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12 books with a reading profile close to Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson. Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

1

The Bone Houses

by Emily Lloyd-Jones

Also practical and clear-cut · horror, entertainment

Aderyn, a gravedigger in the village of Colbren, spends her days burying the dead and her nights putting them back in the ground when they rise as restless, rotting "bone houses." After her father disappears into the fo…
2

A Sorceress Comes to Call

by T. Kingfisher

Also practical and escapist · horror, entertainment

Cordelia lives a quiet, isolated life under the thumb of her mother, Evangeline, a woman who manipulates the world through subtle, sinister sorcery.
3

Nothing But Blackened Teeth

by Cassandra Khaw

Also escapist · horror, entertainment

Five estranged friends gather at a derelict Heian-era mansion in Japan to celebrate a destination wedding.
4

Vampires of El Norte

by Isabel Cañas

Also practical and clear-cut · horror, entertainment

Set against the backdrop of the Mexican-American War in the 1840s, the story follows Nena, a curandera and daughter of a ranchero, and Néstor, a vaquero driven by guilt after a childhood tragedy.
5

Blood and Chocolate

by Annette Curtis Klause

Also practical and clear-cut · horror, entertainment

Sixteen-year-old Vivian Gandillon is a werewolf living in a secret community of shapeshifters in suburban Maryland.
6

Shadow of the Fox

by Julie Kagawa

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, fantasy

Yumeko is a half-kitsune, half-human girl raised in a hidden temple in a fantasy version of feudal Japan.
7

Servant of the Bones

by Anne Rice

Also escapist · horror, entertainment

Azriel is a Hebrew servant who is made a djinn, a spirit bound to serve a master, and he narrates his long history from ancient Babylon to the present.
8

The Hollow Places

by T. Kingfisher

Also practical and escapist · horror, entertainment

Kara, recently divorced and living in her uncle’s museum of curiosities, discovers a hole in a drywall that leads into a concrete bunker and a landscape of endless islands amidst a dark river.
9

Fairy Tale

by Stephen King

Also clear-cut and escapist · horror, entertainment

Charlie Reade is a high school athlete who life takes a sharp turn after he saves his elderly neighbor, Howard Bowditch, from a medical emergency.
10

A Dowry of Blood

by S.T. Gibson

Also practical and escapist · horror, entertainment

In this epistolary reimagining of the Dracula mythos, Constanta is rescued from the brink of death by a charismatic, ancient stranger.
11

Locke & Key, Vol. 2: Head Games

by Joe Hill

Also escapist · horror, entertainment

In the second volume of this supernatural series, the Locke children continue to find enchanted keys hidden within Keyhouse.
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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