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Justin Cronin (born 1962) is an American author. He has written six novels: Mary and O'Neil, The Ferryman, and The Summer Guest, as well as a vampire trilogy consisting of The Passage, The Twelve and The City of Mirrors. He has won the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel, the Stephen Crane Prize, and a Whiting Award. Born and raised in New England, Cronin is a graduate of Harvard University and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He taught creative writing and was the "Author in-residence" at La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1992 to 2003. He is a former professor of English at Rice University, and he lives with his wife and children in Houston, Texas. In July 2017, Variety reported that Fox 2000 had bought the screen rights to Cronin's vampire trilogy. The first book of the series, The Passage, was released in June 2010. It garnered mainly favorable reviews. The book has been adapted by Fox into a television series, with Cronin credited as a co-producer. Bibliography A Short History of the Long Ball (1990) Mary and O'Neil (2001) – Winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award and The Stephen Crane Prize from Book of the Month Club The Summer Guest (2004) The Passage (2010) (Book 1 of The Passage Trilogy) The Twelve (2012) (Book 2 of The Passage Trilogy) The City of Mirrors (2016) (Book 3 of The Passage Trilogy) The Ferryman (2023) References External links Profile at The Whiting Foundation An Interview with Justin Cronin at Rollins College (February 2014) An Interview With Justin Cronin on KRUI's The Lit Show . Discover the Justin Cronin popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Justin Cronin books.
Best Seller Justin Cronin Books of 2024
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The Blue And Distant Hills
Judith SaxtonA young girl's search for her identity and for a love that can overcome her past.Questa Adamson is stranded in Italy for the duration of the Second World War. When she finally retu...
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The Ferryman
Justin CroninNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Next to impossible to put down . . . exciting, mysterious, and totally satisfying.”STEPHEN KING From the author of The Passage comes a rivetin...
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The Crow Garden
Alison LittlewoodSusan Hill meets Wilkie Collins in Alison Littlewood's latest chiller. Maddoctor Nathaniel is obsessed with the beautiful Mrs Harleston but is she truly delusional? Or is she hidi...
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Primal
Dr Robin BakerPresumed dead, a group of undergraduate students who go missing on a deserted Pacific island emerge one year later in two groups of ragged (and naked) survivors. All but one of the...
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Chilli Heat
Carrie WilliamsLet down by her travelling companion at short notice, Nadia Kapur reluctantly agrees to take her recently divorced mother, Valerie, on her gapyear trip to India. However, her mothe...
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A Cold Season
Alison LittlewoodHow far would you go to save your child? A nailbiting thriller, 'perfect reading for a dark winter's night' (Richard and Judy).Cass's husband is missing, presumed dead in Afghanist...
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On The Third Day
Rhys ThomasSociety is on the brink of collapse. The Old World is vanishing, the New World is taking over. There are no rules. Not now that a deadly disease is spreading that causes its victim...
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Tag Vier
Sarah LotzDrei Tage im Paradies, aber am vierten bricht die Hölle los.Am vierten Tag einer Kreuzfahrt durch den Golf von Mexiko hält das betagte Schiff „Beautiful Dreamer” plötzlich und uner...
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The Hidden People
Alison LittlewoodA chilling Gothic mystery from the bestselling author of Richard & Judy Book Club hit The Cold Season, perfect for fans of Susan Hill, The Coffin Path and The Silent Companions...
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Apart in the Dark
Ania AhlbornTwo terrifying novellas from bestselling author Ania Ahlborn, “a great storyteller who spins an atmosphere of dread literally from the first page” (Jeff Somers).The Pretty Ones New...
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Wake Wood
KA JohnThe dead should never be wokenStill grieving after the death of their young daughter Alice in a frenzied dog attack, Patrick and Louise Daley leave the city to try and find some pe...
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Psalms For The End Of The World
Cole Haddon'Ingenious and compelling' THE TIMES'Mindbendingly clever and utterly gripping' DAILY MAIL'A fascinating and assured debut' THE GUARDIANIt's 1962 and physics student Grace Pulansky...
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Living In Perhaps
Julia WiddowsCarol has always resented her family her mother, endlessly knitting, her father and his obsession with next door's encroaching garden hedge, and her brother, ever silent and schem...
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Countess Dracula
Guy AdamsYou can do anything in Hollywood and be forgiven, anything except grow old...It’s the 1930s and cinema stands at the dawn of a new age, the silent era is all but dead, talkies are ...
