{"product_id":"japanese-gothic-a-folk-horror-dual-timeline-novel-of-ghosts-hauntings-and-redemption","title":"Japanese Gothic: A Folk Horror Dual-Timeline Novel of Ghosts, Hauntings and Redemption","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\"\u003e\n \u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n   \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e Bestseller\n    \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e Most Anticipated Book for 2026\n    \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e Most Anticipated Books of 2026\n    \u003cbr\u003eGoodreads Readers' Most Anticipated Books of 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e\n   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBook Riot \"Our Most Anticipated Books of 2026\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e\n   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom the critically acclaimed, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eUSA TODAY \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ebestselling, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTop 100, Shirley Jackson Award–winning author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e Hell to Pay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, a lyrical, wildly inventive horror novel interwoven with Japanese mythology, following two people living centuries apart who discover a door between their worlds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e\n   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOctober, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: Lee Turner doesn’t remember how or why he killed his college roommate. 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