Books like Handling the Undead
12 books with a reading profile close to Handling the Undead by John Ajvide Lindqvist. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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Kiss Kiss
by Roald Dahl
horror, narrative
In this collection of eleven short stories, characters navigate domestic traps, professional rivalries, and cruel coincidences.
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2
The Ballad of Black Tom
horror, narrative
Tommy Tester is a young Black hustler in 1920s Harlem who earns a living with a guitar and a few small cons.
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3
Ghost Wall
by Sarah Moss
horror, narrative
Seventeen-year-old Silvie joins her father, Bill, on a historical reenactment camp in the Northumbrian wilderness.
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4
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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5
Things We Lost in the Fire
horror, narrative
Twelve stories show Argentina through ghosts, curses and urban violence.
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The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
horror, narrative
Mariana Enriquez's stories are set in Argentina, where ordinary streets and houses harbor ghosts, curses and political horror.
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Hearts in Atlantis
by Stephen King
horror, narrative
This collection consists of five interconnected narratives centered on the American generation that grew up during the Vietnam War.
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You Like It Darker
by Stephen King
horror, narrative
This collection has twelve stories by Stephen King, in which ordinary people encounter the strange or the supernatural.
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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 Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House
by Neil Gaiman
horror, narrative
Dream, the personification of sleep, tracks down four rogue nightmares that escaped his realm during his long imprisonment.
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