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DYING TO READ OCTOBER 2017
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The fireman : a novel by Joe HillWhen a bizarre virulent plague breaks out throughout the world's major cities, causing victims to spontaneously combust, a dedicated nurse resolves to survive until her baby is born and receives protection from a mysterious infected man who uses his fire symptoms to help others. By the award-winning author of the Locke & Key comic series.
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Attack of the shadow smashers : A Branches Book by Troy CummingsIn a latest skill-building chapter book for newly independent readers, Alexander prepares to confront a new band of shadow smasher monsters only to discover that one of them might be a member of the Super Secret Monster Patrol.
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Mr. Mercedes : a novel by Stephen KingMonths after a crazed hit-and-run driver kills several attendees at a Midwestern job fair, a depressed retired cop and two unlikely allies join forces to find and stop the killer, who has sent a letter threatening another attack.
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City of bones by Cassandra ClareIn her first meeting with the Shadowhunters, a secret tribe of warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons, Clary must come to terms with her recently revealed gift of the Sight while dealing with her brother's near-death encounter with a demon and the sudden disappearance of her mother.
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The ocean at the end of the lane by Neil GaimanWhen otherworldly beings are set loose on the world, threatening the life of a little boy, the extraordinary Hempstock women--Lettie, her mother and her grandmother--summon all of their courage and cleverness to keep him alive, but soon discover that his survival comes with a high--and deadly--price.
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Dracula
by Bram Stoker
The classic horror tale of the powerful, centuries-old vampire follows his bloodthirsty trail from the mountains of Central Europe to England, until Dr. Van Helsing comes up with a way to end his reign of terror
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The shining by Stephen KingTerrible events occur at an isolated hotel in the off season, when a small boy with psychic powers struggles to hold his own against the forces of evil that are driving his father insane.
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Trigger warning : short fictions and disturbances by Neil GaimanA latest collection of short fiction by the #1 best-selling author of Fragile Things includes previously published stories, verses and a 50th anniversary Doctor Who tale, as well as an original short story. Reading-group guide available.
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Serafina and the twisted staff by Robert BeattyA follow-up to Serafina and the Black Cloak finds Serafina studying the ways of the catamount while struggling to find a place for herself in two disparate cultures before a series of mysterious animal attacks test her role as the Biltmore Estate's protector.
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Through the woods
by Emily Carroll
"A collection of five spine-tingling short stories"
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The historian : a novel by Elizabeth KostovaDiscovering a medieval book and a cache of letters, a motherless American girl becomes the latest in a series of historians, including her late father, who investigates the possible surviving legacy of Vlad the Impaler, a quest that takes her across Europe and into the pasts of her father and his mentor.
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Locke & key : Welcome to Lovecraft
by Joe Hill
Presents the story of Keyhouse, an unlikely New England mansion with fantastic doors that transform all who dare to walk through them--and home to a hate-filled creature that will not rest until it forces open the most terrible door of them all.
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Fright night by Geronimo StiltonParticipating in Mysterious Valley's annual rhyming competition in the hope of being crowned Greatest Poet, Creepella's father, Boris von Cacklefur, devises a secret weapon to bolster his chances and improvises a fear-themed rhyming rap.
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77 Shadow Street : a novel
by Dean R. Koontz
The affluent occupants of luxury apartments, housed in a 200-year-old mansion with a checkered past, enter into a terrifying waking nightmare when the haunted house reawakens, leaving no one safe from its grip.
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Hex
by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Still haunted by a 17th-century witch, the townspeople of Black Spring try to contain the curse, but a group of bored, rebellious teenagers go viral with the story, in this English-language debut from the award-winning Dutch author.
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Odd Thomas by Dean R. KoontzOver the course of two shattering days, Odd Thomas, his soulmate Stormy Llewellyn, and an oddball assortment of allies make their way through a dark, terrifying, and labyrinthine world in which past and present, fate and destiny, and life and death collide as they risk everything to avert a threatening cataclysm.
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The Golem of Hollywood by Jonathan KellermanWaking up beside a beautiful woman he has no memory of meeting, Detective Jacob Lev investigates a Hollywood Division murder case involving a severed head, an ominous message in Hebrew and the legend of the Golem of Prague. Co-written by the Edgar Award-winning author of Guilt.
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The bone clocks : a novel by David MitchellInterweaves six narratives spanning the period between 1984 and the 2030s to chronicle a secret war between a cult of soul-decanters and a small group of vigilantes who would take them down. By the award-winning author of Cloud Atlas.
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The Walking Dead : the fall of the Governor : part one by Robert KirkmanA conclusion to the trilogy that began with Rise of the Governor and The Road to Woodbury follows an epic showdown between evil governor Philip Blake and Rick Grimes. Co-written by the Bram Stoker-nominated author of The Black Mariah.
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Pretty girls : a novel by Karin SlaughterEstranged for years after the disappearance of their sister, trophy wife Claire and struggling single mom Lydia are reunited by the murder of Claire's husband and investigate decades of family secrets to discover the truth. By the best-selling author of the Grant County series. .
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Sea of shadows by Kelley ArmstrongTrained in fighting and the secret rites of the spirits to become the Keeper and Seeker of Edgewood on their 16th birthdays, twins Moria and Ashyn are separated during their annual visit to the Forest of the Dead, where they discover that mythical shadow stalkers have been killing all visitors.
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Lock in
by John Scalzi
When a new virus causes one percent of the population to become completely paralyzed in body but not in mind, America pursues a scientific initiative to develop a virtual-reality world for victims, with unexpected consequences. By the Hugo Award-winning author of Redshirts.
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Torment : A Fallen Novel by Lauren KateHidden by her cursed angelic boyfriend in a school for Nephilim, Luce discovers the meaning of the Shadows that have always followed her and begins manipulating them to learn about her past lives. By the best-selling author of Fallen.
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