Books like The Night Sister
12 books with a reading profile close to The Night Sister by Jennifer McMahon. Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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The Lighthouse Witches
by C.J. Cooke
Also clear-cut and escapist · horror, entertainment
In 1998, single mother Liv arrives on the remote Scottish island of Lòn Mòr with her three daughters to commission a mural inside a decommissioned lighthouse.
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2
The Drowning Kind
Also escapist · horror, entertainment
Jaxie Brandywine returns to her family estate in Vermont after her sister, Lexie, drowns in the property’s spring-fed pool.
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3
Penpal
Also practical and escapist · horror, entertainment
An unnamed narrator reconstructs his childhood through a series of interconnected stories, beginning with a school project where he mailed a letter tied to a balloon.
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4
THE UNKNOWN
by Riley Sager
Also practical and clear-cut · horror, entertainment
A century after some spiritual mediums disappeared from a remote Vermont island, a research trip for a film starts old troubles anew.
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5
A House with Good Bones
Also practical and clear-cut · horror, entertainment
Sam Montgomery, an archaeoentomologist, returns to her childhood home in North Carolina to find her mother, Edith, behaving with uncharacteristic skittishness.
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6
Lock Every Door
by Riley Sager
Also practical and clear-cut · horror, entertainment
Jules Larsen, a young woman facing financial ruin, accepts a high-paying job as an apartment sitter at the Bartholomew, a legendary and secretive Manhattan building.
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7
Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 1
Also practical and clear-cut · horror, entertainment
In the quiet town of Archer’s Peak, children are vanishing into the woods, leaving behind only gruesome remains and one traumatized survivor named James.
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The Silent Companions
Also clear-cut and escapist · horror, entertainment
Newly widowed and pregnant, Elsie Bainbridge moves to the decaying country estate of the Bridge, the ancestral home of her late husband.
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9
Meddling Kids
Also practical and clear-cut · horror, entertainment
In 1977, the Blyton Summer Detective Club unmasked a costume-wearing criminal at Sleepy Lake, but the experience left the four pre-teens and their dog mentally scarred.
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10
American Vampire, Vol. 1
by Scott Snyder
Also practical and clear-cut · horror, entertainment
Skinner Sweet is a sociopathic outlaw in the 1880s who becomes the first of a new species: the American vampire.
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11
Brother Odd
by Dean Koontz
Also practical and clear-cut · horror, entertainment
Odd Thomas seeks refuge from his supernatural burdens at St.
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12
Twilight Eyes
by Dean Koontz
Also practical and clear-cut · horror, entertainment
Slim MacKenzie possesses a psychic ability he calls twilight eyes, which allows him to see Goblins—malevolent, non-human shapeshifters that mimic people to orchestrate human suffering and violence.
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