Books like In the Night Room
12 books with a reading profile close to In the Night Room by Peter Straub. Escapist; a moderate read.
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20th Century Ghosts
by Joe Hill
Also escapist · horror, entertainment
Joe Hill's first collection gathers fifteen stories of horror, fantasy and the odd.
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Mexican Gothic
horror, entertainment
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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Sour Candy
Also escapist · horror, entertainment
In Kealan Patrick Burke's "Sour Candy," a young boy named Paul is given a mysterious piece of sour candy by a stranger, which grants him the ability to have his deepest, darkest wishes come true.
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Exquisite Corpse
Also escapist · horror, literary
Andrew Compton, a British serial killer who escapes a life sentence by faking his own death, arrives in New Orleans to resume his search for the perfect victim.
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Someone Like You [18 stories]
by Roald Dahl
horror, entertainment
This gathering of short fiction centers on the dark side of human behavior, focusing on deceit, greed, and high-stakes wagers.
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Natural Beauty
horror, literary
A daughter of immigrant musicians accepts a job at Holistique, a luxury wellness firm in New York City, to fund her parents' long-term medical care.
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Night Shift
by Stephen King
Also escapist · horror, entertainment
Night Shift is a collection of twenty short stories that showcase the physicalization of mundane fears into lethal threats.
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Dreamcatcher
by Stephen King
Also escapist · horror, entertainment
In the snowy woods of Derry, Maine, four lifelong friends—Beaver, Henry, Pete, and Jonesy—gather for their annual hunting trip.
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Shiver: Selected Stories
by Junji Ito
Also escapist · horror, entertainment
Shiver: Selected Stories compiles nine self-contained horror tales curated by Junji Ito, featuring his own commentary on the creative process behind each work.
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Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1: Dog and Chainsaw
Also escapist · horror, entertainment
Denji is a teenager so poor that he has sold his organs and works as a devil hunter, paying off his dead father's debts to the yakuza with the help of his pet, Pochita, a small chainsaw devil.
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