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Mysterious

A locked door and a held breath — books that keep one card hidden and make you turn pages to find it.

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Books and stacks that feel Mysterious

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Cover of UprootedCover of Jasmine ThroneCover of The Priory of the Orange TreeCover of Daughter of the forestCover of Hurricane Wars
Drayfus Drayfus

Romantasy where the fantasy half is real

The romantasy for readers who also want a map at the front. Sieges, old gods and curses with rules, and a love story that has to share the page.

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Sensual Defiant
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Cover of The Tainted CupCover of Perdido Street StationCover of HexCover of The Devil You KnowCover of Blood of Elves
Drayfus Drayfus

Everybody knows the monsters are real

Fantasy and horror where the monsters live in the open, with rules and warning signs. Nobody is hiding them. You just learn where not to walk.

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Ominous Wry
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Cover of MentiraCover of The Invisible GuardianCover of The BlackhouseCover of The Last Night at Tremore Beach Lib/ECover of El cuco de cristal
rubenfa rubenfa

Rural noir, where a small town is hiding something

A crime where everyone knows everyone and silence weighs heavier than the investigation. Rural noir, with the whole village as a suspect.

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Claustrophobic Unsettling
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Cover of MentiraCover of Talented Mr RipleyCover of Gone GirlCover of The Silent PatientCover of Shutter Island
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Thrillers where someone pretends to be who they're not

Holding down a borrowed identity for years — and being frighteningly good at it. Thrillers of impostors, false identities and impersonation.

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Claustrophobic Unsettling
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Cover of The Name of the RoseCover of The Neverending StoryCover of PossessionCover of The Club DumasCover of Misery
Drayfus Drayfus

Novels about books that take over a life

Someone opens a book and never quite closes it. The reading takes over the job, the sleep, everything that was there first.

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Melancholic Haunting
1 month ago 9 Viewed 9 times
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Cover of Dark MatterCover of Midnight LibraryCover of Space Between WorldsCover of The long earthCover of Ten Thousand Doors of January
Drayfus Drayfus

Books with parallel universes running next to our own

Somewhere close by, another version of everything is playing out right now. Novels about the worlds running parallel to your own.

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Hopeful Mysterious
2 months ago 12 Viewed 12 times
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Cover of Pedro ParamoCover of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRueCover of PiranesiCover of Lincoln in the BardoCover of Our Share of Night
Drayfus Drayfus

Magical realism where the strange feels ordinary

Magical realism where the impossible is just part of the furniture. Nobody in the story thinks to question the ghost at the table.

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Lyrical Surreal
2 months ago 4 Viewed 4 times
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Cover of RebeccaCover of Little Stranger BCover of We Have Always Lived in the CastleCover of The Haunting of Hill HouseCover of Jane Eyre
Drayfus Drayfus

Gothic novels with big house and old secrets

Gothic novels built around a crumbling house and a family secret. More dread than jump-scare. Lock the door before the old place starts talking.

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Unsettling Melancholic
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