swap_horiz 'Salem's Lot Alternatives

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Boy's Life

Robert McCammon’s *Boy's Life* is a supernatural horror novel exploring themes of innocence and corruption through the e...

Supernatural Coming Of Age Small Town 1990S

9.0 Excellent

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Swan Song

Robert McCammon’s *Swan Song* presents a sprawling post-apocalyptic horror narrative set in 1987. The novel explores the...

Post Apocalyptic Epic Supernatural 1980S

8.9 Great

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Something Wicked This Way Comes

Ray Bradbury’s *Something Wicked This Way Comes* is a celebrated 1962 horror novel exploring themes of temptation and lo...

Classic Supernatural Coming Of Age Ray Bradbury

8.9 Great

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Blackwater

Blackwater is a novel by Michael McDowell set in 1980s Alabama. The story follows the Blackwood family as they confront...

Supernatural Family Saga 1980S Southern Gothic

8.9 Great

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Different Seasons

Different Seasons is a 1982 collection by American writer Stephen King containing four novellas, each associated with a...

1980S Literary Anthology Stephen King

8.8 Great

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The Ocean at the End of the Lane

The Ocean at the End of the Lane is a dark fantasy horror novel by Neil Gaiman. It recounts an adult’s fragmented memory...

Supernatural Dark Fantasy Childhood 2010S

8.7 Great

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Summer of Night

"Summer of Night" is a 1991 horror novel by American author Dan Simmons that blends supernatural terror with a coming-of...

Supernatural Coming Of Age Small Town 1990S

8.4 Great

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Dark Harvest

Dark Harvest is a 2006 horror novel by Norman Partridge set in a small Midwestern town governed by a violent annual Hall...

Supernatural Small Town Novel Ritual

8.1 Great

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Duma Key

Duma Key is a 2008 horror novel by Stephen King. It follows Edgar Freemantle, a construction executive who survives a de...

Supernatural Florida 2000S Art

7.6 Good

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Disappearance at Devil's Rock

Disappearance at Devil's Rock is a 2016 psychological horror novel by Paul Tremblay. The story follows the Bartholomew f...

Supernatural Small Town 2010S Missing Persons

7.5 Good

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Suffer the Children

Suffer the Children is a 1977 supernatural horror novel and the debut book of American author John Saul. The story is se...

Supernatural Small Town 1970S Evil Children

7.5 Good

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Desperation

Desperation is a 1996 horror novel by Stephen King set in the isolated Nevada mining town of Desperation. A local sherif...

Desert Supernatural 1990S Evil

7.2 Good

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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...

Supernatural Small Town 1990S Bentley Little

7.2 Good

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Floating Dragon

Floating Dragon is a 1983 horror novel by American author Peter Straub, awarded the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel....

Supernatural Small Town 1980S Novel

7.1 Good

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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...

Supernatural 2000S Serial Killer Stephen King

7.0 Good

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The Mailman

The Mailman is a 1991 supernatural horror novel by American writer Bentley Little. It follows the arrival of a replaceme...

Supernatural Small Town 1990S Possession

7.0 Good

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Midnight

Midnight is a 1989 horror novel by American author Dean Koontz. It is set in Moonlight Cove, a fictional coastal communi...

Supernatural Small Town 1980S Novel

6.9 Fair

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The Manitou

The Manitou is Graham Masterton's 1976 debut novel and the first book associated with his long-running horror series abo...

Supernatural 1970S Body Horror Graham Masterton

6.8 Fair

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Rose Madder

Rose Madder is a horror novel by Stephen King, published in 1995. It follows Rosie Daniels, a woman who leaves an abusiv...

Mythology Supernatural 1990S Stephen King

6.2 Fair

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The Devil Crept In

The Devil Crept In is a 2017 horror novel by Ania Ahlborn. It follows Stevie Clark, a boy in the Oregon town of Deer Val...

Supernatural Small Town Novel Creature

6.2 Fair