Books like Ring Shout
12 books with a reading profile close to Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark. Escapist; an easy read.
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Locke & Key, Vol. 5: Clockworks
by Joe Hill
Also escapist · 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
Also escapist · 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
Also escapist · 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
Also escapist · 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
Lost Boy
horror, narrative
Jamie is the first boy Peter ever brought to the island, serving as his loyal right hand for centuries.
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6
Outlawed
by Anna North
history, narrative
In an alternate 1894, a Great Flu has decimated the American population, leading to a legal code where fertility is the primary measure of a person’s worth.
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The Night Tiger
by Yangsze Choo
history, narrative
In 1930s colonial Malaya, an eleven-year-old houseboy, Ren, is tasked with finding his dead master's missing finger and burying it with the body within forty-nine days.
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8
Fledgling
Also escapist · 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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9
Later
by Stephen King
Also escapist · 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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Hellboy, Vol. 1: Seed of Destruction
by Mike Mignola
Also escapist · 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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12
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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