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Uncanny Books
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by (shelved 10 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.79 — 290,061 ratings — published 2014

by (shelved 6 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.09 — 194,932 ratings — published 2000

by (shelved 6 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.86 — 3,792 ratings — published 1919

by (shelved 5 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.91 — 281,415 ratings — published 1962

by (shelved 5 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.56 — 144 ratings — published 2003

by (shelved 4 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.55 — 102,649 ratings — published 2014

by (shelved 4 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,372,378 ratings — published 1915

by (shelved 4 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.02 — 83,315 ratings — published 1949

by (shelved 3 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.47 — 303,356 ratings — published 2019

by (shelved 3 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.66 — 78,026 ratings — published 2014

by (shelved 3 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.72 — 49,738 ratings — published 2014

by (shelved 3 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.34 — 36,611 ratings — published 1936

by (shelved 3 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.81 — 375,105 ratings — published 1959

by (shelved 3 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,800,542 ratings — published 1818

by (shelved 3 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.05 — 16,582 ratings — published 1907

by (shelved 3 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.80 — 10,169 ratings — published 2005

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.79 — 2,065 ratings — published 2025

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.41 — 14,533 ratings — published 2016

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.79 — 8,128 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.43 — 14,204 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.04 — 119,280 ratings — published 2004

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.06 — 95,326 ratings — published 1955

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.13 — 372,308 ratings — published 1995

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.22 — 11,464 ratings — published 2020

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.18 — 330,477 ratings — published 1995

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.62 — 4,143 ratings — published 1814

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.04 — 57,581 ratings — published 2016

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.95 — 22,716 ratings — published 2010

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.09 — 183 ratings — published 2021

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.30 — 37,559 ratings — published 2018

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.67 — 359,082 ratings — published 2016

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.12 — 537,022 ratings — published 2002

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.99 — 126,948 ratings — published 1961

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.02 — 28,746 ratings — published 1998

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.81 — 103,903 ratings — published 2017

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.08 — 680,492 ratings — published 1983

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.88 — 75,661 ratings — published 2018

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.40 — 293,239 ratings — published 1849

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.79 — 8,579 ratings — published 2015

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.92 — 373 ratings — published 2000

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.86 — 316 ratings — published 2015

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.06 — 75,480 ratings — published 2015

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.16 — 558,174 ratings — published 1996

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.55 — 68,531 ratings — published 2005

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.98 — 74,646 ratings — published 2000

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.75 — 12 ratings — published 2015

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.53 — 1,060 ratings — published 2004

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,435,293 ratings — published 1897

by (shelved 2 times as uncanny)
avg rating 3.74 — 5,229 ratings — published 2001
“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.”
― The Haunted dusk: American supernatural fiction, 1820-1920
― The Haunted dusk: American supernatural fiction, 1820-1920

“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.”
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