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Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.80 — 337,736 ratings — published 2014
House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.09 — 215,720 ratings — published 2000
The Uncanny (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.84 — 4,152 ratings — published 1919
Authority (Southern Reach, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.55 — 115,704 ratings — published 2014
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.90 — 327,069 ratings — published 1962
The Uncanny (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.58 — 150 ratings — published 2003
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.44 — 377,942 ratings — published 2019
There Is No Antimemetics Division (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.98 — 68,407 ratings — published 2020
Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.68 — 87,078 ratings — published 2014
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,578,720 ratings — published 1915
The Lottery and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.01 — 84,642 ratings — published 1949
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,311,238 ratings — published 1847
The Pisces (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.30 — 42,232 ratings — published 2018
Aickman's Heirs (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.84 — 329 ratings — published 2015
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.80 — 436,385 ratings — published 1959
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,562,426 ratings — published 1897
Frankenstein (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,025,086 ratings — published 1818
The Willows (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.03 — 20,196 ratings — published 1907
Magic for Beginners (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.80 — 10,353 ratings — published 2005
Cold Hand in Mine: Strange Stories (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.94 — 3,674 ratings — published 1974
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,546,812 ratings — published 1942
Good and Evil and Other Stories (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.91 — 16,410 ratings — published 2025
We Love You, Bunny (Bunny, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.42 — 21,525 ratings — published 2025
A Short Stay in Hell (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.12 — 125,080 ratings — published 2011
A Touch of Jen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.22 — 16,537 ratings — published 2021
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,807,698 ratings — published 1949
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.90 — 26,779 ratings — published 1955
Geek Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.95 — 75,640 ratings — published 1989
All's Well (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.74 — 39,421 ratings — published 2021
The Eyes Are the Best Part (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.77 — 78,163 ratings — published 2024
Absolution (Southern Reach #4)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.57 — 14,883 ratings — published 2024
Private Rites (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.56 — 18,057 ratings — published 2024
American Elsewhere (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.80 — 9,086 ratings — published 2013
Let the Right One In (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.03 — 124,726 ratings — published 2004
House of Hollow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.99 — 107,174 ratings — published 2021
I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.03 — 737,671 ratings — published 1995
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,141,517 ratings — published 1992
Blindness (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.19 — 367,637 ratings — published 1995
The Memory Police (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.68 — 164,165 ratings — published 1994
Book of Night (Book of Night, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.54 — 92,714 ratings — published 2022
Things We Lost in the Fire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.02 — 70,916 ratings — published 2016
Der Sandmann (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.56 — 30,235 ratings — published 1816
Dark Matter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.95 — 27,456 ratings — published 2010
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,644,052 ratings — published 2020
Writing the Uncanny: Essays on Crafting Strange Fiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.09 — 202 ratings — published 2021
Earthlings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.60 — 114,761 ratings — published 2018
Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.66 — 415,153 ratings — published 2016
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.49 — 219,150 ratings — published 2016
Kafka on the Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.11 — 580,964 ratings — published 2002
Solaris (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.98 — 142,392 ratings — published 1961
“In general we are reminded that the word heimlich is not unambiguous, but belongs to two sets of ideas, which, without being contradictory, are yet very different: on the one hand it means what is familiar and agreeable, and on the other, what is concealed and kept out of sight. Unheimlich is customarily used, we are told, as the contrary only of the first signification of heimlich, and not of the second. [...] On the other hand, we notice that Schelling says something which throws quite a new light on the concept of the Unheimlich, for which we were certainly not prepared. According to him, everything is unheimlich that ought to have remained secret and hidden but has come to light.”
― The Uncanny
― The Uncanny
“What are the Hanged Man’s powers?” I tried to remember more about that player.
“I don’t know,” Aric admitted. “I’ve never faced him, nor seen him mentioned in any chronicles I’ve read. The Star had his icon in the last game. But did the Arcane Navigator take it himself, or harvest it from another?” Aric rotated his shot glass on his desk blotter. “The Hanged Man remains a mystery. That is why he’s called uncanny. In this game, all have been accounted for, but for him.”
“Then he’s the inactivated card?” One Arcana was dormant—until he or she killed another player. “Matthew told me to beware of that player but wouldn’t reveal an identity.”
― Arcana Rising
“I don’t know,” Aric admitted. “I’ve never faced him, nor seen him mentioned in any chronicles I’ve read. The Star had his icon in the last game. But did the Arcane Navigator take it himself, or harvest it from another?” Aric rotated his shot glass on his desk blotter. “The Hanged Man remains a mystery. That is why he’s called uncanny. In this game, all have been accounted for, but for him.”
“Then he’s the inactivated card?” One Arcana was dormant—until he or she killed another player. “Matthew told me to beware of that player but wouldn’t reveal an identity.”
― Arcana Rising
