Books Like The Shining

Loved The Shining by Stephen King? If its horror, isolated location horror and dark hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Haunting of Hill House, Hell House and Imaginary Friend. 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 The Shining: Horror · Isolated Location Horror · Dark · Atmospheric · Eerie

The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson

Isolated Location Horror · Haunted House · Psychological Horror · Supernatural Horror · Possession

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Hell House
Richard Matheson

Haunted House · Isolated Location Horror · Supernatural Horror · Possession · Ghosts & Hauntings

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Imaginary Friend
Stephen Chbosky

Supernatural Horror · Possession · Kids in Danger · Psychological Horror · Horror

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The Turn of the Screw
Henry James

Psychological Horror · Isolated Location Horror · Possession · Supernatural Horror · Ghosts & Hauntings

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Heart-Shaped Box
Joe Hill

Supernatural Horror · Possession · Domestic Abuse · Horror · Intense

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Cold Eternity
S.A. Barnes

Isolated Location Horror · Eerie · Supernatural Horror · Psychological Horror · Ghosts & Hauntings

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Misery
William Goldman, Stephen King

Isolated Location Horror · Psychological Horror · Locked In Together · Intense · Horror

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We Used to Live Here
Marcus Kliewer

Psychological Horror · Haunted House · Eerie · Horror · Isolated Location Horror

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House
Frank E. Peretti, Ted Dekker

Haunted House · Locked In Together · Isolated Location Horror · Psychological Horror · Supernatural Horror

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The Fall of the House of Usher & Other Stories
Edgar Allan Poe

Psychological Horror · Haunted House · Eerie · Horror · Supernatural Horror

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Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Isolated Location Horror · Haunted House · Possession · Eerie · Psychological Horror

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House of Leaves
Mark Z. Danielewski

Haunted House · Psychological Horror · Isolated Location Horror · Eerie · Horror

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Hidden Pictures
Jason Rekulak

Possession · Ghosts & Hauntings · Supernatural Horror · Addiction · Eerie

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Sour Candy
Kealan Patrick Burke

Psychological Horror · Supernatural Horror · Possession · Eerie · Kids in Danger

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The Invited
Jennifer McMahon

Haunted House · Supernatural Horror · Ghosts & Hauntings · Eerie · Horror

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Let the Right One In
John Ajvide Lindqvist

Snow and Ice · Eerie · Intense · Horror · Atmospheric

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The Haunting of Ashburn House
Darcy Coates

Haunted House · Isolated Location Horror · Supernatural Horror · Ghosts & Hauntings · Eerie

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The Book of Cold Cases
Simone St. James

Haunted House · Ghosts & Hauntings · Eerie · Writer Protagonist · Supernatural Horror

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The House of Lost Souls
F.G. Cottam

Haunted House · Supernatural Horror · Ghosts & Hauntings · Possession · Eerie

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Batman: Arkham Asylum - A Serious House on Serious Earth
Grant Morrison

Psychological Horror · Haunted House · Intense · Eerie · Atmospheric

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