Why read All the Dead Lie Down?

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The Haunting of Bly Manor meets House of Salt and Sorrows in award-winning author Kyrie McCauley’s contemporary YA gothic romance about a dark family lineage, the ghosts of grief, and the lines we’ll cross for love.

The Sleeping House was very much awake . . .

Days after a tragedy…

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Why read it?

2 authors picked All the Dead Lie Down as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Katie Marie

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I picked up this book when my partner and I went to visit the British Library in London as part of our 10-year anniversary long weekend.

We went back to the hotel after the visit and I decided while we were relaxing before heading out to dinner and the theatre (something I was very much looking forward to) to pick up the book and read a few pages. Well, next thing I know is he’s shaking my shoulder telling me I might want to start getting ready as we were supposed to be leaving in a few minutes.

I disappeared…

From Katie's 3 favorite reads in 2023.

Erica Waters

Author

All the Dead Lie Down is queer gothic perfection. It is just the right amount of scary, with luscious writing and a completely immersive atmosphere. I savored every word from start to finish.

It’s the kind of book that wraps you up in a spell and leaves you a little bit changed afterwards. As a reader, I loved it— and as a writer, I was deeply jealous that I’m not the one who wrote it.

From Erica's 3 favorite reads in 2023.