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Cabello: Mineau (Cabello #1)
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Grea Alexander (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 55 ratings
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The Pack: Addison (The Pack, #1)
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Grea Alexander (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 38 ratings
score: 198,
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Miael: Family
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Grea Alexander (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Dracula
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4.02 avg rating — 1,426,684 ratings
score: 190,
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Frankenstein
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3.89 avg rating — 1,787,694 ratings
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The Shining (The Shining, #1)
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 1,661,564 ratings
score: 188,
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Coraline
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Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 765,108 ratings
score: 185,
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
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4.13 avg rating — 1,805,281 ratings
score: 182,
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The Monkey's Paw
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3.84 avg rating — 17,200 ratings
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The Amityville Horror
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3.83 avg rating — 136,552 ratings
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The Factory
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4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Dawn of Evil (The Wages of Sin, #5)
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L.E. Parker (Goodreads Author)
4.55 avg rating — 49 ratings
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The Lottery
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4.04 avg rating — 105,350 ratings
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Cujo
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 315,018 ratings
score: 99,
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The Birth of Death (The Wages of Sin, #4)
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L.E. Parker (Goodreads Author)
4.56 avg rating — 41 ratings
score: 99,
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The Yellow Wallpaper
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4.07 avg rating — 342,799 ratings
score: 98,
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Let the Right One In
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4.04 avg rating — 118,826 ratings
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The Fall of Innocence (The Wages of Sin, #3)
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L.E. Parker (Goodreads Author)
4.54 avg rating — 41 ratings
score: 98,
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The Ghost in the Third Row (Nina Tanleven, #1)
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3.95 avg rating — 773 ratings
score: 97,
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The Haunting of Hill House
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3.81 avg rating — 370,061 ratings
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The Wrath of Truth (The Wages of Sin, #2)
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L.E. Parker (Goodreads Author)
4.51 avg rating — 41 ratings
score: 97,
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The Ghost Wore Gray (Nina Tanleven, #2)
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4.09 avg rating — 634 ratings
score: 96,
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The Devil's Advocate (The Wages of Sin, #1)
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L.E. Parker (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 80 ratings
score: 96,
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The Ghost in the Big Brass Bed (Nina Tanleven, #3)
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4.11 avg rating — 565 ratings
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Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)
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4.18 avg rating — 71,788 ratings
score: 94,
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Playing with Fire (Skulduggery Pleasant, #2)
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4.29 avg rating — 34,488 ratings
score: 93,
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The Raven
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4.29 avg rating — 164,764 ratings
score: 92,
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The Faceless Ones (Skulduggery Pleasant, #3)
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4.40 avg rating — 30,798 ratings
score: 91,
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Carrie
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 820,278 ratings
score: 87,
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Carmilla
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3.87 avg rating — 171,756 ratings
score: 85,
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The Woman in Black
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3.75 avg rating — 78,690 ratings
score: 83,
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The Tell-Tale Heart
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4.24 avg rating — 118,546 ratings
score: 82,
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