Books Like 'Salem's Lot

Loved 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King? If its vampires, horror and small town hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Dracula, Imaginary Friend and The Sun Down Motel. 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 'Salem's Lot: Vampires · Horror · Small Town · Dark · Supernatural Horror

Dracula
Bram Stoker

Vampires · Supernatural Horror · Horror · Tense and Suspenseful · Eerie

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Imaginary Friend
Stephen Chbosky

Supernatural Horror · Horror · Small Town · Eerie · Omniscient Narrator

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The Sun Down Motel
Simone St. James

Small Town Secrets · Horror · Supernatural Horror · Small Town · Tense and Suspenseful

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The Invited
Jennifer McMahon

Supernatural Horror · Small Town Secrets · Horror · Small Town · Eerie

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Between Two Fires
Christopher Buehlman

Supernatural Horror · Horror · Violent · Male Lead · Dark

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Chasing the Boogeyman
Richard Chizmar

Small Town · Small Town Secrets · Horror · Eerie · Tense and Suspenseful

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A Book of Bones
John Connolly

Supernatural Horror · Horror · Eerie · Dark · Violent

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Vampires of El Norte
Isabel Cañas

Vampires · Supernatural Horror · Horror · Atmospheric · Multiple POV

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Lair of Dreams
Libba Bray

Supernatural Horror · Eerie · Horror · Omniscient Narrator · Atmospheric

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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
Stephen Graham Jones

Vampires · Horror · Male Lead · Dark · Atmospheric

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Lord of the Flies
William Golding

Omniscient Narrator · Ensemble Cast · Intense · Violent · Male Lead

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The Hollow Places
T. Kingfisher

Supernatural Horror · Horror · Tense and Suspenseful · Eerie · Small Town

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The Forest Demands Its Due
Kosoko Jackson

Horror · Supernatural Horror · Eerie · Tense and Suspenseful · Small Town Secrets

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Home Before Dark
Riley Sager

Small Town Secrets · Horror · Tense and Suspenseful · Eerie · Small Town

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Speaks the Nightbird
Robert McCammon

Small Town Secrets · Small Town · Omniscient Narrator · Male Lead · Atmospheric

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Our Share of Night
Mariana Enriquez

Supernatural Horror · Horror · Violent · Atmospheric · Dark

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Cold Eternity
S.A. Barnes

Horror · Supernatural Horror · Tense and Suspenseful · Eerie · Atmospheric

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Tomb of Gods
Brian Moreland

Supernatural Horror · Horror · Intense · Violent · Dark

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The Bewitching
Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Horror · Supernatural Horror · Eerie · Dark · Multiple POV

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We Used to Live Here
Marcus Kliewer

Horror · Tense and Suspenseful · Supernatural Horror · Intense · Eerie

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