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Mr. X
Mr. X is a 1999 horror novel by American writer Peter Straub. Its protagonist, Ned Dunstan, returns to his Illinois hometown after learning that his absent father may have left him a supernatural legacy. The book combines a family mystery with occult and Lovecraftian elements, linking personal histo...
apps Top Mr. X Alternatives
The top alternative to Mr. X in 2026 is Boy's Life with a score of 9.0/10, followed by Summer of Night (8.4) and What Moves the Dead (8.0).
Boy's Life
Robert McCammon’s *Boy's Life* is a supernatural horror novel exploring themes of innocence and corruption through the e...
Summer of Night
"Summer of Night" is a 1991 horror novel by American author Dan Simmons that blends supernatural terror with a coming-of...
What Moves the Dead
What Moves the Dead is a 2022 horror novella by T. Kingfisher that reimagines Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of...
The Witching Hour
"The Witching Hour" is a 1990 supernatural horror novel by Anne Rice, serving as the inaugural book in the Lives of the...
The Between
The Between is a 1995 debut horror novel by American author Tananarive Due. The plot centers on Hilton James, an African...
The Twisted Ones
The Twisted Ones is a 2019 horror novel by T. Kingfisher, the pen name of Ursula Vernon. It follows a woman named Mouse...
Desperation
Desperation is a 1996 horror novel by Stephen King set in the isolated Nevada mining town of Desperation. A local sherif...
The Store
The Store is a 1998 horror novel by Bentley Little about a large retail chain that opens in a small Arizona town. As the...
Floating Dragon
Floating Dragon is a 1983 horror novel by American author Peter Straub, awarded the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel....
Black House
Black House is a 2001 novel by Stephen King and Peter Straub and the sequel to The Talisman. It follows Jack Sawyer as a...
The Mailman
The Mailman is a 1991 supernatural horror novel by American writer Bentley Little. It follows the arrival of a replaceme...
Lasher
Lasher is Anne Rice's 1993 novel about the Mayfair witches and the second book in her Mayfair Witches series. It continu...
The Ignored
The Ignored is a 1996 horror novel by Bentley Little about a man who gradually becomes invisible to the people around hi...
The Bad Place
The Bad Place is a 1990 horror novel by American writer Dean Koontz, combining supernatural fiction with suspense and my...
The Hellfire Club
Peter Straub's 1996 psychological horror novel follows a writer who uncovers a chain of murders connected to postwar sec...
A Dark Matter
A Dark Matter is a 2010 horror novel by Peter Straub. Its story centers on Lee Harwell, who investigates the long-term c...
The Regulators
The Regulators is a 1996 horror novel published under the name Richard Bachman, a pseudonym used by Stephen King. Set in...
Others
Others is a horror novel by the English writer James Herbert, published in 1999. The protagonist is a physically deforme...
Taltos
Taltos is the third novel in Anne Rice's Lives of the Mayfair Witches series, published in 1994. The book expands the su...
In the Night Room
In the Night Room is a 2004 horror novel by Peter Straub and a sequel to Lost Boy, Lost Girl. The story follows the auth...
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