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| The Remaking by Clay McLeod ChapmanLegend has it: In 1931 Pilot's Creek, Virginia, Ella Louise Ford and her young daughter Jessica are burned at the stake for witchcraft, an act that will have chilling reverberations for decades to come.
What sets it apart: Based on a real urban legend, The Remaking unravels the tale of "The Witch Girl of Pilot's Creek" via a 1951 campfire story, a 1971 B-movie, its 1990s meta remake, and a present-day podcast, charting the evolution of the eerie tale as it's shaped by generations of storytellers. |
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Imaginary friend
by Stephen Chbosky
A highly anticipated follow-up to The Perks of Being a Wallflower finds a single mother’s desperate efforts to escape an abusive relationship thrown into turmoil by her son’s disappearance and reappearance days later with an imaginary friend. 750,000 first printing. Tour.
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The institute : a novel
by Stephen King
Published to coincide with the release of It: Chapter Two, a supernatural thriller finds an abducted youth imprisoned in an inescapable institute, where teens with psychic abilities are subjected to torturous manipulation. By a #1 best-selling author. 1.25 million first printing.
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Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead : Typhoon
by Wesley Chu
"In this white-knuckled and high-stakes thriller, set in the expansive world of Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead series, three different people in China--a rural farmer, an urban military veteran, and a Chinese American grad student--are caught in the typhoon of undead walkers as the virus sweeps over the most populous country in Asia. In the aftermath of a horrifying virus outbreak, what remains of the Chinese government has estimated that one billion walkers (called jiangshi) are currently roaming the country. Across this desolate landscape, large groups of survivors have clustered together for safety in settlements that have been built vertically as a means of protection against the unceasing wave of jiangshi. In one of these settlements, scavengers of vastly different backgrounds struggle to provide supplies for the survival of thousands. Before this devastation, Zhu was one of millions of poor farmers who left their rural roots for the promise of consistent employment in one of China's booming factory towns. Ella was a Chinese American grad student who was studying abroad for the semester. Hengyen was a grizzled military officer of some renown, and a passionate believer in his nation's ability to surmount any obstacle. Zhu, as the leader of the team Ella is a part of, reports to Hengyen. But with the settlement's 5,000 mouths to feed and the scavengers having to travel further and further in search of food, Zhu ends up at his home village, where he is shocked to find survivors. Does he force them to join the settlement or keep their existence a secret? Meanwhile, a veritable typhoon of walkers is headed towards the settlement. Hengyen knows that fortifying the settlement is an impossible task but he will stand with his compatriots to the verylast. Zhu intends to flee for the mountain ranges of China before it's too late but Hengyen intends to stop him and any other defectors. With time running out and the stakes higher than anyone can imagine, these three survivors must figure out how to live with the overwhelming odds against them"
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Books You Might Have Missed
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| Sealed by Naomi BoothWhat it is: a nail-biting blend of body horror, dystopian fiction, and fable "that will stay with readers long after they turn the final page" (Booklist).
The setting: a remote town in rural Australia, where Alice and her boyfriend Pete have fled to escape from a highly contagious skin-sealing epidemic called cutis.
The catch: A panicked Alice is grappling with anxiety, paranoia, and grief over her mother's death...and she's also 36 weeks pregnant. |
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A dark matter : a novel
by Peter Straub
Years after a 1960s religious guru's clandestine activities with his most fervent acolytes results in a grisly murder, a man struggles to make sense of what happened to his wife and friends by writing a book for which he asks former followers to relive their experiences.
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Alice Isn't Dead
by Joseph Fink
On the road again: Spotting her presumed-dead wife, Alice, in the background of a news report, Keisha takes a job with the mysterious trucking company Alice worked for before her disappearance, hoping to find information about her beloved.
What sets it apart: As she becomes embroiled in an eerie otherworldly conspiracy, fully realized heroine Keisha grapples with chronic anxiety and must battle monsters both real and metaphorical.
Book buzz: This suspenseful Lovecraftian novel is based on the eponymous podcast from Welcome to Night Vale creator Joseph Fink.
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A head full of ghosts
by Paul Tremblay
The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when 14-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of what at first seems to be acute schizophrenia, a condition which only gets worse, leading them to believe it's actually demonic possession, as they become the center of a reality TV show. 75,000 first printing.
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