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A beautifully eerie and nostalgic celebration of autumn, family, and the bittersweet feeling of being the only ordinary person in a room full of magic. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Homecoming.
- autumnal
- spooky-cozy
- bittersweet
- festive
- 01
The October Country
Ray Bradbury
A poetic descent into the shadows of autumn, where everyday fears are transformed into beautiful, lingering nightmares.
- 02
The Halloween Tree
Ray Bradbury
A breathless, wind-swept ride through the history of shadows, wrapped in the crisp, woodsmoke-scented nostalgia of childhood autumns.
- 03
The veldt
Ray D Bradbury
A chilling descent into domestic horror where the ultimate luxury becomes the ultimate trap.
- 04
The fall
Guillermo del Toro
A relentless, cinematic plunge into a world being rapidly consumed by a monstrous plague.
- 05
20th Century Ghosts
Joe Hill · 2007
A masterful blend of nostalgic Americana and creeping dread that finds the monstrous in the mundane and the heartbreaking in the horrific.
- 06
Just Like Home
Sarah Gailey
A claustrophobic, dread-soaked exploration of the terrifying, unconditional love between a daughter and her monster.
- 07
Live Girls
Ray Garton
A feverish descent into a neon-lit nightmare where pleasure and damnation are indistinguishable.
- 08
Summer of night
Dan Simmons · 1995
A sun-drenched, dread-soaked descent into the terrifying end of childhood innocence.
- 09
The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman
A spooky, tender coming-of-age tale wrapped in graveyard mist and the bittersweet ache of growing up.
- 10
The Lesser Dead
Christopher Buehlman
A gritty, unapologetic plunge into the grimy, nocturnal underworld of 1970s New York, where even the monsters have something to fear.
- 11
Coraline
Neil Gaiman
A dark, modern fairy tale that wraps you in a creeping, button-eyed dread before handing you the courage to face the dark.
- 12
'Salem’s Lot
Stephen King
A creeping, autumnal nightmare that slowly drains the life from a quintessential American small town.
