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Harrow County Library Edition, Volume 1

Cullen Bunn2018

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    V. Castro2021

    In 1950s Texas, a farmworker is murdered; decades later, her spirit returns. The story follows the urban legend and its modern consequences.

    dreamlike → propulsive, still folk horror

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Denser prose

Same dreamlike register

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  • Gormenghast

    Mervyn Peake1950

    A young heir and a social climber navigate the rigid rituals of a decaying, labyrinthine castle. The prose is dense and descriptive.

    dreamlike → dark

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  • The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

    James Hogg1824

    A religious fanatic becomes convinced he is predestined for salvation and commits crimes at the behest of a mysterious stranger.

    dreamlike → cold

    pace-1·prose+2·bleak+2

  • Ghost Stories

    Henry James2001

    A collection of Victorian tales where the existence of ghosts is often left to the reader's interpretation.

    dreamlike → meditative

    pace-1·prose+2·bleak+1

To recover

dreamlike → playful

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  • It Happened One Summer

    Tessa Bailey2021

    A socialite is sent to a small fishing town to run a dive bar. She enters a relationship with a local sea captain who doubts her competence.

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  • Bitten & Smitten

    Michelle Rowen2006

    Sarah is accidentally turned into a vampire and must rely on a grumpy, centuries-old vampire to teach her how to survive.

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  • Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble (Underworld, #1)

    H.P. Mallory

    A woman discovers she is a witch and becomes entangled with both a vampire and a warlock while navigating a supernatural underworld.

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Faster

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  • The Rising

    Brian Keene2003

    A father travels across an apocalypse where the dead are possessed by malevolent, intelligent demons. The world is ending permanently.

    dreamlike → bleak

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  • Shattered

    Dean Koontz1973

    A man and his future stepson drive across America while being stalked by the woman's vengeful ex-husband.

    dreamlike → tense

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  • The Executioner

    Chris Carter2010

    A Los Angeles detective hunts a serial killer who murders victims using their specific phobias. Each crime scene features a blood-scrawled number.

    dreamlike → tense

    pace+1·prose-1·bleak+1

Slower

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  • Gödel, Escher, Bach

    Douglas R. Hofstadter1979

    An exploration of how cognition emerges from hidden neurological patterns. It uses math, art, and music to explain self-referential systems.

    dreamlike → playful

    pace-2·prose+2·bleak-1

  • Ulysses

    James Joyce1914

    Three characters wander through Dublin on a single day in 1904. Each chapter uses a different literary style to mimic thoughts and sensations.

    dreamlike → playful

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  • Either/Or

    Søren Kierkegaard1992

    A collection of papers presents two life philosophies: the aesthetic pursuit of pleasure and the ethical commitment to duty.

    dreamlike → meditative

    pace-2·prose+2·bleak0

Heavier

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  • Seed

    Ania Ahlborn2011

    A man who survived a childhood encounter with a demon sees the same entity targeting his daughter. It is a story of inescapable family curses.

    dreamlike → bleak, still southern gothic

    pace0·prose0·bleak+2

  • Last Days

    Adam L.G. Nevill

    A documentary filmmaker investigates the history of a 1970s cult. As he visits their former sites, he realizes he is being followed.

    dreamlike → tense, still folk horror

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  • Deep in the Darkness

    Michael Laimo2004

    A doctor moves his family to a small town where the residents serve a hidden race of subterranean creatures to stay safe.

    dreamlike → tense, still folk horror

    pace0·prose0·bleak+2