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• The Ballad of Black Tom

  LaValle, Victor, 1972-

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  Charles hustles from Harlem to Red Hook to put food on the table and keep a roof over his father's head. He hustles occult tomes in his magic suit and uses the invisibility of his guitar case, while the curse written across his flesh…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beloved

  Morrison, Toni

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  Sethe escaped slavery, but eighteen years later she is still not free: Sweet Home still haunts her dreams, a beautiful plantation where horrible things happened... and her new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who is buried with a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Crimson Peak

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  When her heart is stolen by a seductive stranger, a young woman is swept away to a house atop a mountain of blood-red clay, a place filled with secrets that will haunt her forever. Between desire and darkness, between mystery and madness,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Frankenstein in Baghdad

  a Novel

  Saʻdāwī, Aḥmad

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  Hadi, a odd scavenger occupying the streets of Baghdad, collections human body parts and stitches them together to create a miracle ... his goal, he says, is for the government to determine the parts of the people and give them all a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Ghost Bride

  Choo, Yangsze

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  Li Lan was hoping for a favorable marriage, but her father has lost his fortune and she has few who are interested. Then the wealthy Lim family suggested Li becomes to "ghost bride" for their recently deceased son, a practice rarely done…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Good House

  a Novel

  Due, Tananarive, 1966-

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  Angela Toussaint's late grandmother's home is beloved to the townspeople of Sacajawea, so beloved that they call it the Good House. But a tragedy takes place behind closed doors, and Angela's family's history is transformed. After she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Graveyard Apartment

  a Novel

  Koike, Mariko, 1952-

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  A young married couple and their daughter move into a new apartment building next to a graveyard. As strange occurrences begin, people begin to move out one by one, until the young family is left alone with someone, or something, lurking…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• It. Chapter Two

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  Twenty-seven years after they defeated Pennywise, he has returned to terrorize the town of Derry once more. When kids start disappearing again, Mike, the only one of the original group who stayed in Derry, calls the others to come home.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mexican Gothic

  Moreno-Garcia, Silvia

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  Noemí Taboada heads to High Palace, a house in the Mexican countryside, after she receives a worried letter from her newlywed cousin, asking her to save her from a mysterious "doom." When she arrives, she meets a cast of suspicious…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Only Good Indians

  a Novel

  Jones, Stephen Graham, 1972-

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  Four American Indian men find themselves in a struggle for their lives after a disturbing encounter with a ruthless entity bent on revenge.

• Us

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  After spending a tense beach day with their friends, Adelaide and her family return to their vacation home. When darkness falls, the Wilsons discover the silhouette of four figures holding hands as they stand in the driveway: doppelgangers…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• White Is for Witching

  Oyeyemi, Helen

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  The Silver family house in the closed-off town of Dover, England, has cavernous secrets and has been home to four generations of the Silver women, who have mysterious powers. When Lily Silver passes away suddenly, her daughter Miranda who…Read moreRead more of this annotation