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What do readers say about The Haunting of Hill House?
overly descriptive and boringa most unusual novelpsychological horror storymoody and creepyPart of a new six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by Academy Award-winning director of The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro
The Haunting of Hill House
The classic supernatural thriller by an author who helped define the genre. ... Read more about The Haunting of Hill House
No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its ...
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What do readers say about Hell House?
lean and directa tale of horrortaut and thrillingvivid and well-written scenes"Hell House is the scariest haunted house novel ever written. It looms over the rest the way the mountains loom over the foothills." - Stephen King
Rolf Rudolph Deutsch is going die. But when Deutsch, a wealthy magazine and newpaper publisher, starts... Read more about Hell House
It had been raining hard since five o'clock that morning. Brontean weather, Dr. Barrett thought. He repressed a smile. He felt rather like a character in some latter-day Gothic romance. The driving ra...
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What do readers say about The Little Stranger?
gorgeous and subtlebroad, detailed and engrossinggothic horror novelcreepy, lyrical and lonesomeSoon to be a major motion picture-releasing August 31 in the US-the nationally bestselling and chillingly rendered ghost story-"several sleepless nights are guaranteed" (Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly).
One postwar summer, in his home in rural Wa... Read more about The Little Stranger
I first saw Hundreds Hall when I was ten years old. It was the summer after the war, and the Ayreses still had most of their money then, were still big people in the district. The event was an Empire ...
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What do readers say about The Shining?
early horror novelhuman weaknesses and strengthsengaging, scary, emotionalpersonal and intimate#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Before Doctor Sleep, there was The Shining, a classic of modern American horror from the undisputed master, Stephen King.
Jack Torrance's new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off... Read more about The Shining
Ullman stood five-five, and when he moved, it was with the prissy speed that seems to be the exclusive domain of all small plump men. The part in his hair was exact, and his dark suit was sober but co...
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What do readers say about The Elementals?
creepy and atmosphericsuspenseful and creepyhaunted house storysouthern gothic novel"Surely one of the most terrifying novels ever written." - Poppy Z. Brite
"Beyond any trace of doubt, one of the best writers of horror in this or any other country." - Peter Straub
"Readers of weak constitution should beware " - Publishers Weekl... Read more about The Elementals
The house in which Dauphin and Leigh Savage lived had been built in 1906; it was a large, comfortable place with generous rooms and careful and pleasing detail in such things as hearths, moldings, fra...
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What do readers say about The Woman in Black?
simple and directsparse victorian/gothic stylereally slow getting goingvery old fashioned styleThe classic ghost story from the author of The Mist in the Mirror: a chilling tale about a menacing spectre haunting a small English town. Now a major motion picture starring Daniel Radcliffe.
Arthur Kipps is an up-and-coming London solicitor who is... Read more about The Woman in Black
IT WAS nine-thirty on Christmas Eve. As I crossed the long entrance hall of Monk’s Piece on my way from the dining room, where we had just enjoyed the first of the happy, festive meals, towards the dr...
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What do readers say about House of Leaves?
complexity and inventivenesspretentious and boringexistentialist horror storypretentious & highfalutin"A novelistic mosaic that simultaneously reads like a thriller and like a strange, dreamlike excursion into the subconscious." -The New York Times
Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled... Read more about House of Leaves
§Provide examples of hand shadows ranging from crabs, snails, rabbits,and turtles to dragons, panthers, tigers, and kangaroos. Also includehippos, frogs, elephants, birds of paradise, dogs, cockatoos,...
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What do readers say about Home Before Dark?
scary house bookformat and the twistssplit timeline aspectfun and engrossing readTHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
One of USA Today's Best Books of 2020
"A haunted house story-with a twist….[Sager] does not hold back"(Rolling Stone) in this chilling thriller from the author of Final Girls and Survive the Night.
Every hous... Read more about Home Before Dark
From the moment I enter the office, I know how things are going to go. It’s happened before. Too many times to count. And although each incident has its slight variations, the outcome is always the sa...
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What do readers say about Slade House?
smart yet whimsicalshort and accessiblepredictable and tediousinteresting if not chillingThe New York Times bestseller by the author of The Bone Clocks and Cloud Atlas | Named One of the Best Books of the Year by San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph, National Post, BookPage, and Kirkus Reviews
Whatever Mum’s saying’s drowned out by the grimy roar of the bus pulling away, revealing a pub called The Fox and Hounds. The sign shows three beagles cornering a fox. They’re about to pounce and rip ...
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What do readers say about House of Windows?
19th century oldclassic haunted house worka ghost/haunted house storyvery well writtenReissued with a new introduction by Adam Nevill and including a Reading Group Guide, House of Windows is a masterpiece haunted house story by rising star in Horror John Langan.
"Think Henry James and Joyce Carol Oates with just a few paragraphs of ... Read more about House of Windows
Instead of enormous black curtains hanging behind my house (Veronica said), begin with someone banging on my apartment door so loud it woke me out of a deep sleep. Beside me, Roger was already sitting...
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