🌊 New England Setting

Clapboard houses, salt-bitten coastlines, autumn forests blazing with color, and communities haunted by old money and older secrets. These books are steeped in the particular atmosphere of America's northeastern corner.

The House of the Seven Gables

by Nathaniel Hawthorne • 1851

A spinster shields her freed brother from a scheming cousin inside their cursed New England mansion.

3.45

43k+

🏚️ Gothic Mansion 🩸 Ancestral Curse ⛪ Puritan New England

The House of the Seven Gables 89%

A spinster shields her freed brother from a scheming cousin inside their cursed New England mansion.

by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1851

3.45

43k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Mansion 🩸 Ancestral Curse ⛪ Puritan New England

Ghost Story

by Peter Straub • 1979

Four old friends tell ghost stories to bury their past. Now the past tells its own.

3.92

84k+

📚 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🤫 Shared Dark Secret

Ghost Story 88%

Four old friends tell ghost stories to bury their past. Now the past tells its own.

by Peter Straub 1979

3.92

84k+ ratings

📚 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🤫 Shared Dark Secret

North Woods

by Daniel Mason • 2023

A Massachusetts house holds three centuries of longing: the dead stay, the forest reclaims all.

4.10

118k+

📖 Polyphonic Novel 🏠 Place As Protagonist 👻 Haunted House

North Woods 88%

A Massachusetts house holds three centuries of longing: the dead stay, the forest reclaims all.

by Daniel Mason 2023

4.10

118k+ ratings

📖 Polyphonic Novel 🏠 Place As Protagonist 👻 Haunted House

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

by Elizabeth George Speare • 1958

An orphan from Barbados lands in Puritan Connecticut, where independence is mistaken for witchcraft.

4.03

161k+

🔥 Puritan Witch Trial 🌾 Colonial New England 🐠 Fish Out Of Water

The Witch of Blackbird Pond 88%

An orphan from Barbados lands in Puritan Connecticut, where independence is mistaken for witchcraft.

by Elizabeth George Speare 1958

4.03

161k+ ratings

🔥 Puritan Witch Trial 🌾 Colonial New England 🐠 Fish Out Of Water

Young Goodman Brown

by Nathaniel Hawthorne • 1835

A Salem husband enters the night woods and finds his wife and neighbors at a witches' sabbath.

3.64

17k+

🔥 Puritan Allegory 🖤 Psychological Horror 🌫️ Dream Or Reality

Young Goodman Brown 87%

A Salem husband enters the night woods and finds his wife and neighbors at a witches' sabbath.

by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1835

3.64

17k+ ratings

🔥 Puritan Allegory 🖤 Psychological Horror 🌫️ Dream Or Reality

Floating Dragon

by Peter Straub • 2003

Toxic gas and ancient evil poison a Connecticut town. Four psychic survivors share a desperate song.

3.82

13k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌊 New England Horror

Floating Dragon 87%

Toxic gas and ancient evil poison a Connecticut town. Four psychic survivors share a desperate song.

by Peter Straub 2003

3.82

13k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌊 New England Horror

Night Passage

by Robert B. Parker • 1997

An alcoholic ex-detective takes a chief's badge in a seaside town owned by a corrupt banker.

4.12

16k+

🥃 Alcoholic Detective 🏚️ Small Town Noir 💔 Divorced Detective

Night Passage 87%

An alcoholic ex-detective takes a chief's badge in a seaside town owned by a corrupt banker.

by Robert B. Parker 1997

4.12

16k+ ratings

🥃 Alcoholic Detective 🏚️ Small Town Noir 💔 Divorced Detective

Crossing to Safety

by Wallace Stegner • 1987

Two couples, one lifelong friendship, tested by ambition, illness, and a woman's relentless control.

4.16

52k+

🫂 Couple Friendship 📚 Academic Life ⏳ Lifelong Friendship

Crossing to Safety 87%

Two couples, one lifelong friendship, tested by ambition, illness, and a woman's relentless control.

by Wallace Stegner 1987

4.16

52k+ ratings

🫂 Couple Friendship 📚 Academic Life ⏳ Lifelong Friendship

’Salem’s Lot

by Stephen King • 1975

A writer returns to confront his childhood haunted house, only to find the town dying room by room.

