swap_horiz From a Buick 8 Alternatives

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House of Leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski’s House of Leaves presents a layered horror narrative centered around an increasingly bizarre family...

Experimental 2000S Haunted House Metafictional

8.9 Great

2

'Salem's Lot

Stephen King's 1975 vampire novel set in the fictional Maine town of Jerusalem's Lot, widely regarded as a landmark of A...

Supernatural Vampire Small Town 1970S

8.5 Great

3

The Fisherman

The Fisherman is a 2016 horror novel by American author John Langan, notable for winning the Bram Stoker Award and its c...

Grief 2010S Cosmic Horror Lovecraftian

8.5 Great

4

Heart-Shaped Box

Heart-Shaped Box is a 2007 debut horror novel by American author Joe Hill, notable for its story of an aging rock star w...

Ghost 2000S Haunting Rock Star

8.3 Great

5

The Ballad of Black Tom

The Ballad of Black Tom is a 2016 horror novella by Victor LaValle, notable for reimagining H.P. Lovecraft's The Horror...

Historical 2010S Cosmic Horror Lovecraftian

8.3 Great

6

The Cipher

Kathe Koja's 1991 debut body horror novel centers on a seemingly bottomless hole that warps the minds and bodies of thos...

1990S Cosmic Horror Transgressive Kathe Koja

8.2 Great

7

The Talisman

Stephen King and Peter Straub's 1984 co-authored fantasy-horror novel about a boy who travels a parallel world called th...

Dark Fantasy 1980S Road Trip Stephen King

8.1 Great

8

Odd Thomas

A 2003 novel by Dean Koontz, the first in a long-running series, about Odd Thomas, a California short-order cook who can...

Ghost 2000S Psychic Supernatural Thriller

8.0 Great

9

Bag of Bones

Stephen King's 1998 ghost story about a grieving novelist who retreats to his Maine lake house and encounters supernatur...

Grief 1990S Ghost Story Haunted House

7.8 Good

10

John Dies at the End

John Dies at the End is a 2007 comedic horror novel by David Wong, notable for its blend of surreal humor and bizarre ho...

Supernatural 2000S Cosmic Horror Jason Pargin

7.8 Good

11

The Great and Secret Show

Clive Barker's 1989 novel, first in the Art trilogy, about a postal worker who discovers a mystical substance called the...

Epic Supernatural 1980S Cosmic Horror

7.7 Good

12

Revival

Stephen King's 2014 novel blending cosmic horror with religious themes, tracing a minister's obsession with a mysterious...

Religion 2010S Cosmic Horror Lovecraftian

7.6 Good

13

Duma Key

Stephen King's 2008 novel about a construction executive who survives a serious accident and develops uncanny supernatur...

Supernatural Florida 2000S Art

7.6 Good

14

Drood

A 2009 historical horror novel by Dan Simmons narrated by Wilkie Collins, imagining Charles Dickens's obsession with a m...

2000S Gothic Historical Horror Dickens

7.5 Good

15

Fairy Tale

Stephen King's 2022 novel in which a teenage boy inherits a shed containing a portal to a dark fairy-tale world from his...

Epic Dark Fantasy 2020S Stephen King

7.4 Good

16

Apartment 16

A 2010 British horror novel by Adam Nevill, set in a prestigious London apartment block where a sinister entity has inha...

London Supernatural 2000S Haunted Building

7.3 Good

17

Desperation

Stephen King's 1996 novel set in a Nevada mining town seized by a demonic entity, published simultaneously with its them...

Desert Supernatural 1990S Evil

7.2 Good

18

Black House

The 2001 sequel to The Talisman, co-written by Stephen King and Peter Straub, featuring an adult Jack Sawyer investigati...

Supernatural 2000S Serial Killer Stephen King

7.0 Good

19

Lost Boy, Lost Girl

Peter Straub's 2003 novel about a horror novelist who investigates his nephew's disappearance and uncovers a connection...

Ghost Family 2000S Haunted House

7.0 Good

20

What the Hell Did I Just Read

What the Hell Did I Just Read is a 2017 comedic horror novel by David Wong, notable for concluding the trilogy centered...

Supernatural 2010S Cosmic Horror Jason Pargin

7.0 Good