Hmmm. It doesn't really 'teach' me anything, but Melanie Tem's Wilding was a good experience of generations of women in a family. Horror to show the battles and love and all that. Also her collection Revenant is a great commentary on grief.
Kathe Koja's endings...well to say would ruin them, but there's a consistent theme most authors do not use which is also a sort of commentary.
Stephen King's Salem's Lot was the first 'big' book I read. I think I was...12?
Most learning I gain from books is from 'literature'(whatever the fuck that is...) and biography/essays about real world stuff and things like that. Horror holds a lot of things for me, but not often about learning about something.
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