4.10

667k+

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🦇 Vampire Infestation ✍️ Writer Protagonist

’Salem’s Lot 87%

A writer returns to confront his childhood haunted house, only to find the town dying room by room.

by Stephen King 1975

4.10

667k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🦇 Vampire Infestation ✍️ Writer Protagonist

Killing the Witches

by Bill O'Reilly • 2023

Twenty dead in Salem, two hundred jailed. The Founders built a cure. It is wearing off.

3.62

17k+

🏛️ Colonial America 🧙 Witch Trials 😱 Mass Hysteria

Killing the Witches 87%

Twenty dead in Salem, two hundred jailed. The Founders built a cure. It is wearing off.

by Bill O'Reilly 2023

3.62

17k+ ratings

🏛️ Colonial America 🧙 Witch Trials 😱 Mass Hysteria

Albion's Seed

by David Hackett Fischer • 1989

Four British migrations planted rival cultures in America, each with its own definition of freedom.

4.38

4k+

🏛️ Colonial America 📖 Cultural History 🗺️ Regional Cultures

Albion's Seed 87%

Four British migrations planted rival cultures in America, each with its own definition of freedom.

by David Hackett Fischer 1989

4.38

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Colonial America 📖 Cultural History 🗺️ Regional Cultures

The Scarlet Letter

by Nathaniel Hawthorne • 1850

Shamed for adultery, a Puritan woman shields her lover's name while her disguised husband hunts him.

3.44

926k+

🏘️ Puritan New England 💔 Hidden Guilt 👁️ Public Shaming

The Scarlet Letter 87%

Shamed for adultery, a Puritan woman shields her lover's name while her disguised husband hunts him.

by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1850

3.44

926k+ ratings

🏘️ Puritan New England 💔 Hidden Guilt 👁️ Public Shaming

Insomnia

by Stephen King • 1994

Sleep gone, an old widower sees the strings of fate. His neighbor is being pulled.

3.84

169k+

👁️ Cosmic Horror 👴 Elderly Protagonists 💕 Late In Life Romance

Insomnia 87%

Sleep gone, an old widower sees the strings of fate. His neighbor is being pulled.

by Stephen King 1994

3.84

169k+ ratings

👁️ Cosmic Horror 👴 Elderly Protagonists 💕 Late In Life Romance

Thinner

by Richard Bachman • 1984

After an unpunished fatal accident, a Romani's touch triggers a wasting that no doctor can halt.

3.78

229k+

🦴 Body Horror 🧿 Supernatural Curse ⚖️ Guilty Protagonist

Thinner 87%

After an unpunished fatal accident, a Romani's touch triggers a wasting that no doctor can halt.

by Richard Bachman 1984

3.78

229k+ ratings

🦴 Body Horror 🧿 Supernatural Curse ⚖️ Guilty Protagonist

Beneath the Poet’s House

by Christa Carmen • 2024

A widow's historic house hides séances, ghosts, and a writer whose muses never survive.

3.79

2k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 📚 Literary Horror

Beneath the Poet’s House 87%

A widow's historic house hides séances, ghosts, and a writer whose muses never survive.

by Christa Carmen 2024

3.79

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 📚 Literary Horror

The Drowning Girl

by Caitlín R. Kiernan • 2012

A schizophrenic painter and her girlfriend shelter a roadside ghost who sings them toward drowning.

3.70

6k+

🖋️ Literary Horror 🏚️ Gothic New England 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Drowning Girl 87%

A schizophrenic painter and her girlfriend shelter a roadside ghost who sings them toward drowning.

by Caitlín R. Kiernan 2012

3.70

6k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Horror 🏚️ Gothic New England 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Hatchet Island

by Paul Doiron • 2022

A gunshot from a remote seabird sanctuary sends a game warden searching for a missing director.

4.05

5k+

🌿 Eco-Thriller 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 💰 Wealthy Cover-Up

Hatchet Island 87%

A gunshot from a remote seabird sanctuary sends a game warden searching for a missing director.

by Paul Doiron 2022

4.05

5k+ ratings

🌿 Eco-Thriller 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 💰 Wealthy Cover-Up

The Pumpkin Spice Café

by Laurie Gilmore • 2023

A woman inherits a cafe and a grumpy farmer who makes her question where she belongs.

