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Search results: The best new books - Excerpts, reviews & biographies of exceptional gothic novels
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The Grim Grotto
by Lemony Snicket
Hardcover: 1 Sep 2004
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| In their desperate search for something lost, the Baudelaire children encounter new and terrible horrors, including mushrooms, a mechanical monster, a distressing message from a lost friend, and tap dancing. Ages 9+. |
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Shutter Island
by Dennis Lehane
Hardcover: Apr 2003
Paperback: 7 Apr 2004
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| The closer Teddy and Chuck get to the truth, the more elusive it becomes, and the more they begin to believe that they may never leave Shutter Island. Because someone is trying to drive them insane. |
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Second Glance
by Jodi Picoult
Hardcover: Apr 2003
Paperback: 1 Mar 2004
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| When odd, supernatural events plague the town of Comtosook, a ghost hunter is hired by the developer to help convince the residents that there's nothing spiritual about the property. An intricate tale of love, haunting memories, and renewal. (An interview about the book is included below the reading guide). |
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Coraline
by Neil Gaiman
Hardcover: Jul 2002
Paperback: 1 Aug 2003
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| 'An electrifyingly creepy tale likely to haunt young readers for many moons.... a real bedtime-buster'. Read an exclusive excerpt at BookBrowse today. Reading age approx. 9 yrs +. |
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In A Dark Wood
by Amanda Craig
Hardcover: Jan 2002
Paperback: 1 Mar 2003
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| Interspersing the magic of fairy tales with a wry yet touching narrative, Amanda Craig examines the thin line between fantasy and reality, creativity and mental illness. |
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The Carnivorous Carnival: Book the Ninth (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist
Hardcover: Oct 2002
Paperback: 1 Jan 2003
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| In the continuing, appalling tales of the Baudelaire siblings, the children
are on the run having been falsely accused of murder, so they hide in the
carnival, as part of Madame Lulu's House of Freaks. Ages 9+ |
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Chalktown
by Melinda Haynes
Hardcover: May 2001
Paperback: 1 Jun 2002
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| Melinda Haynes weaves her characters’ lives and stories into an unforgettable tapestry of sorrow and salvation that confirms her place as one of our country’s most exciting and consistently brilliant new writers. |
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Martha Peake
by Patrick McGrath
Hardcover: Oct 2000
Paperback: 1 May 2002
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| A hypnotic tale of psychological suspense and haunting beauty. Set among the teeming streets and desolate wharves of Hogarth's London, then shifting to the powder-keg colony of Massachusetts Bay. |
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