Books like Harbour
12 books with a reading profile close to Harbour by John Ajvide Lindqvist. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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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 Christie Affair
narrative, mystery
In December 1926, the mystery writer Agatha Christie disappears for eleven days, and her car is found abandoned near a chalk pit.
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Happiness Falls
by Angie Kim
narrative, mystery
When Mia Parkson’s father disappears during a morning hike in Virginia, the only witness is her younger brother, Eugene, who has autism and a rare genetic condition called Angelman syndrome.
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4
The Lost Man
by Jane Harper
narrative, mystery
Cameron Bright is found dead from heat exhaustion at the Stockman’s Grave, a remote landmark in the brutal Australian outback.
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5
The Survivors
by Jane Harper
narrative, mystery
Kieran Elliott returns to his coastal hometown of Evelyn Bay, Tasmania, to help his parents move while grappling with the guilt of a past boating accident that claimed his brother’s life.
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6
The Lake House
narrative, mystery
In 1933, the Edevane family hosts a Midsummer Eve party at their Cornish estate, Loeanneth, which ends in the unexplained disappearance of their eleven-month-old son, Theo.
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7
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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8
The Secret Keeper
by Kate Morton
narrative, mystery
During a 1961 summer party, teenager Laurel Nicolson witnesses her mother, Dorothy, kill a stranger with a paring knife.
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9
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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10
The Book of Speculation
by Erika Swyler
narrative, mystery
Simon Watson, a young librarian in a small New York town, receives a package from an antiquarian bookseller: a fragile, water-damaged ledger from the 1700s, which appears to be a record kept by a traveling circus.
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Lady in the Lake
narrative, mystery
In 1966 Baltimore, Maddie Schwartz walks out of her marriage at thirty-seven, determined to become a journalist.
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