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A Certain Hunger Summary

A Certain Hunger

by Chelsea G. Summers 2019 250 pages

That Night Summary

by Nidhi Upadhyay 2021 288 pages

The Mist Summary

by Stephen King 1980 176 pages

The Night Gardener Summary

The Night Gardener

by Jonathan Auxier 2014 350 pages

The Call of Cthulhu Summary

The Call of Cthulhu

by H.P. Lovecraft 1928 43 pages

Home Is Where the Bodies Are Summary

Home Is Where the Bodies Are

by Jeneva Rose 2024 256 pages

Mystery Thriller

Bird Box Summary

by Josh Malerman 2014 262 pages

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Summary

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

by Ambrose Bierce 1890 36 pages

Confessions Summary

by Kanae Minato 2008 240 pages

Berserk, Vol. 1 Summary

Berserk, Vol. 1

by Kentaro Miura 1990 224 pages

The Shining Summary

by Stephen King 1977 497 pages

Julie Chan Is Dead Summary

Julie Chan Is Dead

by Liann Zhang 2025 320 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Only Good Indians Summary

The Only Good Indians

by Stephen Graham Jones 2020 305 pages

Interview with the Vampire Summary

Interview with the Vampire

by Anne Rice 1976 346 pages

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

Ask for Andrea Summary

by Noelle W. Ihli 2022 272 pages

Mystery Thriller

No Exit Summary

by Taylor Adams 2017 287 pages

Mystery Thriller

Full Brutal Summary

by Kristopher Triana 2018 206 pages

Flowers in the Attic Summary

Flowers in the Attic

by V.C. Andrews 1979 389 pages

Annihilation Summary

by Jeff VanderMeer 2014 195 pages

Science Fiction

Her Soul to Take Summary

Her Soul to Take

by Harley Laroux 2021 493 pages

The House Across the Lake Summary

The House Across the Lake

by Riley Sager 2022 369 pages

Mystery Thriller

by Stephen King 1974 272 pages

The Butcher and the Wren Summary

The Butcher and the Wren

by Alaina Urquhart 2022 242 pages

The Outsider Summary

by Stephen King 2018 561 pages

The Last Kids on Earth and the Doomsday Race Summary

The Last Kids on Earth and the Doomsday Race

by Max Brallier 2021 320 pages

Gideon the Ninth Summary

Gideon the Ninth

by Tamsyn Muir 2019 448 pages

Science Fiction

The Queen of the Damned Summary

The Queen of the Damned

by Anne Rice 1988 448 pages

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Summary

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

by Ransom Riggs 2011 352 pages

Dracula Summary

by Bram Stoker 1897 488 pages

The Silver Eyes Summary

The Silver Eyes

by Scott Cawthon 2016 384 pages

by Stephen King 1986 1184 pages

Incidents Around the House Summary

Incidents Around the House

by Josh Malerman 2024 367 pages

The War of the Worlds Summary

The War of the Worlds

by H.G. Wells 1898 192 pages

Science Fiction

The Amityville Horror Summary

The Amityville Horror

by Jay Anson 1977 315 pages

The Passage Summary

by Justin Cronin 2010 784 pages

Science Fiction

That's Not My Name Summary

That's Not My Name

by Megan Lally 2023 297 pages

Mystery Thriller

How to Sell a Haunted House Summary

How to Sell a Haunted House

by Grady Hendrix 2023 419 pages

Lullaby Summary

by Chuck Palahniuk 2002 260 pages

Darkly Dreaming Dexter Summary

Darkly Dreaming Dexter

by Jeff Lindsay 2004 288 pages

Middle of the Night Summary

Middle of the Night

by Riley Sager 2024 367 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Silence of the Lambs Summary

The Silence of the Lambs

by Thomas Harris 1988 421 pages

The Undrowned Summary

by K.R. Alexander 2020 240 pages

The Picture of Dorian Gray Summary

The Picture of Dorian Gray

A Graphic Novel

by Ian Edginton 2008 122 pages

Such Quiet Girls Summary

Such Quiet Girls

by Noelle W. Ihli 2025 352 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Dare Summary

by Natasha Preston 2024 368 pages

Diavola Summary

by Jennifer Marie Thorne 2024 296 pages

The Turn of the Key Summary

The Turn of the Key

by Ruth Ware 2019 337 pages

Mystery Thriller

Perfume Summary

The Story of a Murderer

by Patrick Süskind 1985 263 pages

Historical Fiction

Saving Noah Summary

by Lucinda Berry 2017 259 pages

Mystery Thriller

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