1980s Suburbia Books | Summaries & Audio

All Hallows

by Christopher Golden • 2023

When lost children beg for help on Halloween, a neighborhood learns what hides in the dark.

3.52

13k+

🌲 Suburban Folk Horror 🎃 Halloween Horror 🏘️ Haunted Neighborhood

All Hallows 89%

When lost children beg for help on Halloween, a neighborhood learns what hides in the dark.

by Christopher Golden 2023

3.52

13k+ ratings

🌲 Suburban Folk Horror 🎃 Halloween Horror 🏘️ Haunted Neighborhood

Stranger Things, Season One

by Matthew J. Gilbert • 2025

When Will Byers disappears, his friends find a silent, powerful girl who knows what took him.

4.32

199

🏚️ Small-Town Horror 📺 Nostalgic Horror 👥 Found Family

Stranger Things, Season One 88%

When Will Byers disappears, his friends find a silent, powerful girl who knows what took him.

by Matthew J. Gilbert 2025

4.32

199 ratings

🏚️ Small-Town Horror 📺 Nostalgic Horror 👥 Found Family

Ramona Forever

by Beverly Cleary • 1984

Ramona Quimby braces for a new baby, a family wedding, and the hardest job: big sister.

4.08

35k+

🏠 Slice Of Life 👧 Sibling Rivalry 👶 New Baby

Ramona Forever 88%

Ramona Quimby braces for a new baby, a family wedding, and the hardest job: big sister.

by Beverly Cleary 1984

4.08

35k+ ratings

🏠 Slice Of Life 👧 Sibling Rivalry 👶 New Baby

The Third Eye

by Lois Duncan • 1984

A teenage babysitter's visions find a missing child, pulling her toward a truth she cannot escape.

3.86

4k+

🔮 Psychic Detective 😔 Reluctant Psychic 🧬 Psychic Inheritance

The Third Eye 87%

A teenage babysitter's visions find a missing child, pulling her toward a truth she cannot escape.

by Lois Duncan 1984

3.86

4k+ ratings

🔮 Psychic Detective 😔 Reluctant Psychic 🧬 Psychic Inheritance

Stranger Things

by Suyi Davies • 2022

Lucas Sinclair's fresh start meets Hawkins racism and a demon that feeds on trauma.

4.07

2k+

🏚️ Supernatural Small Town 🎒 Coming Of Age Horror 🔄 Code Switching

Stranger Things 87%

Lucas Sinclair's fresh start meets Hawkins racism and a demon that feeds on trauma.

by Suyi Davies 2022

4.07

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Supernatural Small Town 🎒 Coming Of Age Horror 🔄 Code Switching

Boy Swallows Universe

by Trent Dalton • 2018

In 1980s Brisbane, a boy finds a red telephone that spills his family's deadly secrets.

4.34

100k+

🖤 Dark Coming-Of-Age 🕶️ Literary Noir 👬 Brotherly Bond

Boy Swallows Universe 87%

In 1980s Brisbane, a boy finds a red telephone that spills his family's deadly secrets.

by Trent Dalton 2018

4.34

100k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Coming-Of-Age 🕶️ Literary Noir 👬 Brotherly Bond

Bruce Lee

by Bruce Lee • 2001

A basement jersey gave a boy superpowers. His mission: vaporize every adult who ruined the fun.

4.21

1k+

🏙️ Midcentury America 🧒 American Childhood 📷 Nostalgia Memoir

Bruce Lee 87%

A basement jersey gave a boy superpowers. His mission: vaporize every adult who ruined the fun.

by Bruce Lee 2001

4.21

1k+ ratings

🏙️ Midcentury America 🧒 American Childhood 📷 Nostalgia Memoir

Less Than Zero

by Bret Easton Ellis • 1985

Home from college, Clay drifts through LA parties where the glamour hides something rotting.

3.61

102k+

🖤 Transgressive Fiction 💸 Rich Kid Ennui 👁️ Passive Narrator

Less Than Zero 87%

Home from college, Clay drifts through LA parties where the glamour hides something rotting.

by Bret Easton Ellis 1985

3.61

102k+ ratings

🖤 Transgressive Fiction 💸 Rich Kid Ennui 👁️ Passive Narrator

Ghost Town

by Tom Perrotta • 2026

A boy's summer of grief cracks open the secrets his suburban town tried to bury.

