19 must-read fiction books like American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett

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American Elsewhere

By: Robert Jackson Bennett

3.85

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

Some places are too good to be true. Under a pink moon, there is a perfect little town not found on…

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1. The Gone World

By: Tom Sweterlitsch

3.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Inception meets True Detective in this science-fiction thriller of spellbinding tension and stagger… read more

Similar categories in Tom Sweterlitsch's The Gone World book and Robert Jackson Bennett's American Elsewhere

  • mystery
  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
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2. The Rim of Morning: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror

By: Stephen King , William Sloane

3.71

Format: None pages, Paperback

In the 1930s, William Sloane wrote two brilliant novels that gave a whole new meaning to cosmic hor… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's The Rim of Morning: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror book and Robert Jackson Bennett's American Elsewhere

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
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3. American Elsewhere

By: Robert Jackson Bennett

3.85

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

Some places are too good to be true. Under a pink moon, there is a perfect little town not found on… read more

Similar categories in Robert Jackson Bennett's American Elsewhere book and Robert Jackson Bennett's American Elsewhere

  • urban fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • science fiction
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4. The Croning

By: Laird Barron

3.73

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

Strange things exist on the periphery of our existence, haunting us from the darkness looming beyon… read more

Similar categories in Laird Barron's The Croning book and Robert Jackson Bennett's American Elsewhere

  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • fiction
  • horror
"The cold impassive stars didn't bother him so much as the gaps between them did."

-Laird Barron, The Croning

"Ramirez walked ahead with a torch he'd fashioned from a stick and some rags and by that queer and reddish light, devils, or the shadows of devils hooked to the shoes of the men and capered across the…"

-Laird Barron, The Croning

"They would, according to his experience of their traditions, suspect he was a demon, or demon-inhabited. Considering the volume of alcohol saturating his liver, that ancient gateway of spirits, of co…"

-Laird Barron, The Croning

"The light in the gallery changed subtly and he whirled and saw someone approaching him from between the exhibit cases. The individual moved with alarming speed, bent low to the floor, but straighteni…"

-Laird Barron, The Croning

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5. In the Valley of the Sun

By: Andy Davidson

4.23

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Joe Hill, Cormac McCarthy, and classic Anne Rice, a chilling tale of suspense and ho… read more

Similar categories in Andy Davidson's In the Valley of the Sun book and Robert Jackson Bennett's American Elsewhere

  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • fiction
  • horror
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6. The Fisherman

By: John Langan

3.91

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman's Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reser… read more

Similar categories in John Langan's The Fisherman book and Robert Jackson Bennett's American Elsewhere

  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"You can make an oyster surrender its pearl,"

-John Langan, The Fisherman

"Have you ever been so scared of something you move toward it, try to touch it, that kind of thing?"

-John Langan, The Fisherman

7. The Library at Mount Char

By: Scott Hawkins

3.44

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

A missing God. A library with the secrets to the universe. A woman too busy to notice her heart sl… read more

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8. Tomorrow and Tomorrow

By: Tom Sweterlitsch

2.65

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

A decade has passed since the city of Pittsburgh was reduced to ash. While the rest of the world ha… read more

Similar categories in Tom Sweterlitsch's Tomorrow and Tomorrow book and Robert Jackson Bennett's American Elsewhere

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9. Those Across the River

By: Christopher Buehlman

3.71

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

Failed academic Frank Nichols and his wife, Eudora, have arrived in the sleepy Georgia town of Whit… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Buehlman's Those Across the River book and Robert Jackson Bennett's American Elsewhere

  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • mystery
  • horror
  • fantasy
"Violence like that is private, don't you think?"

-Christopher Buehlman, Those Across the River

"That was a mean thought, and not funny at all. I let it turn to sand and blow out of my head."

-Christopher Buehlman, Those Across the River

"I mostly drink clear booze because the rest of it looks it's already been through a gentleman."

-Christopher Buehlman, Those Across the River

"But when I make a good [taxidermy] mount I feel like I beat God in a small way. As though the Almighty said, Let such critter be dead, and I said, 'Fuck You, he can still play the banjo."

