Beat the Backlist 2021 - hosted by austinedecker

WTF plot twist
 those twists that make you wonder WTF, whether it’s in a good way… or bad 
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson

5 hours, 32 minutes • first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious medium-paced
The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

The Library at Mount Char

Scott Hawkins

390 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror dark mysterious medium-paced
Spectacle: A Historical Thriller in 19th Century Paris by Jodie Lynn Zdrok

Spectacle: A Historical Thriller in 19th Century Paris

Spectacle #1

Jodie Lynn Zdrok

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction mystery young adult dark mysterious slow-paced
The Girl in the Mirror by Rose Carlyle

The Girl in the Mirror

Rose Carlyle

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman

I Was Born for This

I Was Born for This #1

Alice Oseman

395 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
Survive the Night by Riley Sager

Survive the Night

Riley Sager

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji

The Decagon House Murders

Yukito Ayatsuji

288 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction mystery dark mysterious medium-paced
Passing by Nella Larsen

Passing

Nella Larsen

122 pages • first pub 1929 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional reflective tense medium-paced
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

Home Before Dark

Riley Sager

384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction horror mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Kinder des Nebels by Brandon Sanderson

Kinder des Nebels

Mistborn #1

Brandon Sanderson

896 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced