Silvia Moreno-Garcia · 2020
- What it is
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Properly scary · it stays with you
- Genre
- Horror Historical fiction Mystery
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The Woman in Black
Susan Hill · 1984
Grouped with yours in Gothic novels with big house and old secrets
Pet Sematary
Stephen King · 1996
Properly scary · something is lurking
King Sorrow
Joe Hill · 2025
It'll scare you · something bad in the air
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Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier · 1938
Grouped with yours in Gothic novels with big house and old secrets
Shutter Island
Dennis Lehane · 2003
It ties your stomach in a knot · it leaves you short of breath
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