3.69

3k+

🏘️ Suburban Coming Of Age 💔 Grief And Guilt 👻 Haunting

Ghost Town 86%

A boy's summer of grief cracks open the secrets his suburban town tried to bury.

by Tom Perrotta 2026

3.69

3k+ ratings

🏘️ Suburban Coming Of Age 💔 Grief And Guilt 👻 Haunting

On Paradise Drive

by David Brooks • 2005

The future is America's home: a restless chase that never ends, consuming dreams along the way.

3.58

814

🏘️ Suburban America 🚗 Exurban Sprawl 🧩 Social Fragmentation

On Paradise Drive 86%

The future is America's home: a restless chase that never ends, consuming dreams along the way.

by David Brooks 2005

3.58

814 ratings

🏘️ Suburban America 🚗 Exurban Sprawl 🧩 Social Fragmentation

Unspeakable Things

by Jess Lourey • 2020

Boys vanish. A girl hunts the predator. But her father's footsteps climb the stairs toward her room.

3.78

92k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👧 Child Narrator 🔑 Dark Family Secrets

Unspeakable Things 86%

Boys vanish. A girl hunts the predator. But her father's footsteps climb the stairs toward her room.

by Jess Lourey 2020

3.78

92k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👧 Child Narrator 🔑 Dark Family Secrets

Lake Effect

by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney • 2026

A restless wife, her neighbor, and a choice that will echo through two families for decades.

3.87

17k+

🏘️ Suburban Family Saga 💋 Secret Affair 🚪 Closeted Husband

Lake Effect 86%

A restless wife, her neighbor, and a choice that will echo through two families for decades.

by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney 2026

3.87

17k+ ratings

🏘️ Suburban Family Saga 💋 Secret Affair 🚪 Closeted Husband

Eleanor & Park

by Rainbow Rowell • 2012

Two misfits share comics and mixtapes on the school bus, until her home life endangers everything.

3.92

1.3M+

🎵 Mixtape Romance 🚌 Opposites Attract 🏠 Abusive Home

Eleanor & Park 86%

Two misfits share comics and mixtapes on the school bus, until her home life endangers everything.

by Rainbow Rowell 2012

3.92

1.3M+ ratings

🎵 Mixtape Romance 🚌 Opposites Attract 🏠 Abusive Home

My Evil Mother

by Margaret Atwood • 2022

Her mother is either a witch or a liar. Growing up means figuring out which.

3.86

92k+

✨ Domestic Magical Realism 🏚️ Suburban Gothic 🔮 Ambiguous Witchcraft

My Evil Mother 86%

Her mother is either a witch or a liar. Growing up means figuring out which.

by Margaret Atwood 2022

3.86

92k+ ratings

✨ Domestic Magical Realism 🏚️ Suburban Gothic 🔮 Ambiguous Witchcraft

Revolutionary Road

by Richard Yates • 1961

Frank and April Wheeler are sure they're exceptional. Their suburban marriage says otherwise.

3.93

94k+

📚 Midcentury American Fiction 🏡 Suburban Disillusionment 💔 Marriage As Prison

Revolutionary Road 86%

Frank and April Wheeler are sure they're exceptional. Their suburban marriage says otherwise.

by Richard Yates 1961

3.93

94k+ ratings

📚 Midcentury American Fiction 🏡 Suburban Disillusionment 💔 Marriage As Prison

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

by Grady Hendrix • 2020

A Southern book club knows their new neighbor is a vampire. Their husbands know they're hysterical.

3.78

318k+

🏘️ Suburban Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic 🧛 Vampire Next Door

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires Summary

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires 85%

A Southern book club knows their new neighbor is a vampire. Their husbands know they're hysterical.

by Grady Hendrix 2020

3.78

318k+ ratings

🏘️ Suburban Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic 🧛 Vampire Next Door

The Last Romantics

by Tara Conklin • 2019

After their father dies and their mother retreats, four siblings raise themselves in feral freedom.