-Christopher Buehlman, Those Across the River

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10. Boys in the Valley

By: Philip Fracassi

4.18

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

St. Vincent's Orphanage for Boys. Turn of the century, in a remote valley in Pennsylvania. Her… read more

Similar categories in Philip Fracassi's Boys in the Valley book and Robert Jackson Bennett's American Elsewhere

  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • fiction
  • horror
" there is light all around me. There is light inside me. "

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"The sky is the color of stone, flat and hard in appearance, but brittle, as if it would crack like an eggshell - revealing black seams of the universe beyond - if struck hard enough. ."

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"We didn't hit it off like many others in similar situations....Instead, he and I sort of gravitated around each other, either friends nor foes, like the moons of a planet we had no interest in observ…"

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

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11. All the Fiends of Hell

By: Adam L.G. Nevill

4.01

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

The red night of bells heralds global catastrophe. Annihilation on a biblical scale. Seeing the mor… read more

Similar categories in Adam L.G. Nevill's All the Fiends of Hell book and Robert Jackson Bennett's American Elsewhere

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
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12. Episode Thirteen

By: Craig DiLouie

3.53

Format: 437 pages, Paperback

From the macabre mind of Bram Stoker Award nominated author Craig DiLouie, Episode Thirteen is a he… read more

Similar categories in Craig DiLouie's Episode Thirteen book and Robert Jackson Bennett's American Elsewhere

  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • mystery
  • horror
  • fantasy
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13. Black River Orchard

By: Chuck Wendig

4.13

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

A small town is transformed by dark magic when a strange tree begins bearing magical apples in this… read more

Similar categories in Chuck Wendig's Black River Orchard book and Robert Jackson Bennett's American Elsewhere

  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • fiction
Cover of A Child Alone With Strangers by Philip Fracassi

14. A Child Alone With Strangers

By: Philip Fracassi

4.28

Format: 575 pages, Hardcover

When the young Henry Thorne is kidnapped and held prisoner in a remote farmhouse surrounded by mile… read more

Similar categories in Philip Fracassi's A Child Alone With Strangers book and Robert Jackson Bennett's American Elsewhere

  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • mystery
  • horror
  • fantasy
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15. The Strange

By: Nathan Ballingrud

3.83

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

1931, New Galveston , Mars: Fourteen-year-old Anabelle Crisp sets off through the wastelands of the… read more

Similar categories in Nathan Ballingrud's The Strange book and Robert Jackson Bennett's American Elsewhere

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Small Town Horror by Ronald Malfi

16. Small Town Horror

By: Ronald Malfi

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Five childhood friends are forced to confront their own dark past as well as the curse placed upon … read more

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's Small Town Horror book and Robert Jackson Bennett's American Elsewhere

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian

17. Red Rabbit

By: Alex Grecian

4.18

Format: 455 pages, Hardcover

A folk horror epic about a ragtag posse that must track down a witch through a wild west beset by d… read more

Similar categories in Alex Grecian's Red Rabbit book and Robert Jackson Bennett's American Elsewhere

  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1) by L.M. Sagas

18. Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1)

By: L.M. Sagas

3.92

Format: 407 pages, Paperback

L. M. Sagas' debut, Cascade Failure, is a highly commercial, sci-fi adventure blending J. S. Dewes'… read more

Similar categories in L.M. Sagas's Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1) book and Robert Jackson Bennett's American Elsewhere

  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Briardark (Briardark, #1) by S.A. Harian

19. Briardark (Briardark, #1)

By: S.A. Harian

3.80

Format: 362 pages, Paperback

Survival and cosmic horror collide in this new series, perfect for fans of LOST and House of Leaves… read more

Similar categories in S.A. Harian's Briardark (Briardark, #1) book and Robert Jackson Bennett's American Elsewhere

  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • mystery
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
Cover of Escape Velocity by Victor Manibo

20. Escape Velocity

By: Victor Manibo

3.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Space Habitat Altaire is the premier luxury resort in low Earth orbit, playground of the privileged… read more

Similar categories in Victor Manibo's Escape Velocity book and Robert Jackson Bennett's American Elsewhere

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • science fiction
Cover of The Marigold by Andrew F. Sullivan

21. The Marigold

By: Andrew F. Sullivan

3.32

Format: 360 pages, ebook

An alternate cover of this ISBN can be found here. In a near-future Toronto buffeted by environm… read more

Similar categories in Andrew F. Sullivan's The Marigold book and Robert Jackson Bennett's American Elsewhere

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror

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Robert Jackson Bennett

3.85

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3.73

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4.23

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3.91

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3.89

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3.85

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