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Mia Dalia Author Of Estate Sale

From Mia's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Mia Dalia Why Mia loves this book

Most people are familiar with Lindqvist through Let the Right One In, which has become a rather iconic modern vampire story, adapted for screen, time and again. But there's so much more to him; the man has had a stellar, prolific writing career. More so in his native country, but still.
Moreover and most importantly, he's actually very, very good.
As far as I now, this is his only collection, and what a wonderful collection it is. Story after story envelops you in dark strangeness. The deceptively simple language draws you right in. The plots twist and turn in wild directions, and the protagonists strum through all your emotional strings.
In other words, excellent!
Lindqvist has a gift for the dark uncanny. It might be too subtle for genre fans who look for gore and guts in their reading, but anyone who appreciates literary nightmares of subtlety and refined quality…

By John Ajvide Lindqvist , Ebba Segerberg (translator) ,

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2 authors picked Let the Old Dreams Die as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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A classic short story collection from the writer called Sweden's Stephen King that continues the breathtaking story begun in the internationally acclaimed classic Let the Right One In

Because of the two superb films made of John Ajvide Lindqvist's vampire masterpiece Let the Right One In, millions of people around the world know the story of Oskar and Eli and of their final escape from Blackeberg at the end of the novel. Now at last, in "Let the Old Dreams Die," the title story in this absolutely stunning collection, we get a glimpse of what happened next to the pair.…


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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

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Mia Dalia Author Of Estate Sale

From Mia's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Mia Dalia Why Mia loves this book

From beautiful scenery to strikingly engaging writing, this slow burning descent into madness is a thing of beauty. A modern classing of haunting-themed literature. A hauntingly good book. It will haunt you! Choose one but all apply. Recommended.

By Jennifer Thorne ,

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3 authors picked Diavola as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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Anna has two rules for the annual Pace family destination vacations: Tread lightly and survive.

It isn't easy when she's the only one in the family who doesn't quite fit in. Her twin brother, Benny, goes with the flow so much he's practically dissolved, and her older sister, Nicole, is so used to everyone - including her blandly docile husband and two kids - falling in line that Anna often ends up in trouble for simply asking a question. Mum seizes every opportunity to question her life choices, and Dad, when not reminding everyone who paid for this vacation, just…


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