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Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Summary

Tales of Edgar Allan Poe

by Edgar Allan Poe 1849 304 pages

The Raven Summary

by Edgar Allan Poe 1845 64 pages

Malorie Summary

by Josh Malerman 2020 301 pages

The Dragon Factory Summary

The Dragon Factory

by Jonathan Maberry 2010 486 pages

Science Fiction

The Case Against Satan Summary

The Case Against Satan

by Ray Russell 1962 140 pages

Hell House Summary

by Richard Matheson 1971 301 pages

Burnt Offerings Summary

Burnt Offerings

by Laurell K. Hamilton 1998 392 pages

Hollow City Summary

by Ransom Riggs 2014 412 pages

Those Across the River Summary

Those Across the River

by Christopher Buehlman 2011 357 pages

Historical Fiction

Wilder Girls Summary

by Rory Power 2019 357 pages

Such Quiet Girls Summary

Such Quiet Girls

by Noelle W. Ihli 2025 352 pages

Mystery Thriller

by Keri Lake 70 pages

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket Summary

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

by Edgar Allan Poe 1838 288 pages

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories Summary

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories

by Franz Kafka 1996 88 pages

Uzumaki Summary

Spiral into Horror, Vol. 1

by Junji Ito 1998 208 pages

The Lost World Summary

by Michael Crichton 1995 448 pages

Science Fiction

Suicide Forest Summary

by Jeremy Bates 2014 440 pages

Dexter in the Dark Summary

Dexter in the Dark

by Jeff Lindsay 2006 307 pages

Berserk Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1 Summary

Berserk Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1

by Kentaro Miura 2019 689 pages

by Dacre Stoker 2018 497 pages

Historical Fiction

172 Hours on the Moon Summary

172 Hours on the Moon

by Johan Harstad 2008 368 pages

Science Fiction

The Yellow Wall-Paper Summary

The Yellow Wall-Paper

by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1892 54 pages

Evil Star Summary

by Anthony Horowitz 2006 320 pages

The Third Eye Summary

by Lois Duncan 1984 220 pages

The Ghost Woods Summary

The Ghost Woods

by C.J. Cooke 2022 408 pages

The Whispering Skull Summary

The Whispering Skull

by Jonathan Stroud 2014 435 pages

Victorian Psycho Summary

Victorian Psycho

by Virginia Feito 2025 208 pages

Historical Fiction

The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Summary

The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

by Edgar Allan Poe 1843 688 pages

Gravity Summary

by Tess Gerritsen 1983 342 pages

Science Fiction

Moon of the Turning Leaves Summary

Moon of the Turning Leaves

by Waubgeshig Rice 2023 307 pages

The Grownup Summary

by Gillian Flynn 2014 64 pages

Suspicious Minds Summary

Suspicious Minds

by Gwenda Bond 2019 304 pages

Science Fiction

The Prom Queen Summary

by R.L. Stine 1992 167 pages

Powers of Darkness Summary

Powers of Darkness

The Lost Version of Dracula

by Valdimar Ásmundsson 1901 309 pages

by Matthew Stokoe 1998 192 pages

Scritch Scratch Summary

Scritch Scratch

by Lindsay Currie 2020 277 pages

Imaginary Friend Summary

Imaginary Friend

by Stephen Chbosky 2019 705 pages

Shadow Slave Summary

by Guiltythree 2022 591 pages

Thornhedge Summary

by T. Kingfisher 2023 116 pages

The Gathering Dark Summary

The Gathering Dark

An Anthology of Folk Horror

by Tori Bovalino 2022 272 pages

The Mind Parasites Summary

The Mind Parasites

The Supernatural Metaphysical Cult Thriller

by Colin Wilson 1967 240 pages

Science Fiction

Watchers Summary

by Dean Koontz 1987 624 pages

Lucas on the Line Summary

Lucas on the Line

by Suyi Davies 2022 310 pages

Science Fiction

The Hollow Places Summary

The Hollow Places

by T. Kingfisher 2020 341 pages

Dracula the Un-Dead Summary

Dracula the Un-Dead

by Dacre Stoker 2009 424 pages

Insomnia Summary

by Sarah Pinborough 2022 336 pages

Mystery Thriller

Desperation Summary

by Stephen King 1996 547 pages

The New Girl Summary

by R.L. Stine 1989 168 pages

The Murders in the Rue Morgue Summary

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

by Edgar Allan Poe 1841 38 pages

All's Well Summary

by Mona Awad 2021 352 pages

Magical Realism

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