Recommendations based on A House at the Bottom of a Lakeby Josh Malerman

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  1. Bird Box

    by Josh Malerman
    A family's fight for survival in a post-apocalyptic world, where creatures lurk in the shadows.

    Something is out there, something terrifying that must not be seen. One glimpse of it, and a person is driven to deadly violence. No one knows what it is or where it came from. Five years after it ... (Goodreads)

  2. Bird Box

    by Josh Malerman
    A mother and her two children navigate a post-apocalyptic world where seeing mysterious creatures can drive people to madness and death.

    Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780062259653 Something is out there, something terrifying that must not be seen. One glimpse of it, and a person is driven to deadly violence. No one knows what it is ... (Goodreads)

  3. Just One Day

    by Gayle Forman
    A young girl's story of self-discovery through a journey across Europe.

    A breathtaking journey toward self-discovery and true love, from the author of If I Stay. When sheltered American good girl Allyson "LuLu" Healey first meets laid-back Dutch actor Willem De Ruiter at ... (Goodreads)

  4. Night Shift

    by Stephen King
    Collection of horror stories exploring the darker side of human nature.

    "You will encounter all manner of night creatures", warns the author of this book. "None of them are real. The thing under my bed isn't real. I know that, and I also know that if I'm careful to keep ... (Goodreads)

  5. Black Butler, Vol. 4

    by Yana Toboso
    The demon butler, Sebastian, and his young master, Ciel, solve mysteries and crimes in Victorian England.

    London - the capital of the Great Empire - is once again under siege, as a string of bizarre attacks on British citizens returned from India sends rumours flying and casts a pall upon Queen ... (Barnes & Noble)

  6. Let the Sky Fall

    by Shannon Messenger
    A young girl with the power to control the wind must protect her people from an ancient evil.

    A broken past and a divided future can’t stop the electric connection of two teens in this epic series opener from the author of the, New York Times, and, USA TODAY, bestselling Keeper of the Lost ... (Barnes & Noble)

  7. The Bungalow

    by Sarah Jio
    A young nurse falls in love with a soldier during World War II, but their romance is cut short. Years later, she returns to the island where they met and uncovers secrets from the past.

    A sweeping World War II saga of thwarted love, murder, and a long-lost painting. In the summer of 1942, twenty-one-year-old Anne Calloway, newly engaged, sets off to serve in the Army Nurse Corps on ... (Goodreads)

  8. Everybody Sees the Ants

    by A.S. King
    Lucky Linderman escapes his troubled life through vivid dreams where he searches for his missing grandfather in Laos.

    Lucky Linderman didn't ask for his life. He didn't ask his grandfather not to come home from the Vietnam War. He didn't ask for a father who never got over it. He didn't ask for a mother who keeps ... (Goodreads)

  9. Wildflower Hill

    by Kimberley Freeman
    A woman uncovers her grandmother's past in Tasmania, discovering secrets and a family legacy.

    Forced to take her life in a new direction when an injury ends her ballet career, Emma returns to her home in Australia and learns that she has inherited an isolated sheep station from a late ... (Goodreads)

  10. Just One Year

    by Gayle Forman
    A young man travels the world in search of the girl he fell in love with during a brief encounter.

    Just One Day. Just One Year. Just One Read.,Before you find out how their story ends, remember how it began.... When he opens his eyes, Willem doesn’t know where in the world he is—Prague or ... (Goodreads)

  11. How to Hang a Witch

    by Adriana Mather
    A teenage girl moves to Salem and discovers she is a descendant of a Salem witch trial judge, leading to a haunting mystery.

    It's the Salem Witch Trials meets, Mean Girls, in a debut novel from one of the descendants of Cotton Mather, where the trials of high school start to feel like a modern day witch hunt for a teen ... (Goodreads)

  12. The Smell of Other People's Houses

    by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
    Four teenagers in Alaska navigate love, loss, and family in the 1970s. Their stories intertwine in unexpected ways.

    In Alaska, 1970, being a teenager here isn’t like being a teenager anywhere else. Ruth has a secret that she can’t hide forever. Dora wonders if she can ever truly escape where she comes from, even ... (Goodreads)

  13. Blackberry Winter

    by Sarah Jio
    A mother's disappearance during a late-season snowstorm in Seattle leads to a journalist's investigation and a heart-wrenching discovery.

    In 2011, Sarah Jio burst onto the fiction scene with two sensational novels– The Violets of March and The Bungalow . With Blackberry Winter --taking its title from a late-season, cold-weather ... (Goodreads)

  14. The World of Divergent: The Path to Allegiant

    by Veronica Roth
    A guide to the world of Divergent, including exclusive scenes, character profiles, and insider information on the making of the series.

    A future dystopian Chicago has a society that defines its citizens by strict conformity to their social and personality-related affiliations with five different factions . That removes the threat of ... (Wikipedia)

  15. Dexter By Design

    by Jeff Lindsay
    Dexter Morgan, blood spatter analyst and serial killer, is back to solve a series of gruesome murders in Miami's art world.

    After the events of the previous book , Dexter Morgan is eager to resume his hobby of stalking violent criminals, but first, he must endure a honeymoon in Paris with his unsuspecting wife, Rita . At ... (Wikipedia)

  16. The Girl Who Came Home

    by Hazel Gaynor
    A group of Irish emigrants board the Titanic, and one young woman's life is forever changed by the tragedy.

