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Books Like It

by Stephen King · about this book

Loved It by Stephen King? If its horror, dark and supernatural horror hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Imaginary Friend, Our Share of Night and Gone. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside It: Horror · Dark · Supernatural Horror · Sprawling Epic · Small Town

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   Imaginary Friend

   Stephen Chbosky

   Kids in Danger · Supernatural Horror · Horror · Sprawling Epic · Child Abuse

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   Our Share of Night

   Mariana Enriquez

   Supernatural Horror · Cosmic Horror · Horror · Sprawling Epic · Kids in Danger

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   Gone

   Michael Grant

   Kids in Danger · Child Death Depicted · Ensemble Cast · Small Town · Teenagers

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4. 

   Suffer the Children

   John Saul

   Supernatural Horror · Child Death Depicted · Small Town Secrets · Horror · Kids in Danger

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5. 

   Dark Places

   Gillian Flynn

   Small Town Secrets · Childhood Trauma · Child Death Depicted · Dual Timeline · Child Abuse

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6. 

   Summer of Night

   Dan Simmons

   Supernatural Horror · Horror · Coming of Age · Ensemble Cast · Small Town

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7. 

   Let the Right One In

   John Ajvide Lindqvist

   Bullying · Child Abuse · Horror · Coming of Age · Ensemble Cast

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8. 

   A Book of Bones

   John Connolly

   Supernatural Horror · Cosmic Horror · Sprawling Epic · Horror · Found Family

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9. 

   The Passage

   Justin Cronin

   Kids in Danger · Sprawling Epic · Horror · Ensemble Cast · Found Family

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10. 

    Lord of the Flies

    William Golding

    Child Death Depicted · Kids in Danger · Bullying · Teenagers · Ensemble Cast

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11. 

    The Talisman

    Stephen King, Peter Straub

    Kids in Danger · Child Abuse · Horror · Sprawling Epic · Found Family

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12. 

    The King of Crows

    Libba Bray

    Supernatural Horror · Ensemble Cast · Found Family · Teenagers · Sprawling Epic

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13. 

    The Devil Crept In

    Ania Ahlborn

    Small Town Secrets · Supernatural Horror · Horror · Child Death Depicted · Child Abuse

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14. 

    The Invited

    Jennifer McMahon

    Supernatural Horror · Small Town Secrets · Horror · Dual Timeline · Small Town

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15. 

    Beloved

    Toni Morrison

    Child Death Depicted · Childhood Trauma · Child Abuse · Dark · Multiple POV

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16. 

    The Book of Cold Cases

    Simone St. James

    Dual Timeline · Small Town Secrets · Childhood Trauma · Supernatural Horror · Small Town

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17. 

    Something Wicked This Way Comes

    Ray Bradbury

    Supernatural Horror · Coming of Age · Horror · Teenagers · Small Town

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18. 

    A Little Life

    Hanya Yanagihara

    Childhood Trauma · Found Family · Child Abuse · Dark · Ensemble Cast

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19. 

    The Six-Gun Tarot

    R.S. Belcher

    Cosmic Horror · Supernatural Horror · Ensemble Cast · Small Town · Multiple POV

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20. 

    Ordinary Monsters

    J.M. Miro

    Kids in Danger · Sprawling Epic · Found Family · Teenagers · Dark

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