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hermetic

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Tue Oct 22, 2024, 02:20 PM Oct 2024

10 Terrifying 21st Century Novels [View all]

Whatever your literary poison, we've got spine-tingling contemporary novels for you. Walk with us, past the KEEP OUT sign and underneath the velvet rope, to the forbidden section of the library, where the evil books dwell…

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (2000)
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver (2003)
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (2009)
White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi (2009)
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King (2013)
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill (2007)
The Terror by Dan Simmons (2007)
Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin (2017)
White Tears by Hari Kunzru (2017)
The Changeling by Victor LaValle (2017)

Read descriptions here: https://getpocket.com/explore/item/10-terrifying-21st-century-novels

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Dr. Sleep is outstanding. lark Oct 2024 #1
I have heard that hermetic Oct 2024 #3
Thanks! A few in there are new to me! Scrivener7 Oct 2024 #2
Likewise hermetic Oct 2024 #4
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