    A voyage across the ocean becomes the odyssey of a lifetime for a young Irish woman. . . . Ireland, 1912 . . . Fourteen members of a small village set sail on RMS Titanic , hoping to find a better ... (Goodreads)

  17. Bonfire

    by Krysten Ritter
    A successful lawyer returns to her hometown to investigate a company's environmental practices, uncovering dark secrets and facing her own past.

    Should you ever go back? It has been ten years since Abby Williams left home and scrubbed away all visible evidence of her small town roots. Now working as an environmental lawyer in Chicago, she has ... (Goodreads)

  18. Just One Night

    by Gayle Forman
    A whirlwind romance between two strangers in Paris leads to a night of adventure and self-discovery.

    After spending one life-changing day in Paris with laid-back Dutch actor Willem De Ruiter, sheltered American good girl Allyson “Lulu” Healey discovered her new lover had disappeared without a trace. ... (Goodreads)

  19. Where They Found Her

    by Kimberly McCreight
    A small town is rocked by the discovery of a dead newborn, and three women's lives become intertwined in the investigation.

    An idyllic suburban town. A devastating discovery. Shocking revelations that will change three lives forever., At the end of a long winter in well-to-do Ridgedale, New Jersey, the body of a newborn ... (Barnes & Noble)

  20. Orange: The Complete Collection, Volume 1

    by Ichigo Takano
    A coming of age story that follows a group of friends as they grow and develop alongside one another.

    EISNER-NOMINATED SERIES A Plea From the Future On the day that Naho begins 11th grade, she recieves a letter from herself ten years in the future. At first, she writes it off as a prank, but as the ... (Barnes & Noble)

  21. Ginny Moon

    by Benjamin Ludwig
    A young autistic girl's quest to be reunited with her birth mother.

    Meet Ginny. She’s fourteen, autistic, and has a heart-breaking secret… Ginny Moon is trying to make sense of a world that just doesn’t seem to add up…. After years in foster care, Ginny is in her ... (Goodreads)

  22. The Emerald Atlas

    by John Stephens
    Three siblings embark on a quest to discover their family history and save their kingdom.

    Kate, Emma, and Michael are siblings shifted from one orphanage to another over their lifetimes. Kate, the eldest, remembers that, ten years ago on Christmas Eve, her mother had made her promise to ... (Wikipedia)

  23. Fire Bringer

    by David Clement-Davies
    A young deer named Rann battles against an evil prophecy that threatens to destroy his herd and the entire forest.

    Fire Bringer is the story of Rannoch, a red deer born in 13th-century Scotland . Rannoch is born with a white mark on his forehead resembling an oak leaf, the symbol of the deer god, Herne. To the ... (Wikipedia)

  24. Sweet Tooth, Volume 1: Out of the Deep Woods

    by Jeff Lemire
    A supernatural drama about a young girl who can control plants and her mysterious allies.

    Gus, a young boy with deer features, lives a quiet life deep in the woods with his father. He learns many things, from medical care to religious prophecy. Though he loves his religious father, he ... (Wikipedia)

  25. Skeleton Crew

    by Stephen King
    Collection of short stories that explore horror and the supernatural.

    From the Flap: The Master at his scarifying best! From heart-pounding terror to the eeriest of whimsy–tales from the outer limits of one of the greatest imaginations of our time! Evil that breathes ... (Goodreads)

  26. Books of Blood, Volume Two

    by Clive Barker
    A collection of horror stories that explore the darkest corners of the human psyche, blurring the lines between reality and nightmare.

    Alternate Cover Edition of ISBN 9780425087398 To a surgeon, cutting into the human body is an art. Muscle and flesh are his canvas, the scalpel his tool. He studies the composition of the organs – ... (Goodreads)

  27. Dexter Is Delicious

    by Jeff Lindsay
    A journey of dark comic adventure as a serial killer searches for his missing sister.

    Nine months after the previous book , Dexter and Rita 's daughter Lily is born. The birth brings remarkable changes in Dexter; apart from feeling genuine love and emotions for the first time, he also ... (Wikipedia)

  28. Nana, Vol. 1

    by Ai Yazawa
    A young woman's rise to fame and her struggles to find balance between her career and personal life.

    A chance meeting on a train to Tokyo sends two girls named Nana on a collision course with destiny! Nana "Hachi" Komatsu hopes that moving to Tokyo will help her make a clean start and leave her ... (Goodreads)

  29. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

    by Michelle Hodkin
    After a tragic accident, Mara Dyer wakes up with no memory of the event. Strange things start happening around her, leading her to question her sanity.

    Mara Dyer doesn’t know if she is crazy or haunted—all she knows is that everyone around her is dying in this suspenseful and “strong, inventive tale” ( Kirkus Reviews) . Mara Dyer doesn’t think life ... (Barnes & Noble)

  30. The Book of the Unnamed Midwife

    by Meg Elison
    In a post-apocalyptic world, a midwife embarks on a dangerous mission to save the human race.

    When she fell asleep, the world was doomed. When she awoke, it was dead. In the wake of a fever that decimated the earth’s population—killing women and children and making childbirth deadly for the ... (Goodreads)