages

Come Knocking Summary

by Mike Bockoven 2025 264 pages

Fanged Noumena Summary

Collected Writings, 1987–2007

by Nick Land 2011 666 pages

Last to Leave the Room Summary

Last to Leave the Room

by Caitlin Starling 2023 312 pages

Science Fiction

The Devil Crept In Summary

The Devil Crept In

by Ania Ahlborn 2017 374 pages

Someone You Can Build a Nest In Summary

Someone You Can Build a Nest In

by John Wiswell 2024 310 pages

by Katrina Leno 2020 327 pages

Vanishing Daughters Summary

Vanishing Daughters

by Cynthia Pelayo 2025 336 pages

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein Summary

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

by Kiersten White 2018 304 pages

Historical Fiction

The Philosopher's Stone Summary

The Philosopher's Stone

by Colin Wilson 1977 320 pages

Science Fiction

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