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The House Across the Lake Summary

The House Across the Lake

by Riley Sager 2022 369 pages

Mystery Thriller

A Certain Hunger Summary

A Certain Hunger

by Chelsea G. Summers 2019 250 pages

The Blacktongue Thief Summary

The Blacktongue Thief

by Christopher Buehlman 2021 416 pages

A Short Stay in Hell Summary

A Short Stay in Hell

by Steven L. Peck 2011 110 pages

Grave Matter Summary

by Karina Halle 2024

The Queen of the Damned Summary

The Queen of the Damned

by Anne Rice 1988 448 pages

The Butcher and the Wren Summary

The Butcher and the Wren

by Alaina Urquhart 2022 242 pages

by Ania Ahlborn 2011 246 pages

by Dathan Auerbach 2012 243 pages

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Summary

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

by Ambrose Bierce 1890 36 pages

Aftertaste Summary

by Daria Lavelle 2025 400 pages

Magical Realism

Strange Pictures Summary

Strange Pictures

by Uketsu 2022 236 pages

Diavola Summary

by Jennifer Marie Thorne 2024 296 pages

by Aron Beauregard 2021 136 pages

Middle of the Night Summary

Middle of the Night

by Riley Sager 2024 367 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Black Cat Summary

by Edgar Allan Poe 1843 24 pages

The Green Mile Summary

by Stephen King 1996 592 pages

No Exit Summary

by Taylor Adams 2017 287 pages

Mystery Thriller

Finders Keepers Summary

Finders Keepers

by Stephen King 2015 434 pages

The Intruder Summary

by Freida McFadden 2025 288 pages

Mystery Thriller

What Lies in the Woods Summary

What Lies in the Woods

by Kate Alice Marshall 2023 336 pages

Mystery Thriller

Boy Parts Summary

by Eliza Clark 2020 304 pages

Literary Fiction

Dreamcatcher Summary

by Stephen King 2001 688 pages

Science Fiction

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Summary

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

by Ransom Riggs 2011 352 pages

Her Soul to Take Summary

Her Soul to Take

by Harley Laroux 2021 493 pages

The Night Gardener Summary

The Night Gardener

by Jonathan Auxier 2014 350 pages

’Salem’s Lot Summary

’Salem’s Lot

by Stephen King 1975 483 pages

Full Brutal Summary

by Kristopher Triana 2018 206 pages

Berserk, Vol. 1 Summary

Berserk, Vol. 1

by Kentaro Miura 1990 224 pages

The Empusium Summary

A Health Resort Horror Story

by Olga Tokarczuk 2022 305 pages

Historical Fiction

Authority Summary

by Jeff VanderMeer 2014 341 pages

Science Fiction

Odd Thomas Summary

by Dean Koontz 2003 446 pages

The Strain Summary

by Guillermo del Toro 2009 403 pages

Final Girls Summary

by Riley Sager 2017 352 pages

The Last Time I Lied Summary

The Last Time I Lied

by Riley Sager 2018 402 pages

Mystery Thriller

Two Sides to Every Murder Summary

Two Sides to Every Murder

by Danielle Valentine 2024 282 pages

Death Note, Vol. 1 Summary

Death Note, Vol. 1

by Tsugumi Ohba 2004 195 pages

Who Goes There? Summary

Who Goes There?

by John W. Campbell Jr. 1938 161 pages

Science Fiction

The Last Hour of Gann Summary

The Last Hour of Gann

by R. Lee Smith 2013 706 pages

Science Fiction

The Collector Summary

by John Fowles 1963 283 pages

The Terror Summary

by Dan Simmons 2007 769 pages

Historical Fiction

The Cellar Summary

by Natasha Preston 2014 368 pages

The Picture of Dorian Gray Summary

The Picture of Dorian Gray

A Graphic Novel

by Ian Edginton 2008 122 pages

Carmilla Summary

by J. Sheridan Le Fanu 1872 108 pages

Billy Summers Summary

by Stephen King 2021 517 pages

Victorian Psycho Summary

Victorian Psycho

by Virginia Feito 2025 208 pages

Historical Fiction

Apocalypse Z Summary

The Beginning of the End

by Manel Loureiro 2007 397 pages

Post Apocalyptic

The Silent Patient Summary

The Silent Patient

The First Three Chapters

by Alex Michaelides 2018 27 pages

The Hot Zone Summary

The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus

by Richard Preston 1994 352 pages

The Troop Summary

by Nick Cutter 2014 358 pages

Science Fiction

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