Books like The Queen of Spades
12 books with a reading profile close to The Queen of Spades by Alexander Pushkin. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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1
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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2
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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3
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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4
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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5
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories
horror, literary
The narrative follows Gabriel Utterson, a lawyer investigating the relationship between his disciplined friend, Dr.
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6
Something Wicked This Way Comes
by Ray Bradbury
horror, literary
Jim Nightshade and Will Halloway are thirteen-year-old neighbors in Green Town, Illinois, when Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Show arrives by train at three in the morning.
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7
The Call of Cthulhu
horror, literary
Francis Wayland Thurston uncovers a series of interconnected manuscripts, journals, and newspaper clippings following the death of his great-uncle.
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8
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat
literary, classic literature
Set in ancient Athens and an adjacent enchanted forest, this comedy follows four young lovers—Hermia, Lysander, Helena, and Demetrius—whose romantic entanglements spiral into chaos due to the interference of the fairy k…
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9
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
literary, classic literature
Eliot Rosewater, the alcoholic heir to a massive industrial fortune, abandons high society to relocate to a decaying town in Indiana.
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10
A Sunny Place for Shady People
horror, literary
In this 2024 collection of short fiction, Enriquez documents the intersection of architectural decay and supernatural intrusion throughout Argentina and beyond.
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11
The Woman in Black
by Susan Hill
horror, literary
Arthur Kipps, a young solicitor, travels to a remote coastal village to settle the estate of Alice Drablow, a deceased widow who lived in isolation at Eel Marsh House.
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12
The Sisters Brothers
literary, classic literature
Eli and Charlie Sisters are notorious hired killers traveling from Oregon City to California during the 1851 Gold Rush.
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