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The Dark Tower 2: The Drawing of the Three

★★★★☆
The gunslinger travels to New York, in our world, and enters the minds of three different people at different times

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We have always lived in the Castle

★★★★☆
A psychological horror novel which defined the genre, taking gothic horror to the next level

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Carrie

★★★★☆
Stephen King's debut novel about a shy teen with telekinetic powers is a tour-de-force, which established him as a master of his craft

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The Dark Tower 1: The Gunslinger

★★★★☆
Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came...

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The Exorcist

★★★★★
A young girl is possessed by a demon, and a pair of Jesuit priests perform the exorcism

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Something Wicked This Way Comes

★★★☆☆
A carnival unexpectedly comes to town, and its far more sinister than rides and attractions

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Hell House

★★★★☆
A group of people are sent to investigate a haunted house known for being the most dangerous in the world

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The Ocean at The End of the Lane

★★★★☆
A man returns to his hometown, and slowly recollects a series of strange and magical events that happened in his childhood.

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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

★★★★★
A book written as a series of interviews conducted after a zombie apocalypse, outlining how the whole apocalypse unfolded

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The Stepford Wives

★★★★★
Joanna moves to beautiful Stepford with her family, it seems almost too good to be true. It is.

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Ring

★★☆☆☆
A journalist investigates a mysterious home video, which leads to the death of anyone who watches it.

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Under the Skin

★★★★☆
Isserley drives around in her car, and picks up big muscular hitch-hikers on the highways around Scotland. She talks to them, understanding their lives, where they are headed and whether they have families and relatives who will miss them when she is done with them.

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The Turn of the Screw

★☆☆☆☆
A young governess is sent to a remote estate to care for two beautiful children, who are oddly distant and wholly disconcerting...

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Interview With The Vampire

★★★★☆
The vampire Louis recounts his life story, and his journey to find meaning and connection in his immortal existence

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The Graveyard Book

★★★★★
Noboday 'Bod' Owens lives in the graveyard, and has done so most of his life. His parents are ghosts, his guardian straddles the world of the living and the dead, and his best friend is a witch. But, the real danger for Bod are the sinister forces on his trail in the world of the living...

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The Haunting of Hill House

★★★★☆
A scientist studying the paranormal ropes in a few people to live in a "haunted" house. All is quiet, until the house starts acting up...

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