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Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1) Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
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avg rating 3.79 — 290,061 ratings — published 2014
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House of Leaves House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.09 — 194,932 ratings — published 2000
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The Uncanny The Uncanny (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 3,792 ratings — published 1919
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.91 — 281,415 ratings — published 1962
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The Uncanny The Uncanny (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.56 — 144 ratings — published 2003
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Authority (Southern Reach, #2) Authority (Southern Reach, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.55 — 102,649 ratings — published 2014
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The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,372,378 ratings — published 1915
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The Lottery and Other Stories The Lottery and Other Stories (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 83,315 ratings — published 1949
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Bunny (Bunny, #1) Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.47 — 303,356 ratings — published 2019
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Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3) Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.66 — 78,026 ratings — published 2014
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Fever Dream Fever Dream (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.72 — 49,738 ratings — published 2014
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The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.34 — 36,611 ratings — published 1936
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The Haunting of Hill House The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.81 — 375,105 ratings — published 1959
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 1,800,542 ratings — published 1818
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The Willows The Willows (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 16,582 ratings — published 1907
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Magic for Beginners Magic for Beginners (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 10,169 ratings — published 2005
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We Love You, Bunny (Bunny, #2) We Love You, Bunny (Bunny, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.79 — 2,065 ratings — published 2025
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You Should Have Left You Should Have Left (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.41 — 14,533 ratings — published 2016
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American Elsewhere American Elsewhere (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.79 — 8,128 ratings — published 2013
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The Hole The Hole (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.43 — 14,204 ratings — published 2013
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Let the Right One In Let the Right One In (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.04 — 119,280 ratings — published 2004
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Pedro Páramo Pedro Páramo (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.06 — 95,326 ratings — published 1955
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I Who Have Never Known Men I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.13 — 372,308 ratings — published 1995
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There Is No Antimemetics Division There Is No Antimemetics Division (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.22 — 11,464 ratings — published 2020
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Blindness Blindness (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.18 — 330,477 ratings — published 1995
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Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.62 — 4,143 ratings — published 1814
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Things We Lost in the Fire Things We Lost in the Fire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.04 — 57,581 ratings — published 2016
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Dark Matter: A Ghost Story Dark Matter: A Ghost Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.95 — 22,716 ratings — published 2010
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Writing the Uncanny Writing the Uncanny (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.09 — 183 ratings — published 2021
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The Pisces The Pisces (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.30 — 37,559 ratings — published 2018
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Convenience Store Woman Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.67 — 359,082 ratings — published 2016
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Kafka on the Shore Kafka on the Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.12 — 537,022 ratings — published 2002
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Solaris Solaris (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.99 — 126,948 ratings — published 1961
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Aura Aura (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.82 — 41,813 ratings — published 1962
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Revenge Revenge (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.02 — 28,746 ratings — published 1998
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Her Body and Other Parties: Stories Her Body and Other Parties: Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.81 — 103,903 ratings — published 2017
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Pet Sematary Pet Sematary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.08 — 680,492 ratings — published 1983
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City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake, #1) City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.88 — 75,661 ratings — published 2018
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The Complete Stories and Poems The Complete Stories and Poems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.40 — 293,239 ratings — published 1849
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Wylding Hall Wylding Hall (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.79 — 8,579 ratings — published 2015
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Apparitions: Ghosts of Old Edo Apparitions: Ghosts of Old Edo (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.92 — 373 ratings — published 2000
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Aickman's Heirs Aickman's Heirs (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.86 — 316 ratings — published 2015
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The Library at Mount Char The Library at Mount Char (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.06 — 75,480 ratings — published 2015
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Neverwhere (London Below, #1) Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.16 — 558,174 ratings — published 1996
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The Strange Library The Strange Library (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.55 — 68,531 ratings — published 2005
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Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1) Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.98 — 74,646 ratings — published 2000
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Heidegger on Being Uncanny Heidegger on Being Uncanny (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.75 — 12 ratings — published 2015
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McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.53 — 1,060 ratings — published 2004
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Dracula Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,435,293 ratings — published 1897
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Ship of Fools Ship of Fools (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.74 — 5,229 ratings — published 2001
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“Supernatural fiction contains its own generic borderland: a neutral territory, which Tzvetan Todorov calls 'the fantastic,' between 'the marvelous' and 'the uncanny.' According to Todorov, 'The fantastic is that hesitation experienced by a person who knows only the laws of nature, confronting an apparently supernatural event.' Once the event is satisfactorily explained (and sometimes it is never explained), we have left the fantastic for an adjacent genre - either 'the uncanny,' where the apparently supernatural is revealed as illusory, or 'the marvelous,' where the laws of ordinary reality must be revised to incorporate the supernatural. As long as uncertainty reigns, however, we are in the ambiguous realm of the fantastic.”
Howard Kerr, The Haunted dusk: American supernatural fiction, 1820-1920

Nikki Rowe
“Dejavu' is a subconcious reminder of the contract your soul signed long before you chose the body you would reside in on earth. Trust the timing of uncanny moments, synchronicity and your gut instinct.”
Nikki Rowe

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