Books like Lost Boy
12 books with a reading profile close to Lost Boy by Christina Henry. Balanced in tone; an easy read.
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1
Locke & Key, Vol. 5: Clockworks
by Joe Hill
horror, narrative
In this fifth installment, Tyler and Kinsey Locke use the Timeshift Key to witness the origins of the supernatural conflict surrounding Keyhouse.
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Locke & Key, Vol. 4: Keys to the Kingdom
by Joe Hill
horror, narrative
Tyler, Kinsey, and Bode Locke continue discovering enchanted keys within the Keyhouse estate, including the Hercules Key for physical strength and the Animal Key, which allows the user to transform into a beast.
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3
The Book Eaters
by Sunyi Dean
horror, narrative
In the Yorkshire moors, a secret society of bibliophages lives in crumbling manors, consuming printed pages to absorb their information and flavors.
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4
The Hacienda
by Isabel Cañas
horror, narrative
Set in the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence, the story follows Beatriz, a young woman who marries a wealthy widower to secure her family’s safety.
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5
Coraline
by Neil Gaiman
horror, narrative
After moving into a Victorian house divided into flats, Coraline Jones discovers a hidden door that leads to a mirror world.
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6
Later
by Stephen King
horror, narrative
Jamie Conklin just wants a normal childhood, but he possesses the ability to see and speak with the spirits of the recently deceased.
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7
Fledgling
horror, narrative
The narrative follows Shori, an amnesiac young girl who discovers she is actually a fifty-three-year-old genetically modified vampire.
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8
Ring Shout
horror, narrative
In 1915 Georgia, Maryse Boudreaux hunts monsters known as Ku Kluxes—demonic entities with pale tentacles and multiple eyes that hide beneath the white hoods of the Klan.
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9
The Changeling
horror, narrative
Apollo Kagwa is a rare-book dealer in New York who marries Emma Valentine, a librarian.
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10
The Halloween Tree
by Ray Bradbury
horror, narrative
On Halloween night, eight boys dressed in traditional costumes gather to meet their friend Pipkin, only to find him being pulled away by a dark force toward a derelict house.
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11
The Thief of Always
by Clive Barker
horror, narrative
Ten-year-old Harvey Swick is paralyzed by the doldrums of a gray February until a creature named Rictus beckons him to Holiday House.
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12
Hellboy, Vol. 1: Seed of Destruction
by Mike Mignola
horror, narrative
In 1944, a group of Nazi occultists led by Grigori Rasputin attempts a ritual to summon the Ogdru Jahad, the Seven Gods of Chaos, to turn the tide of World War II.
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