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A Goodreads ’ Readers Choice Nominee for Best Horror, and one of the Best Books of the Year for The Lineup , Booked , and Unsettling Reads . Turner Falls is a small tourist town nestled in the hills of central Oregon. When a terrifying outbreak rapidly develops, this idyllic town becomes the epicenter of an epidemic of violence. The Loop is a “wild and wonderfully scary novel” (Richard Chizmar, author of Gwendy’s Magic Feather ) that offers a “hilarious and horrifying” (Brian Keene, author of The Rising ) look at what one team of misfits can accomplish as they fight to live through the night. “[A] harrowing thrill ride of the first order and an uncompromising page-turner, easily securing its spot as one of the best novels of 2020.” — Rue Morgue (featured “Dante’s Pick” Review) “Like the best of Crichton or Bentley, it is a great beach read, but it is infused with the neon blood of a brave new writer... [A] kind of literary roller coaster. It will take you to thrilling highs and terrifying lows…” — Los Angeles Review of Books “ The Loop is the gore-soaked, anxiety-inducing, diabolically funny Richard Linklater/David Cronenberg mashup you never knew you wanted but can’t—or at least shouldn’t—live without.” — The Big Thrill “Unputdownable...Fans of The Twilight Zone , The X-Files , and Stranger Things will be especially thrilled.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A satisfyingly dark satire of, well, everything...[a] heart-pounding and deeply unsettling tale.” — Booklist “ The Loop is a remarkably propulsive novel, cinematic in the best way, with perfectly tuned tension and excellent character choices…a headlong, straightforward pleasure.” — Locus “ The Loop is the Cronenberg film we never got.” —Nathan Ballingrud, author of North American Lake Monsters and Wounds","forthcoming":false,"isbn13":"9781534454309","publication_date":"20210810","publisher":"S&S/Saga Press","slug":"the-loop","subtitle":"","title":"The Loop"},"discovery":{"categories":{"all":[{"bisac_code":"FIC031070","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Supernatural Thrillers","score":0.7854,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"FIC028070","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic","score":0.7848,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"FIC028140","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Sci-Fi Crime","score":0.7844,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"hint":[{"bisac_code":"FIC031070","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Supernatural Thrillers","score":0.7854,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"FIC028070","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic","score":0.7848,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"FIC028140","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Sci-Fi Crime","score":0.7844,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"publisher":[{"bisac_code":"FIC015000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Horror","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"FIC028110","confidence_band":"high","label":"Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"FIC031070","confidence_band":"high","label":"Supernatural Thrillers","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"}]},"genres":[{"label":"Supernatural Thrillers","score":0.7854,"slug":"supernatural-thrillers"},{"label":"Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic","score":0.7848,"slug":"apocalyptic-post-apocalyptic"},{"label":"Sci-Fi Crime","score":0.7844,"slug":"sci-fi-crime"}],"reader_fit":["Good for readers who enjoy Supernatural Thrillers","Good for readers interested in horror","Good for fans of Horror"],"related_lists":[{"intro":"","slug":"shelf-fic028070-apocalyptic-post-apocalyptic","title":"Apocalyptic & Post Apocalyptic Books","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/lists/shelf-fic028070-apocalyptic-post-apocalyptic"},{"intro":"","slug":"shelf-fic031070-thrillers-supernatural","title":"Thrillers Supernatural Books","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/lists/shelf-fic031070-thrillers-supernatural"}],"series":null,"similar_books":[{"authors":["Collin Armstrong"],"book_id":"9781668044995","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781668044995.jpg?v=20260417T232332Z%3A2026-04-17T23%3A23%3A32Z","score":13.8216,"title":"Polybius","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781668044995"},{"authors":["Drew Magary"],"book_id":"9780143119821","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780143119821.jpg?v=20260417T232332Z%3A2026-04-17T23%3A23%3A32Z","score":12.1314,"title":"The Postmortal","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780143119821"},{"authors":["John D. 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