3.36

577k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☕ Cozy Contemporary 🏠 Inherited Business

The Pumpkin Spice Café 87%

A woman inherits a cafe and a grumpy farmer who makes her question where she belongs.

by Laurie Gilmore 2023

3.36

577k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☕ Cozy Contemporary 🏠 Inherited Business

The Winter of Our Discontent

by John Steinbeck • 1961

A grocery clerk of fallen New England stock discovers the cost of trading integrity for success.

4.01

55k+

🖤 Moral Decline 🏘️ Small Town Corruption 😔 Quiet Desperation

The Winter of Our Discontent 87%

A grocery clerk of fallen New England stock discovers the cost of trading integrity for success.

by John Steinbeck 1961

4.01

55k+ ratings

🖤 Moral Decline 🏘️ Small Town Corruption 😔 Quiet Desperation

The Outermost House

by Henry Beston • 1928

A year on Cape Cod's outermost beach, tracking the ocean's rhythm and the birds' ancient passage.

4.07

4k+

🖋️ Nature Writing 🌊 Coastal Ecology 🍂 Seasonal Observation

The Outermost House 87%

A year on Cape Cod's outermost beach, tracking the ocean's rhythm and the birds' ancient passage.

by Henry Beston 1928

4.07

4k+ ratings

🖋️ Nature Writing 🌊 Coastal Ecology 🍂 Seasonal Observation

Vigil Harbor

by Julia Glass • 2022

A bombing survivor returns to his coastal hometown, only to find the violence waiting there.

3.66

2k+

🌡️ Climate Fiction 🔍 Small Town Secrets 👁️ Multiple Perspectives

Vigil Harbor 86%

A bombing survivor returns to his coastal hometown, only to find the violence waiting there.

by Julia Glass 2022

3.66

2k+ ratings

🌡️ Climate Fiction 🔍 Small Town Secrets 👁️ Multiple Perspectives

The Heretic's Daughter

by Kathleen Kent • 2008

Salem witch trials: a girl's coerced confession could save her life or condemn her mother.

3.79

38k+

🧙‍♀️ Salem Witch Trials ⛪ Puritan New England ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused

The Heretic's Daughter 86%

Salem witch trials: a girl's coerced confession could save her life or condemn her mother.

by Kathleen Kent 2008

3.79

38k+ ratings

🧙‍♀️ Salem Witch Trials ⛪ Puritan New England ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused

Tell Me Everything

by Elizabeth Strout • 2024

In Maine, a lawyer walks with a writer, trading stories, as a disappearance tests their town.

3.98

102k+

🏘️ Small Town Maine 🔗 Interconnected Lives 🕰️ Aging And Loneliness

Tell Me Everything 86%

In Maine, a lawyer walks with a writer, trading stories, as a disappearance tests their town.

by Elizabeth Strout 2024

3.98

102k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Maine 🔗 Interconnected Lives 🕰️ Aging And Loneliness

Slewfoot

by Brom • 2021

Condemned for witchcraft, a Puritan widow bonds with the ancient spirit the village calls the Devil.

4.20

112k+

🏚️ Puritan Horror 🌳 Folk Horror ⚖️ Witch Trial

Slewfoot 86%

Condemned for witchcraft, a Puritan widow bonds with the ancient spirit the village calls the Devil.

by Brom 2021

4.20

112k+ ratings

🏚️ Puritan Horror 🌳 Folk Horror ⚖️ Witch Trial

We Are Always Tender With Our Dead

by Eric LaRocca • 2025

After a massacre a boy patrols unburied corpses in a town where grief becomes ritual

3.30

2k+

🖋️ Literary Horror 🐦‍⬛ Cursed Town 🩸 Body Horror

We Are Always Tender With Our Dead Summary

We Are Always Tender With Our Dead 86%

After a massacre a boy patrols unburied corpses in a town where grief becomes ritual

by Eric LaRocca 2025

3.30

2k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Horror 🐦‍⬛ Cursed Town 🩸 Body Horror

The Best of H.P. Lovecraft

by H.P. Lovecraft • 1963

Forbidden knowledge in New England: scholars learn the universe was never built for human minds.