3.70

49k+

💔 Parental Neglect ⭐ Golden Boy Downfall ✍️ Writer Narrator

The Last Romantics 85%

After their father dies and their mother retreats, four siblings raise themselves in feral freedom.

by Tara Conklin 2019

3.70

49k+ ratings

💔 Parental Neglect ⭐ Golden Boy Downfall ✍️ Writer Narrator

The Age of Abundance

by Brink Lindsey • 2007

Postwar abundance split America into two rival faiths; their deadlock still defines us.

3.51

134

🇺🇸 Postwar America 💰 Mass Affluence ✌️ Counterculture

The Age of Abundance 85%

Postwar abundance split America into two rival faiths; their deadlock still defines us.

by Brink Lindsey 2007

3.51

134 ratings

🇺🇸 Postwar America 💰 Mass Affluence ✌️ Counterculture

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

by Bill Bryson • 2006

His superpower was vaporizing teachers. The decade was 1950s America at its richest, weirdest peak.

3.94

69k+

🏛️ Mid-Century America 🧒 Childhood Memoir 😂 Humorous Memoir

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid Summary

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid 85%

His superpower was vaporizing teachers. The decade was 1950s America at its richest, weirdest peak.

by Bill Bryson 2006

3.94

69k+ ratings

🏛️ Mid-Century America 🧒 Childhood Memoir 😂 Humorous Memoir

When Darkness Loves Us

by Elizabeth Engstrom • 1985

Trapped in caverns beneath her farm, a teenage bride raises a son born to the dark.

4.01

2k+

🕳️ Gothic Underground 🦴 Body Horror 🌑 Feral Child

When Darkness Loves Us 85%

Trapped in caverns beneath her farm, a teenage bride raises a son born to the dark.

by Elizabeth Engstrom 1985

4.01

2k+ ratings

🕳️ Gothic Underground 🦴 Body Horror 🌑 Feral Child

The New Girl

by R.L. Stine • 1989

Everyone on Fear Street says the new girl is dead, but Cory has kissed her.

3.57

10k+

🔪 High School Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🖤 Obsessive Love

The New Girl 85%

Everyone on Fear Street says the new girl is dead, but Cory has kissed her.

by R.L. Stine 1989

3.57

10k+ ratings

🔪 High School Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🖤 Obsessive Love

Black Ambrosia

by Elizabeth Engstrom • 1988

An orphaned drifter chooses to become a vampire: the hunger is real, and so are the bodies.

3.74

877

🧠 Psychological Horror 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Trauma As Monster

Black Ambrosia 85%

An orphaned drifter chooses to become a vampire: the hunger is real, and so are the bodies.

by Elizabeth Engstrom 1988

3.74

877 ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Trauma As Monster

Some Strange Music Draws Me In

by Griffin Hansbury • 2024

A girl's crush on a trans woman ends in arson, a lie that follows her into manhood.

4.40

1k+

🦋 Trans Coming Of Age 🏚️ Small-Town Queerphobia 💔 Survivor Guilt

Some Strange Music Draws Me In 85%

A girl's crush on a trans woman ends in arson, a lie that follows her into manhood.

by Griffin Hansbury 2024

4.40

1k+ ratings

🦋 Trans Coming Of Age 🏚️ Small-Town Queerphobia 💔 Survivor Guilt

The Unusual Second Life of Thomas Weaver

by Shawn Inmon • 2015

A failed suicide sends Thomas Weaver to 1976, his dead brother alive, a killer in algebra.

4.18

4k+

🕰️ Time Travel Redemption 🌲 Small Town Darkness 💙 Sibling Devotion

The Unusual Second Life of Thomas Weaver Summary

The Unusual Second Life of Thomas Weaver 85%

A failed suicide sends Thomas Weaver to 1976, his dead brother alive, a killer in algebra.

by Shawn Inmon 2015

4.18

4k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Redemption 🌲 Small Town Darkness 💙 Sibling Devotion

My Best Friend's Exorcism

by Grady Hendrix • 2016

Her best friend returned from the woods possessed. Adults blamed drugs. Only Abby fought the demon.

