Books like Something Wicked This Way Comes
12 books with a reading profile close to Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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The Shadow over Innsmouth
horror, literary
A young man traveling through New England in 1927 visits the decaying port of Innsmouth, Massachusetts, because he is curious about the town's bad reputation.
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The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
horror, literary
This collection gathers the foundational works of American Gothic literature, combining short fiction and verse that define the macabre.
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The Salt Grows Heavy
horror, literary
In this horror novella set on a bleak island, a pregnant woman named Rue flees her abusive husband Hal and finds shelter with a plague doctor who lives by the shore and uses a bird mask.
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The Cask of Amontillado
horror, literary
Montresor, the narrator, tells of the revenge he took on a man named Fortunato, who he says insulted him a thousand times.
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Comfort Me with Apples
horror, literary
A woman lives in a perfectly planned community called Willowbrook Gardens, in a house with a charming husband she calls Hubby.
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Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
by Neil Gaiman
horror, literary
Fragile Things is an anthology containing over thirty pieces of short fiction and poetry that merge mundane reality with the supernatural.
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Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
by Neil Gaiman
horror, literary
Neil Gaiman's collection includes stories and poems, with an introduction that discusses each one.
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Earthsea
literary, classic literature
In the archipelago of Earthsea, magic functions through the knowledge of True Names, which grant a sorcerer command over objects and living things.
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Weave World
by Clive Barker
horror, literary
Calhoun Mooney discovers a secret world hidden within the patterns of an old rug kept in a Liverpool attic.
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The Lottery and Other Stories
horror, literary
This collection of twenty-five stories describes the unsettling realities hidden beneath the surface of mid-century American domesticity.
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The Changeling
horror, literary
Apollo Kagwa is a rare-book dealer in New York who marries Emma Valentine, a librarian.
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