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The Leaping
Tom FletcherAn astonishing and innovative blend of horror, folktale and disturbing realism, The Leaping is the first instalment in what is shaping up to be a genredefining series.Jack finished...
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A Dance of Ghosts
Kevin BrooksPI John Craine is struggling to cope with the weight of his past. Sixteen years ago his wife, Stacy, was brutally murdered. Craine found her body in their bed. And since then, to e...
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Das Heim
Mats StrandbergDer neue HorrorRoman von LITERATUR SPIEGELBestsellerautor Mats Strandberg.Zum ersten Mal nach zwanzig Jahren kehrt Joel zurück in sein Heimatstädtchen an der schwedischen Westküste...
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The Disciple
Stephen Lloyd JonesTHE DISCIPLE, from highly acclaimed author of THE STRING DIARIES, Stephen Lloyd Jones, is a richlyimagined thrill ride for fans of Stephen King, Lauren Beukes and THE GIRL WITH ALL...
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The Devil Crept In
Ania AhlbornAn unforgettable horror novel from bestselling sensation Ania Ahlbornhailed as a writer of “some of the most promising horror I’ve encountered in years” (New York Times bestselling...
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Ferryman
Justin Cronin»Es ist fast unmöglich, dieses Buch aus der Hand zu legen. Spannend, geheimnisvoll und absolut fesselnd. Ein Buch, in dem man sich verlieren kann.« Stephen KingEin mitreißender Rom...
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Journey Into the Flame
T. R. WilliamsIn the tradition of The Celestine Prophecy comes the first book in a gripping postapocalyptic trilogy involving the search for ancient books whose secrets hold the key to humanity’...
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Year of the Orphan
Daniel FindlayThe Road meets Mad Max in this stunning debut with a gutsy, badass young female protagonistfor fans of Station 11, The Passage, and Riddley Walker.In a postapocalyptic future where...
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Demonia
Kendal GrahameDemonia and Sinitia are vampires and can only drink from sexually aroused young humans. When they meet Alex, a descendant of the man who destroyed their coven, they fear a battle. ...
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The Twelve
Justin CroninNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Look for a special preview of Justin Cronin’s The City of Mirrors in the back of the book.The end of the world was only the beginning. In his inte...
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I Call Upon Thee
Ania AhlbornA terrifying enovella from the bestselling author of The Devil Crept In, Brother, and Within These Walls.Maggie Olsen had a pretty ordinary childhoodswimming and sleepovers, movie ...
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Journey Through the Mirror
T. R. WilliamsFollowing Journey Into the Flame“a spiritual adventure of the first order” (New York Times bestselling author Felix Palma)comes the second part in a postapocalyptic trilogy about a...
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Private Members
Leonie FoxWelcome to St Benedict’s Country Club and Spa. As a home away from home for the Alist, naturally membership comes at a premium – only the oversexed, the overrich and the overbeauti...
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The Thing on the Shore
Tom FletcherA terrifying tale set in a malevolent callcentre that just might be alive affirming Tom Fletcher as the dark master for the zerohours generation.When Artemis Black is assigned to ...
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Where Angels Fear
Rebecca Levene & Simon WinstoneSomething very odd is happening on the university planet of Dellah, home to Bernice Summerfield, famed archaeologist, adventurer, raconteur and barfly. A longignored religion is ra...
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Die Drei
Sarah LotzDer erste Teil einer großartigen Thrillerserie, die unter die Haut geht.Der Tag, an dem es passiert, geht als „Schwarzer Donnerstag“ in die Geschichte ein. Der Tag, an dem vier Pas...
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Path of Needles
Alison LittlewoodSome fairy tales are born of dreams . . . and some are born of nightmares.'I loved Path of Needles. Dark but satisfying like the best chocolate' ELLY GRIFFITHS, bestselling author ...
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My Name Is Nobody
Matthew Richardson'PROOF THAT THE SPY GENRE IS FLOURISHING IN THE 21ST CENTURY' Guardian'I know for certain that there is a mole somewhere within the intelligence services . . . His codename is Nobo...
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The Binding
Nicholas WolffWhen a rare mental disorder begins to consume his smalltown neighbors, a young psychiatrist digs up the past for clues to the epidemic’s bonechilling source in this brilliant super...