4.30

30k+

🪐 Cosmic Horror 👁️ Weird Fiction 📜 Forbidden Knowledge

The Best of H.P. Lovecraft 86%

Forbidden knowledge in New England: scholars learn the universe was never built for human minds.

by H.P. Lovecraft 1963

4.30

30k+ ratings

🪐 Cosmic Horror 👁️ Weird Fiction 📜 Forbidden Knowledge

The Dead Husband

by Carter Wilson • 2021

A widow returns to her childhood home, and her novel risks uncovering a deadly family secret.

3.67

2k+

🏚️ Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense ✍️ Writer Protagonist

The Dead Husband 86%

A widow returns to her childhood home, and her novel risks uncovering a deadly family secret.

by Carter Wilson 2021

3.67

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense ✍️ Writer Protagonist

Jonathan Edwards

by George M. Marsden • 2003

He felt God in a thunderstorm, wrote a sermon about a dangling spider, and was fired by his church.

4.34

2k+

🏛️ Religious Biography 🏹 Colonial America 🧠 Intellectual Biography

Jonathan Edwards 86%

He felt God in a thunderstorm, wrote a sermon about a dangling spider, and was fired by his church.

by George M. Marsden 2003

4.34

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Religious Biography 🏹 Colonial America 🧠 Intellectual Biography

Why Read Moby-Dick?

by Nathaniel Philbrick • 2010

The whale is America: a historian on why Moby-Dick is the novel our present moment demands.

3.78

5k+

🇺🇸 American Literature 🎭 Tragic Obsession 🔍 Literary Analysis

Why Read Moby-Dick? 86%

The whale is America: a historian on why Moby-Dick is the novel our present moment demands.

by Nathaniel Philbrick 2010

3.78

5k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Literature 🎭 Tragic Obsession 🔍 Literary Analysis

A Gathering of Days

by Joan W. Blos • 1979

What a farm girl's 1830 journal holds: a hidden fugitive, a lost friend, a family remade.

3.52

9k+

📓 Diary Format 🌾 Farm Life 🕊️ Underground Railroad

A Gathering of Days 86%

What a farm girl's 1830 journal holds: a hidden fugitive, a lost friend, a family remade.

by Joan W. Blos 1979

3.52

9k+ ratings

📓 Diary Format 🌾 Farm Life 🕊️ Underground Railroad

Walt Whitman

by Justin Kaplan • 1980

A failed journalist shattered poetry's rules, then spent the Civil War comforting dying soldiers.

3.94

326

📚 Literary Biography 📜 American Poetry 🎩 19th Century America

Walt Whitman 86%

A failed journalist shattered poetry's rules, then spent the Civil War comforting dying soldiers.

by Justin Kaplan 1980

3.94

326 ratings

📚 Literary Biography 📜 American Poetry 🎩 19th Century America

Damnation

by Katelyn Taylor • 2025

A Salem landowner's forbidden affair with a beggar healer is swallowed whole by the witch trials.

3.90

1k+

🧹 Salem Witch Trials 💔 Forbidden Love 🤰 Secret Pregnancy

Damnation 86%

A Salem landowner's forbidden affair with a beggar healer is swallowed whole by the witch trials.

by Katelyn Taylor 2025

3.90

1k+ ratings

🧹 Salem Witch Trials 💔 Forbidden Love 🤰 Secret Pregnancy

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

by Shirley Jackson • 1962

After arsenic killed their family, two sisters guard their decaying mansion with spells and silence.

3.91

303k+

🏚️ American Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator

We Have Always Lived in the Castle Summary

We Have Always Lived in the Castle 86%

After arsenic killed their family, two sisters guard their decaying mansion with spells and silence.

by Shirley Jackson 1962

3.91

303k+ ratings

🏚️ American Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator

The Possession of Alba Díaz

by Isabel Cañas • 2025

Alba Díaz's sham engagement saves her from her parents' schemes, until a mine demon possesses her.

