Elaine Thomson · 2027
- What it is
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It stays with you · it's hiding a secret
- Genre
- Historical fiction 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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Let the Right One In
John Ajvide Lindqvist · 2008
It leaves you thinking · a small story, told up close
Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia · 2020
It leaves something behind · properly scary
At the Mountains of Madness
H.P. Lovecraft · 1971
It leaves something behind · properly scary
Tierra feroz
Jota Quijorna · 2025
It leaves you thinking · something is lurking
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The Fisherman
John Langan · 2016
It leaves you thinking · sadness on a low heat
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