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1. 1Summer of night

   Summer of night

   Dan Simmons

   Like It, this expansive horror novel follows a close-knit group of children confronting an ancient evil in a small town, blending summer nostalgia with escalating terror.

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2. 2Black Mouth

   Black Mouth

   Ronald Malfi

   Like It, it reunites adults scarred by a shared childhood encounter with evil, drawing them back to their hometown to confront the horror they never escaped.

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3. 3Boy's life

   Boy's life

   Robert R. McCammon

   Like It, it immerses readers in a boy's small-town world of friendship, cruelty and uncanny danger, balancing a dark mystery with the wonder and grief of growing up.

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4. 4December Park

   December Park

   Ronald Damien Malfi

   Like It, it follows teenage friends investigating disappearances in their town, combining immersive coming-of-age storytelling with creeping dread and hidden violence.

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5. 5Ghoul

   Ghoul

   Brian Keene

   Like It, it pits childhood friends against a lurking small-town monster while exposing the abuse and adult cruelty that make ordinary life equally frightening.

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6. 6The Chalk Man

   The Chalk Man

   C. J. Tudor

   Like It, it moves between childhood friendships and their troubled adult aftermath, uncovering gruesome events and long-buried secrets in a seemingly ordinary town.

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7. 7Children of the Dark

   Children of the Dark

   Jonathan Janz

   Like It, it combines youthful friendship, bullying and small-town life with monstrous danger, making the bonds between vulnerable young people central to its horror.

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8. 8Something Wicked This Way Comes

   Something Wicked This Way Comes

   Ray Bradbury

   Like It, it pits close-knit young friends against an ancient evil in a small town, blending childhood wonder, intimate fears, and the sinister underside of ordinary life.

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9. 9Floating dragon

   Floating dragon

   Peter Straub

   Like It, this sprawling supernatural novel follows an ensemble confronting a recurring evil that feeds on a town's history, with escalating horrors and deeply rooted personal trauma.

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