3.86

18k+

🕯️ Colonial Gothic 👹 Demonic Possession ⚗️ Alchemical Magic

The Possession of Alba Díaz 86%

Alba Díaz's sham engagement saves her from her parents' schemes, until a mine demon possesses her.

by Isabel Cañas 2025

3.86

18k+ ratings

🕯️ Colonial Gothic 👹 Demonic Possession ⚗️ Alchemical Magic

Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues

by Michael Brandman • 2011

Jesse Stone fights a car-theft ring in Paradise while his L.A. past rides east for revenge.

4.12

13k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👮 Police Procedural 🥃 Haunted Detective

Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues Summary

Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues 86%

Jesse Stone fights a car-theft ring in Paradise while his L.A. past rides east for revenge.

by Michael Brandman 2011

4.12

13k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👮 Police Procedural 🥃 Haunted Detective

Mayflower

by Nathaniel Philbrick • 2006

The first Thanksgiving was followed by a war bloodier per capita than the Civil War.

3.89

47k+

🏛️ Colonial America 📖 Narrative History 🇺🇸 American Origin Stories

Mayflower 86%

The first Thanksgiving was followed by a war bloodier per capita than the Civil War.

by Nathaniel Philbrick 2006

3.89

47k+ ratings

🏛️ Colonial America 📖 Narrative History 🇺🇸 American Origin Stories

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

by Annie Dillard • 1974

A year beside one creek reveals a world where grace and violence are the same water.

4.08

30k+

🍃 Nature Writing 👁️ Ways Of Seeing 🌿 American Transcendentalism

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek 86%

A year beside one creek reveals a world where grace and violence are the same water.

by Annie Dillard 1974

4.08

30k+ ratings

🍃 Nature Writing 👁️ Ways Of Seeing 🌿 American Transcendentalism

The Bakeshop at Pumpkin and Spice

by Donna Kauffman • 2019

A magical bakeshop in Moonbright, Maine, nudges three couples toward love during Halloween season.

3.31

3k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🍪 Magical Baking 🎃 Halloween Season

The Bakeshop at Pumpkin and Spice Summary

The Bakeshop at Pumpkin and Spice 86%

A magical bakeshop in Moonbright, Maine, nudges three couples toward love during Halloween season.

by Donna Kauffman 2019

3.31

3k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🍪 Magical Baking 🎃 Halloween Season

American Supernatural Tales

by S.T. Joshi • 2007

A journey through two centuries of American supernatural fiction: Gothic shadows to cosmic dread.

4.01

1k+

🏚️ American Gothic 🌌 Cosmic Horror 👁️ Weird Fiction

American Supernatural Tales 86%

A journey through two centuries of American supernatural fiction: Gothic shadows to cosmic dread.

by S.T. Joshi 2007

4.01

1k+ ratings

🏚️ American Gothic 🌌 Cosmic Horror 👁️ Weird Fiction

The Land Breakers

by John Ehle • 1964

Mooney Wright and his neighbors stake everything on a wild valley. The mountain always collects.

4.28

2k+

🪓 Frontier Settlement ⛰️ Appalachian Life 🖤 Grieving Widower

The Land Breakers 86%

Mooney Wright and his neighbors stake everything on a wild valley. The mountain always collects.

by John Ehle 1964

4.28

2k+ ratings

🪓 Frontier Settlement ⛰️ Appalachian Life 🖤 Grieving Widower

Mr Beethoven

by Paul Griffiths • 2020

A deaf Beethoven in 1833 Boston composes an oratorio through the hands of a teenage interpreter.

3.64

191

📚 Metafictional Novel 🎵 Classical Music Fiction 🤟 Deaf Protagonist

Mr Beethoven 86%

A deaf Beethoven in 1833 Boston composes an oratorio through the hands of a teenage interpreter.

by Paul Griffiths 2020

3.64

191 ratings

📚 Metafictional Novel 🎵 Classical Music Fiction 🤟 Deaf Protagonist

Laws of Love and Logic

by Debra Curtis • 2026

Raised on saints and science, she loved a wounded boy. One Rhode Island night stole their tomorrow.