3.92

154k+

🖤 Demonic Possession 📼 1980s Horror 👯 Female Friendship

My Best Friend's Exorcism 85%

Her best friend returned from the woods possessed. Adults blamed drugs. Only Abby fought the demon.

by Grady Hendrix 2016

3.92

154k+ ratings

🖤 Demonic Possession 📼 1980s Horror 👯 Female Friendship

The Wednesday Wars

by Gary D. Schmidt • 2007

Wednesdays with Mrs. Baker: Shakespeare, eraser dust, and Holling's certainty she wants him gone.

4.12

48k+

📜 Shakespeare In School 🤝 Unlikely Mentorship 🌅 Bittersweet Coming Of Age

The Wednesday Wars 85%

Wednesdays with Mrs. Baker: Shakespeare, eraser dust, and Holling's certainty she wants him gone.

by Gary D. Schmidt 2007

4.12

48k+ ratings

📜 Shakespeare In School 🤝 Unlikely Mentorship 🌅 Bittersweet Coming Of Age

Friends Like These

by Meg Rosoff • 2022

A small-town intern in 1983 New York is remade by a magnetic friend, then must remake herself.

3.30

3k+

🖤 Toxic Female Friendship 🗽 1980s New York 🐠 Fish Out Of Water

Friends Like These 85%

A small-town intern in 1983 New York is remade by a magnetic friend, then must remake herself.

by Meg Rosoff 2022

3.30

3k+ ratings

🖤 Toxic Female Friendship 🗽 1980s New York 🐠 Fish Out Of Water

The Pale King

by David Foster Wallace • 2011

At an Illinois IRS center in 1985, surviving boredom may be the last heroic act.

3.97

20k+

🏢 Bureaucratic Dread 👁️ Attention As Redemption 🪞 Metafictional Narrative

The Pale King 85%

At an Illinois IRS center in 1985, surviving boredom may be the last heroic act.

by David Foster Wallace 2011

3.97

20k+ ratings

🏢 Bureaucratic Dread 👁️ Attention As Redemption 🪞 Metafictional Narrative

Malibu Rising

by Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2021

Four Malibu siblings, one legendary party, and a house that will burn to the ground by morning.

4.02

1.3M+

🏡 Family Saga 🌊 Sibling Bonds 💔 Absent Father

Malibu Rising 85%

Four Malibu siblings, one legendary party, and a house that will burn to the ground by morning.

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2021

4.02

1.3M+ ratings

🏡 Family Saga 🌊 Sibling Bonds 💔 Absent Father

Fight Song

by Joshua Mohr • 2013

A suburban dad in a crumbling marriage turns to his bullying neighbor for absurd lessons in manhood.

3.67

276

🕰️ Midlife Crisis 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🤝 Odd Couple Friendship

Fight Song 85%

A suburban dad in a crumbling marriage turns to his bullying neighbor for absurd lessons in manhood.

by Joshua Mohr 2013

3.67

276 ratings

🕰️ Midlife Crisis 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🤝 Odd Couple Friendship

White Noise

by Don DeLillo • 1985

A chemical cloud, a wife's hidden pills, and a professor whose subject is death itself.

3.86

128k+

🎭 Postmodern Satire 🏫 Campus Novel 🛒 Consumer Culture

White Noise 85%

A chemical cloud, a wife's hidden pills, and a professor whose subject is death itself.

by Don DeLillo 1985

3.86

128k+ ratings

🎭 Postmodern Satire 🏫 Campus Novel 🛒 Consumer Culture

The Eyes of Darkness

by Dean Koontz • 1981

Messages from her dead son insist he's alive, and a grieving mother begins to believe them.

3.88

39k+

🎭 Paranormal Thriller 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 👦 Psychic Child

The Eyes of Darkness 85%

Messages from her dead son insist he's alive, and a grieving mother begins to believe them.

by Dean Koontz 1981

3.88

39k+ ratings

🎭 Paranormal Thriller 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 👦 Psychic Child

Illumination Night

by Alice Hoffman • 1987

A housebound mother and a gentle giant on Martha's Vineyard dare to leave their private prisons.

