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Obsidian Butterfly Summary

Obsidian Butterfly

by Laurell K. Hamilton 2000 596 pages

Secrets in the Cellar Summary

Secrets in the Cellar

A True Story of the Austrian Incest Case that Shocked the World

by John Glatt 2009 256 pages

The Last Time I Lied Summary

The Last Time I Lied

by Riley Sager 2018 402 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Book of Cold Cases Summary

The Book of Cold Cases

by Simone St. James 2022 344 pages

Mystery Thriller

Saving Noah Summary

by Lucinda Berry 2017 259 pages

Mystery Thriller

Authority Summary

by Jeff VanderMeer 2014 341 pages

Science Fiction

The Shards Summary

by Bret Easton Ellis 2023 595 pages

Frankenstein Summary

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 1818 260 pages

Science Fiction

The Phantom of the Opera Summary

The Phantom of the Opera

by Gaston Leroux 1910 360 pages

You Like It Darker Summary

You Like It Darker

by Stephen King 2024 502 pages

Remember Me Summary

by Christopher Pike 2010 789 pages

Hell Bent Summary

by Leigh Bardugo 2023 481 pages

Stalking Jack the Ripper Summary

Stalking Jack the Ripper

by Kerri Maniscalco 2016 337 pages

Historical Fiction

On Writing Horror Summary

On Writing Horror

A Handbook by the Horror Writers Association

by Horror Writers Association 1997 272 pages

Life Ceremony Summary

by Sayaka Murata 2019 256 pages

Berserk, Vol. 2 Summary

Berserk, Vol. 2

by Kentaro Miura 1991 240 pages

Murder Road Summary

by Simone St. James 2024 341 pages

Nightmare Fuel Summary

The Science of Horror Films

by Nina Nesseth 2022 304 pages

What Lies in the Woods Summary

What Lies in the Woods

by Kate Alice Marshall 2023 336 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Most Dangerous Game Summary

The Most Dangerous Game

by Richard Connell 1924 48 pages

Slash or Pass Summary

by Tylor Paige 2023 426 pages

The September House Summary

The September House

by Carissa Orlando 2023 352 pages

The Sanatorium Summary

by Sarah Pearse 2020 390 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Laughing Corpse Summary

The Laughing Corpse

by Laurell K. Hamilton 1994 304 pages

Night of the Living Dummy Summary

Night of the Living Dummy

by R.L. Stine 1993 134 pages

Silent Hill Summary

The Terror Engine

by Bernard Perron 2006 172 pages

No Safety in Numbers Summary

No Safety in Numbers

by Dayna Lorentz 2012 263 pages

Science Fiction

by William Beckford 1786 180 pages

Under the Surface Summary

Under the Surface

by Diana Urban 2024 354 pages

The Quiet Tenant Summary

The Quiet Tenant

by Clémence Michallon 2023 303 pages

Mystery Thriller

Almost Surely Dead Summary

Almost Surely Dead

by Amina Akhtar 2024 298 pages

Mystery Thriller

Harrow the Ninth Summary

Harrow the Ninth

by Tamsyn Muir 2020 512 pages

Science Fiction

Nightwatching Summary

by Tracy Sierra 2024 368 pages

Mystery Thriller

Billy Summers Summary

by Stephen King 2021 517 pages

The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories Summary

The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories

by Oscar Wilde 1891 320 pages

The Witching Hour Summary

The Witching Hour

by Anne Rice 1990 1207 pages

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown Summary

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

by Holly Black 2013 419 pages

Joyland Summary

by Stephen King 2013 285 pages

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Summary

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

by Stephen Graham Jones 2025 448 pages

Historical Fiction

Wizard and Glass Summary

Wizard and Glass

by Stephen King 1997 845 pages

Science Fiction

I Am Legend and Other Stories Summary

I Am Legend and Other Stories

by Richard Matheson 1954 317 pages

Science Fiction

Grave Matter Summary

by Karina Halle 2024

Circus of the Damned Summary

Circus of the Damned

by Laurell K. Hamilton 1995 336 pages

The Walking Dead, Vol. 1 Summary

The Walking Dead, Vol. 1

by Robert Kirkman 2004 144 pages

Finders Keepers Summary

Finders Keepers

by Stephen King 2015 434 pages

The Drawing of the Three Summary

The Drawing of the Three

by Stephen King 1987 463 pages

Science Fiction

The Puppet Masters Summary

The Puppet Masters

by Robert A. Heinlein 1951 416 pages

Science Fiction

Science Fiction Fantasy

The Eyes of Darkness Summary

The Eyes of Darkness

by Dean Koontz 1981 369 pages

The Honeys Summary

by Ryan La Sala 2022 344 pages

Guilty Pleasures Summary

Guilty Pleasures

by Laurell K. Hamilton 1993 355 pages

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