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156 books

Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft #1 by Joe Hill

Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft #1

Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft #1

Joe Hill

32 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0grendels_mother's review
fiction comics horror dark mysterious medium-paced
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Millennium #1

Stieg Larsson

644 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0grendels_mother's review
fiction contemporary crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Gone Girl

Gillian Flynn

559 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0grendels_mother's review
fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

In Cold Blood

Truman Capote

343 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0grendels_mother's review
nonfiction classics true crime dark mysterious tense slow-paced
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

Michelle McNamara

352 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0grendels_mother's review
nonfiction true crime dark informative mysterious medium-paced
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

Erik Larson

464 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0grendels_mother's review
nonfiction history true crime dark informative mysterious slow-paced
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

The Lovely Bones

Alice Sebold

372 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0grendels_mother's review
fiction contemporary mystery dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games #1

Suzanne Collins

374 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0grendels_mother's review
fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

552 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0grendels_mother's review
fiction historical young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

A Game of Thrones

A Song of Ice and Fire #1

George R.R. Martin

835 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0grendels_mother's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced