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The Graveyard Book Summary

The Graveyard Book

by Neil Gaiman 2008 312 pages

11/22/63 Summary

by Stephen King 2011 849 pages

Historical Fiction

Science Fiction

Writing the Paranormal Novel Summary

Writing the Paranormal Novel

Techniques and Exercises for Weaving Supernatural Elements Into Your Story.

by Steven Harper 2011 274 pages

On Writing Horror Summary

On Writing Horror

A Handbook by the Horror Writers Association

by Horror Writers Association 1997 272 pages

In the Dream House Summary

In the Dream House

by Carmen Maria Machado 2019 251 pages

American Psycho Summary

American Psycho

by Bret Easton Ellis 1991 399 pages

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror Summary

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror

by Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 224 pages

The Best New True Crime Stories Summary

The Best New True Crime Stories

Small Towns: Small Towns

by Mitzi Szereto 2020 256 pages

A Clockwork Orange Summary

A Clockwork Orange

by Anthony Burgess 1962 192 pages

Science Fiction

The Road Summary

by Cormac McCarthy 2006 241 pages

Science Fiction

Post Apocalyptic

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West Summary

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

by Cormac McCarthy 1985 351 pages

Historical Fiction

The Gunslinger Summary

by Stephen King 1982 231 pages

Science Fiction

by Stephen King 1986 1116 pages

The Shining Summary

by Stephen King 1977 497 pages

by Stephen King 1987 370 pages

’Salem’s Lot Summary

’Salem’s Lot

by Stephen King 1975 483 pages

The Silence of the Lambs Summary

The Silence of the Lambs

by Thomas Harris 1988 421 pages

The Picture of Dorian Gray Summary

The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde 1890 272 pages

Dracula Summary

by Bram Stoker 1897 488 pages

The Stand Summary

by Stephen King 1978 1152 pages

Science Fiction

Middle of the Night Summary

Middle of the Night

by Riley Sager 2024 367 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Vegetarian Summary

by Han Kang 2007 188 pages

Literary Fiction

Hell Bent Summary

by Leigh Bardugo 2023 481 pages

How to Sell a Haunted House Summary

How to Sell a Haunted House

by Grady Hendrix 2023 419 pages

The Terror Summary

by Dan Simmons 2007 769 pages

Historical Fiction

Hyperion Summary

by Dan Simmons 1989 500 pages

Science Fiction

The Outsider Summary

by Stephen King 2018 561 pages

by Stephen King 1974 272 pages

The Green Mile Summary

by Stephen King 1996 592 pages

Haunting Adeline Summary

Haunting Adeline

by H.D. Carlton 2021 583 pages

World War Z Summary

An Oral History of the Zombie War

by Max Brooks 2006 342 pages

Science Fiction

Bird Box Summary

by Josh Malerman 2014 262 pages

The Butterfly Garden Summary

The Butterfly Garden

by Dot Hutchison 2016 288 pages

The Complete Stories and Poems Summary

The Complete Stories and Poems

by Edgar Allan Poe 1849 821 pages

House of Leaves Summary

House of Leaves

by Mark Z. Danielewski 2000 710 pages

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The Amityville Horror Summary

The Amityville Horror

by Jay Anson 1977 315 pages

The Call of Cthulhu Summary

The Call of Cthulhu

by H.P. Lovecraft 1928 43 pages

The Invisible Man Summary

The Invisible Man

by H.G. Wells 1897 192 pages

Science Fiction

If You Tell Summary

A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood

by Gregg Olsen 2019 431 pages

The War of the Worlds Summary

The War of the Worlds

by H.G. Wells 1898 192 pages

Science Fiction

by Neal Shusterman 2007 337 pages

Science Fiction

Stalking Jack the Ripper Summary

Stalking Jack the Ripper

by Kerri Maniscalco 2016 337 pages

Historical Fiction

The Girl with All the Gifts Summary

The Girl with All the Gifts

by M.R. Carey 2014 461 pages

Science Fiction

Thinner Summary

by Richard Bachman 1984 320 pages

Talking with Psychopaths and Savages Summary

Talking with Psychopaths and Savages

A Journey into the Evil Mind

by Christopher Berry-Dee 2017 288 pages

Darkly Dreaming Dexter Summary

Darkly Dreaming Dexter

by Jeff Lindsay 2004 288 pages

The Blind Owl Summary

by Sadegh Hedayat 1937 148 pages

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream Summary

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

by Harlan Ellison 1967 20 pages

Science Fiction

No Exit Summary

by Taylor Adams 2017 287 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Bad Weather Friend Summary

The Bad Weather Friend

by Dean Koontz 2024 374 pages

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