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Bird Box

By: Josh Malerman
Narrated by: Katharine Mangold
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Josh Malerman’s debut novel Bird Box is a terrifying, Hitchcockesque psychological horror that is sure to stay with you long after reading.

Malorie raises the children the only way she can; indoors.

The house is quiet. The doors are locked, the curtains are closed, mattresses are nailed over the windows.

They are out there. She might let them in.

The children sleep in the bedroom across the hall.

Soon she will have to wake them. Soon she will have to blindfold them.

Today they must leave the house. Today they will risk everything.

©2014 Josh Malerman (P)2014 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Genre Fiction Ghosts Horror Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Psychological Thriller & Suspense Scary Haunted Fiction Suspense

Critic Reviews

"A book that demands to be read in a single sitting, and through the cracks between one's fingers. There has never been a horror story quite like this. Josh Malerman truly delivers" (Hugh Howey bestselling author of )
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Loved this book. So hard to put it down. I was hoping to get more infornation about 'certain things'. But that didn't actually take away from the story.

Bird Box

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it's way better than movie. characters are better and specially house sharing scenes are just better

it's just better

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terrific story. very well narrated. very graphic details of life after the invasion. recommended reading. looking forward for the next book in the series.

a bit like "day of the triffids"

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Great read - makes much more sense than the movie did. Great suspense and action.

Better than the movie

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This is an incredible book! Leaves you with just enough detail to really be able to paint an incredible picture in your mind!

Amazing!

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The narrator was fantastic. A gripping story that was truly scary at times. Highly recommend.

Amazing narrator, fantastic book.

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Well written, much better than the movie. But quite predicable your've seen this story before. A new twist on the kind of monsters involved. I got sick of zombies long ago but this was ok.

Zombie survival story but with a different monster

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I kind of wish that I had read the book before watching the movie because the movie deviated so much from the book.
I did enjoy the book, but it just doesn't have the same character involvement that the movie has.

The movie was better

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