3.75

9k+

🏠 Domestic Magical Realism 🚪 Housebound Protagonist 🌟 Child'S Vivid Imagination

Illumination Night 85%

A housebound mother and a gentle giant on Martha's Vineyard dare to leave their private prisons.

by Alice Hoffman 1987

3.75

9k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Magical Realism 🚪 Housebound Protagonist 🌟 Child'S Vivid Imagination

Middle of the Night

by Riley Sager • 2024

His best friend vanished. Three decades later, a haunting on his childhood street demands answers.

3.67

191k+

🕵️ Cold Case 🏘️ Suburban Thriller 👻 Ghost Mystery

Middle of the Night 85%

His best friend vanished. Three decades later, a haunting on his childhood street demands answers.

by Riley Sager 2024

3.67

191k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case 🏘️ Suburban Thriller 👻 Ghost Mystery

Beezus and Ramona

by Beverly Cleary • 1955

Beezus Quimby is nine, responsible, and sure of one thing: her little sister Ramona is impossible.

4.03

104k+

🏠 Slice Of Life Family 👧 Annoying Little Sister 💕 Love-Hate Sibling Bond

Beezus and Ramona 85%

Beezus Quimby is nine, responsible, and sure of one thing: her little sister Ramona is impossible.

by Beverly Cleary 1955

4.03

104k+ ratings

🏠 Slice Of Life Family 👧 Annoying Little Sister 💕 Love-Hate Sibling Bond

Floating Dragon

by Peter Straub • 2003

Toxic gas and ancient evil poison a Connecticut town. Four psychic survivors share a desperate song.

3.82

13k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌊 New England Horror

Floating Dragon 85%

Toxic gas and ancient evil poison a Connecticut town. Four psychic survivors share a desperate song.

by Peter Straub 2003

3.82

13k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌊 New England Horror

Thinner

by Richard Bachman • 1984

After an unpunished fatal accident, a Romani's touch triggers a wasting that no doctor can halt.

3.78

229k+

🦴 Body Horror 🧿 Supernatural Curse ⚖️ Guilty Protagonist

Thinner 85%

After an unpunished fatal accident, a Romani's touch triggers a wasting that no doctor can halt.

by Richard Bachman 1984

3.78

229k+ ratings

🦴 Body Horror 🧿 Supernatural Curse ⚖️ Guilty Protagonist

Ask Again, Yes

by Mary Beth Keane • 2019

One cop shoots his neighbor. The children they leave behind spend decades orbiting the ruins.

3.93

206k+

🏠 Family Saga 💞 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🧠 Mental Illness

Ask Again, Yes 85%

One cop shoots his neighbor. The children they leave behind spend decades orbiting the ruins.

by Mary Beth Keane 2019

3.93

206k+ ratings

🏠 Family Saga 💞 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🧠 Mental Illness

The Virgin Suicides

by Jeffrey Eugenides • 2002

One sister's suicide. Four girls locked away. The boys next door will spend lifetimes wondering why.

3.78

430k+

🏚️ Suburban Gothic 👁️ Collective Narrator 💔 Teenage Suicide

The Virgin Suicides 85%

One sister's suicide. Four girls locked away. The boys next door will spend lifetimes wondering why.

by Jeffrey Eugenides 2002

3.78

430k+ ratings

🏚️ Suburban Gothic 👁️ Collective Narrator 💔 Teenage Suicide

The Quarry Girls

by Jess Lourey • 2022

1977 Minnesota: a girl vanishes into the tunnels beneath town, where the sheriff buries his secrets.

4.01

130k+

🏘️ Small Town Thriller 🔍 Missing Girl 🤫 Small Town Secrets

The Quarry Girls 85%

1977 Minnesota: a girl vanishes into the tunnels beneath town, where the sheriff buries his secrets.

by Jess Lourey 2022

4.01

130k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Thriller 🔍 Missing Girl 🤫 Small Town Secrets

The Topeka School

by Ben Lerner • 2019

A debate prodigy's weaponized words fail him when violence erupts in his 1990s Kansas community.

3.51

29k+

🖋️ Autofiction 🏘️ Midwestern Suburbia 🎤 High School Debate

The Topeka School 85%

A debate prodigy's weaponized words fail him when violence erupts in his 1990s Kansas community.

by Ben Lerner 2019

3.51

29k+ ratings

🖋️ Autofiction 🏘️ Midwestern Suburbia 🎤 High School Debate

Beyond Black

by Hilary Mantel • 2005

Her spirit guide is her childhood abuser. She tours England's motorways with her assistant.