3.79

6k+

💘 First Love ⏳ Decades-Spanning Romance 👭 Sister Bond

Laws of Love and Logic 86%

Raised on saints and science, she loved a wounded boy. One Rhode Island night stole their tomorrow.

by Debra Curtis 2026

3.79

6k+ ratings

💘 First Love ⏳ Decades-Spanning Romance 👭 Sister Bond

The Frozen River

by Ariel Lawhon • 2023

1789 Maine: a midwife finds a frozen body. The judge says drowning. She says murder.

4.38

594k+

🤰 Midwife Protagonist 🪶 Early America ⚖️ Corrupt Justice System

The Frozen River 86%

1789 Maine: a midwife finds a frozen body. The judge says drowning. She says murder.

by Ariel Lawhon 2023

4.38

594k+ ratings

🤰 Midwife Protagonist 🪶 Early America ⚖️ Corrupt Justice System

The Things We Never Say

by Elizabeth Strout • 2026

Artie Dam teaches history, hides a devastating secret, and plans his own quiet end.

4.17

47k+

📖 Quiet Literary Fiction 🏠 Domestic Drama 🖤 Hidden Depression

The Things We Never Say 86%

Artie Dam teaches history, hides a devastating secret, and plans his own quiet end.

by Elizabeth Strout 2026

4.17

47k+ ratings

📖 Quiet Literary Fiction 🏠 Domestic Drama 🖤 Hidden Depression

Spells for Forgetting

by Adrienne Young • 2022

After fourteen years, August Salt returns to the island where a girl's drowning whispers his name.

3.85

73k+

🖤 Small Town Gothic 🍂 Folk Magic 💔 Second Chance Romance

Spells for Forgetting 86%

After fourteen years, August Salt returns to the island where a girl's drowning whispers his name.

by Adrienne Young 2022

3.85

73k+ ratings

🖤 Small Town Gothic 🍂 Folk Magic 💔 Second Chance Romance

Walden or, Life in the Woods

by Henry David Thoreau • 1854

He built a cabin for $28 and lived there two years to measure what life requires.

3.77

205k+

🏛️ Transcendentalism 🌲 Nature Writing 🏡 Simple Living

Walden or, Life in the Woods 86%

He built a cabin for $28 and lived there two years to measure what life requires.

by Henry David Thoreau 1854

3.77

205k+ ratings

🏛️ Transcendentalism 🌲 Nature Writing 🏡 Simple Living

The Secret History

by Donna Tartt • 1992

Six classics students at a secluded Vermont college share one secret: they murdered their friend.

4.15

1.1M+

📚 Dark Academia 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator ☠️ Toxic Friendship

The Secret History 86%

Six classics students at a secluded Vermont college share one secret: they murdered their friend.

by Donna Tartt 1992

4.15

1.1M+ ratings

📚 Dark Academia 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator ☠️ Toxic Friendship

The Edge

by David Baldacci • 2023

An ex-Ranger protects a shattered woman while untangling her sister's murder in a small Maine town.

4.33

60k+

🏘️ Small Town Murder 🪖 Military Investigator 🧠 Repressed Memories

The Edge 86%

An ex-Ranger protects a shattered woman while untangling her sister's murder in a small Maine town.

by David Baldacci 2023

4.33

60k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Murder 🪖 Military Investigator 🧠 Repressed Memories

Coram House

by Bailey Seybolt • 2025

A grieving writer unearths an orphanage's dark past, then the lake surfaces a body.

3.63

5k+

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏚️ Orphanage Secrets 🏛️ Institutional Abuse

Coram House 86%

A grieving writer unearths an orphanage's dark past, then the lake surfaces a body.

by Bailey Seybolt 2025

3.63

5k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏚️ Orphanage Secrets 🏛️ Institutional Abuse

Stoner

by John Williams • 1965

William Stoner turns from the soil to the sonnet, and a quiet, unremarkable life begins.

4.36

260k+

📚 Campus Novel 🖋️ Quiet Life Portrait 💔 Unhappy Marriage

Stoner 86%

William Stoner turns from the soil to the sonnet, and a quiet, unremarkable life begins.

by John Williams 1965

4.36

260k+ ratings

📚 Campus Novel 🖋️ Quiet Life Portrait 💔 Unhappy Marriage

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