Books like A Head Full of Ghosts
12 books with a reading profile close to A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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Dolores Claiborne
by Stephen King
horror, narrative
Set in the interrogation room of a Maine police station, the story is delivered as a continuous, unbroken monologue by Dolores Claiborne.
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Lisey's Story
by Stephen King
horror, narrative
Two years after the death of her husband, famous novelist Scott Landon, Lisey remains entangled in the complex remnants of their marriage.
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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
horror, narrative
Set against the late nineteenth-century decline of the American bison, the narrative follows an Indigenous protagonist tasked with tracking a predatory figure who targets commercial hide hunters.
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The Cabin at the End of the World
horror, narrative
Seven-year-old Wen and her fathers, Eric and Andrew, are vacationing at a remote New Hampshire cabin when four strangers armed with specialized tools surround the house.
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Boy Parts
by Eliza Clark
horror, narrative
Irina is a professional photographer in Newcastle who specializes in scouting attractive, often awkward men in public spaces to model for her provocative, voyeuristic portfolios.
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Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
by Shane Hawk
horror, narrative
Edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C.
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The Cement Garden
by Ian McEwan
horror, narrative
Jack is fourteen when his father dies of a heart attack while laying cement in the garden, and a few months later his mother dies too.
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Let the Right One In
horror, narrative
Set in the bleak suburbs of 1980s Stockholm, the story follows Oskar, a lonely, bullied twelve-year-old who spends his nights fantasizing about violent revenge against his classmates.
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The Woman in Black
by Susan Hill
horror, narrative
Arthur Kipps, a young solicitor, travels to a remote coastal village to settle the estate of Alice Drablow, a deceased widow who lived in isolation at Eel Marsh House.
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The Long Walk
horror, narrative
In a dystopian America, one hundred teenage boys compete in an annual endurance contest organized by a military regime.
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Mexican Gothic
horror, narrative
In 1950s Mexico, socialite Noemí Taboada travels to High Place, a decaying English mansion in the mountains, after receiving a frantic letter from her recently married cousin, Catalina.
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