Books like The rim of morning by William Sloane

A brilliant scientist invents a serum that grants invisibility, but the experiment turns him into a paranoid, murderous figure.

Shirley Jackson’s classic psychological horror, *The Haunting of Hill House*, follows a lonely woman drawn into an abandoned mansion whose malevolent presence ultimately consumes her.

A sweeping saga of Psychohistory, the rise and fall of a Galactic Empire, and the heroic efforts of a small planet's scholars to preserve humanity’s future.

Inspector Tyador Borlú journeys from Besźel to Ul Qoma to investigate the murder of a woman, navigating two distinct cities that both share one physical space yet have separate identities.

In a future where people can "jaunte" a thousand miles with a thought, the wealthy fortify labyrinths and hire radioactive hitmen—while an inarticulate outcast becomes the most dangerous figure in the galaxy.

David Wong’s hilarious horror sequel, *This Book Is Full of Spiders*, follows his midwestern slackers David and John as they tackle a universe‑spanning threat while blending absurd comedy with apocalyptic stakes.

Stephen King’s thriller follows 12‑year‑old Luke Ellis after he is kidnapped and taken to The Institute, a secret facility that harvests children’s supernatural powers.

Daniel Carter, a former homicide detective turned private investigator in Providence, inherits a bookstore and its eccentric owner, Emily Lovecraft, last descendant of H.P. Lovecraft, and is drawn into a mystery where reality and Lovecraftian terror collide.

Horst Cabal, a charming vampire resurrected by occult forces, must ally with his sarcastic necromancer brother to stop a monstrous conspiracy building a supernatural homeland.

A chilling Irish tale where two fishermen uncover a ruined house and a diary that hints at an evils beyond mortal comprehension, blending supernatural horror with visionary unsettling dread.

Grace St. John, a manuscript scholar, discovers a link to a lost Celtic treasure guarded by the Knights of the Templar. To stop a ruthless killer and protect the secret, she must travel to 14th‑century Scotland and ally with a fierce Templar knight.

A California rancher discovers his remote cottage hides a time‑warp tunnel that leads to 1963 New York, where a ruthless future weapon is hunting him to protect its secret.

In the final book of the Black Tide Rising trilogy, the Wolf Squadron and the remaining U.S. Navy fight to reclaim the mainland from a zombie apocalypse, while the leader’s teenage daughters hold the key to humanity’s rebirth.

In the second book of Mira Grant’s Parasitology Series, SymboGen‐engineered tapeworms meant to cure disease backfire, turning hosts into a ravenous horde. Sal and her team race to uncover the parasite’s purpose and stop the spread.

"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling last words left by a man who had everything to live for but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, FBI agent Jane Hawk, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people seemingly happy and sound of mind, have recently been committing suicide in surprising numbers. A disturbing pattern is beginning to emerge. Jane is determined to give up everything to find out why. And if that means going rogue and becoming America's Most Wanted, then so be it. Those arrayed against her are legion, and devoted to protecting something profoundly important-or terrifying-enough to exterminate any and all in their way. But Jane is as clever as these enemies are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthless. And she is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.

During World War II, a wounded naval gunner, Dominic Lancaster, and his partially deaf sister Octavia are sent to a neglected country estate where sinister voices and ancient evil threaten their lives.

When a renowned Federation scientist dies, his son auctions iconic inventions—including a photon pulse cannon—drawing interest from all galactic powers. Amid a Ferengi kidnapping, Captain Picard races to protect the Enterprise and the Federation from a devastating weapon.

When Pandora Crumbe becomes orphaned, she is taken under the wing of Lady Mariana Morningquest and learns to navigate family, secrets, and shifting landscapes from rural England to 1960s London, a Northern University, and communist Prague.