Books like In the Miso Soup
12 books with a reading profile close to In the Miso Soup by Ryū Murakami. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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1
The Long Walk
thriller, horror
In a dystopian America, one hundred teenage boys compete in an annual endurance contest organized by a military regime.
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2
The Devil All the Time
thriller, horror
Set in the rural backwoods of Ohio and West Virginia between World War II and the 1960s, the narrative follows Arvin Russell, a young man haunted by his father’s traumatizing religious sacrifices.
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3
Different Seasons
by Stephen King
thriller, horror
This collection contains four novellas, each corresponding to a different season.
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4
Let the Right One In
thriller, horror
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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5
The Cabin at the End of the World
thriller, horror
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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6
Penance
by Eliza Clark
thriller, narrative
Set in the seaside town of Crow-on-Sea, this novel uses a fictional true-crime format to document the murder of sixteen-year-old Joan Wilson.
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7
The Guest
by Emma Cline
thriller, narrative
Twenty-two-year-old Alex is cast out of her older boyfriend Simon’s wealthy Long Island home after a breach of etiquette.
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8
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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9
Full Dark, No Stars
by Stephen King
thriller, horror
Full Dark, No Stars is a collection of four long stories centered on the capacity for violence within ordinary people.
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10
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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11
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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