Books like Plain Bad Heroines
12 books with a reading profile close to Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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1
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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2
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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3
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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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
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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6
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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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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9
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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10
The Changeling
horror, narrative
Apollo Kagwa is a rare-book dealer in New York who marries Emma Valentine, a librarian.
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Let the Right One In
horror, narrative
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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12
Things We Lost in the Fire
horror, narrative
Twelve stories show Argentina through ghosts, curses and urban violence.
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