For Fans of Stranger Things: Bizarre and Spooky Books to Turn Your World Upside Down
- Book City
- Dec 4, 2022
- 2 min read
For Fans of Stranger Things: Bizarre and Spooky Books to Turn Your World Upside Down
Done binge-watching Season 4 of The Stranger Things? No, not yet? Don’t worry! You are safe: there will be no spoilers on this page. Whether you consumed all the new episodes in one sitting or just beginning to join the adventures of Eleven, Will, Max, Dustin, Lucas, and Mike… Chances are you might be looking for reads similar to this riveting TV series. Luckily, we got you covered!
Based on the popular podcast that started in 2012, Welcome to Night Vale is an eerie and, at times, funny, novel that is structured like a community radio show for the fictional desert town of Night Vale. Strange and paranormal experiences such as ghosts, angels, and aliens are part of everyday life in Welcome to Night Vale—in this place, conspiracy theories are deemed to be true. Mostly Void, Partially Stars features a collection of episodes from Season 1 of the podcast, offering an entertaining reading experience and a valuable reference guide to past episodes.
Other Welcome to Night Vale novels such as The Great Glowing Coils, The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home, and It Devours are also must-read titles!
With its clear eyes on contemporary womanhood and sharp take on structures of power, Nightbitch is an outrageously original, joyfully subversive read that will make you want to howl in laughter and recognition. Addictive enough to be devoured in one sitting, this is an unforgettable novel from a blazing new talent.
As a killer hurricane relentlessly bears down on Teddy Daniels and his new partner, Chuck Aule, a strange case takes on even darker, more sinister shades—with hints of radical experimentation, horrifying surgeries, and lethal countermoves made in the cause of a covert shadow war. No one is going to escape Shutter Island unscathed, because nothing at Ashecliffe Hospital is what it seems. But then neither is Teddy Daniels.
Merricat Blackwood lives on the family estate with her sister Constance and her Uncle Julian. Not long ago there were seven Blackwoods—until a fatal dose of arsenic found its way into the sugar bowl one terrible night. Acquitted of the murders, Constance has returned home, where Merricat protects her from the curiosity and hostility of the villagers. Their days pass in happy isolation until cousin Charles appears. Only Merricat can see the danger, and she must act swiftly to keep Constance from his grasp.
Junji Ito’s Shiver includes nine of his best short stories, as selected by the author himself and presented with accompanying notes and commentary. An arm peppered with tiny holes dangles from a sick girl’s window after an idol hangs herself, balloons bearing faces appear in the sky, some even featuring your own face… An offering of nine fresh nightmares for the delight of horror fans.
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