Richard Matheson · 1971
- What it is
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It closes in on you · it stays with you
- Genre
- Horror
Everything below shares at least two of these traits, or sits with it in some reader's stack. Each card tells you why.
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The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson · 2002
Readers put them together in Ghost stories where the dead won't leave
September House
Carissa Orlando · 2023
Grouped with yours in Ghost stories where the dead won't leave
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Jota Quijorna · 2025
The walls come in on you · something is lurking
Naomi's Room
Jonathan Aycliffe · 1991
It closes in on you · something is lurking
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Shining
Stephen King · 1992
It leaves you short of breath · something is lurking
Our Share of Night
Mariana Enríquez · 2019
The walls come in on you · something is lurking
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