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Books like American elsewhere
A surreal, gothic descent into a deceptively perfect small town where family secrets and paranormal mysteries lurk behind every picket fence. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with American elsewhere.
- unsettling
- surreal
- mysterious
- creepy
- 01
City of miracles
Robert Jackson Bennett
A relentless, grief-fueled revenge thriller wrapped in the dying magic of a broken world.
- 02
City of Stairs
Robert Jackson Bennett
A gritty, geopolitical spy thriller wrapped in the surreal ruins of a city where dead gods still cast long shadows.
- 03
How to Sell a Haunted House
Grady Hendrix
A darkly funny, puppet-infested nightmare about the horrors of real estate, grief, and the siblings you can't escape.
- 04
The Book of Accidents
Chuck Wendig
A dread-soaked supernatural thriller where a family's fierce love is their only defense against the hungry, haunting traumas of their past.
- 05
The Last House on Needless Street
Catriona Ward
A claustrophobic, deeply unsettling puzzle box that slowly shatters your assumptions to reveal a devastating core of human trauma.
- 06
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina
Zoraida Cordova
A lush, magical family saga where ancestral secrets and inherited powers bloom into a desperate fight for survival.
- 07
Wayward
Blake Crouch
A suffocating, relentless thriller where the terror of being watched is only eclipsed by the horror of what lies beyond the walls.
- 08
The Hunting Wives
May Cobb
A sultry, tequila-soaked descent into suburban obsession and toxic female friendship.
- 09
The Expats
Chris Pavone
A sleek, paranoid thriller that peels back the manicured facade of European expat life to reveal a labyrinth of marital secrets.
- 10
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Alix E. Harrow
A lush, defiant love letter to the magic of storytelling and the hidden thresholds that lead us to where we belong.
- 11
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
Robin Sloan
A cozy, puzzle-box adventure that bridges the dusty magic of ancient books with the gleaming optimism of modern technology.
- 12
All the Crooked Saints
Maggie Stiefvater
A dusty, sun-drenched fable about an eccentric family whose miracles manifest as physical embodiments of inner darkness.