3.43

10k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🔮 Psychic Mediums 🏘️ Gothic Suburbia

Beyond Black 85%

Her spirit guide is her childhood abuser. She tours England's motorways with her assistant.

by Hilary Mantel 2005

3.43

10k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🔮 Psychic Mediums 🏘️ Gothic Suburbia

French Braid

by Anne Tyler • 2022

A mother drifts out of her marriage in small steps. Her family looks away.

3.63

57k+

📜 Multi-Generational Saga 🏠 Domestic Realism 🤫 Family Secrets

French Braid 85%

A mother drifts out of her marriage in small steps. Her family looks away.

by Anne Tyler 2022

3.63

57k+ ratings

📜 Multi-Generational Saga 🏠 Domestic Realism 🤫 Family Secrets

Shuggie Bain

by Douglas Stuart • 2020

For young Shuggie Bain, saving his glamorous, alcoholic mother is the only life he knows.

4.3

200k+

📖 Social Realism 🧒 Parentified Child 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age

Shuggie Bain 85%

For young Shuggie Bain, saving his glamorous, alcoholic mother is the only life he knows.

by Douglas Stuart 2020

4.3

200k+ ratings

📖 Social Realism 🧒 Parentified Child 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age

The Nix

by Nathan Hill • 2016

A failed novelist's vanished mother reappears by attacking a presidential candidate on camera.

4.08

87k+

🏡 Family Saga 💔 Generational Trauma 🚪 Parental Estrangement

The Nix 85%

A failed novelist's vanished mother reappears by attacking a presidential candidate on camera.

by Nathan Hill 2016

4.08

87k+ ratings

🏡 Family Saga 💔 Generational Trauma 🚪 Parental Estrangement

Hide and Seek

by Andrea Mara • 2022

A mother moves into a house where a child vanished at hide and seek. Neighbors know why.

4.05

11k+

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👧 Missing Child

Hide and Seek 85%

A mother moves into a house where a child vanished at hide and seek. Neighbors know why.

by Andrea Mara 2022

4.05

11k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👧 Missing Child

The Girl Next Door

by Jack Ketchum • 1989

In 1950s suburbia, a boy watches his neighbors slowly destroy the orphan girl next door.

3.91

58k+

🩸 Extreme Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror 👁️ Bystander Guilt

The Girl Next Door 84%

In 1950s suburbia, a boy watches his neighbors slowly destroy the orphan girl next door.

by Jack Ketchum 1989

3.91

58k+ ratings

🩸 Extreme Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror 👁️ Bystander Guilt

EVERY DAY IS MOTHER S DAY

by Hilary Mantel • 1985

A paranoid widow and her silent daughter are trapped in a decaying house with unspoken horror.

3.59

2k+

🧟‍♀️ Toxic Motherhood 👻 Decaying House 😈 Dark Comedy

EVERY DAY IS MOTHER S DAY 84%

A paranoid widow and her silent daughter are trapped in a decaying house with unspoken horror.

by Hilary Mantel 1985

3.59

2k+ ratings

🧟‍♀️ Toxic Motherhood 👻 Decaying House 😈 Dark Comedy

The Shards

by Bret Easton Ellis • 2023

A closeted senior in 1981 LA is certain the beautiful new boy is a serial killer.

4.00

45k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller

The Shards 84%

A closeted senior in 1981 LA is certain the beautiful new boy is a serial killer.

by Bret Easton Ellis 2023

4.00

45k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller

Sisterland

by Curtis Sittenfeld • 2013

She traded premonitions for PTA, until her twin predicted a disaster on live TV.

3.38

42k+

👯 Twin Bond 🏡 Domestic Drama 🤫 Family Secrets

Sisterland 84%

She traded premonitions for PTA, until her twin predicted a disaster on live TV.

by Curtis Sittenfeld 2013

3.38

42k+ ratings

👯 Twin Bond 🏡 Domestic Drama 🤫 Family Secrets

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