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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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'Salem's Lot

'Salem's Lot is a 1975 horror novel by Stephen King, set principally in the fictional Maine town of Jerusalem's Lot. The...

Supernatural Vampire Small Town 1970S

8.5 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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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...

Supernatural Family Saga 1990S Witches

7.8 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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The Between

The Between is a 1995 debut horror novel by American author Tananarive Due. The plot centers on Hilton James, an African...

Supernatural Psychological 1990S Tananarive Due

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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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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Mr. X

Mr. X is a 1999 horror novel by American writer Peter Straub. Its protagonist, Ned Dunstan, returns to his Illinois home...

Supernatural Mystery 1990S Lovecraftian

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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Lasher

Lasher is Anne Rice's 1993 novel about the Mayfair witches and the second book in her Mayfair Witches series. It continu...

Supernatural 1990S Demon Witches

6.8 Fair

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The Ignored

The Ignored is a 1996 horror novel by Bentley Little about a man who gradually becomes invisible to the people around hi...

Supernatural Invisibility 1990S Existential

6.8 Fair

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The Regulators

The Regulators is a 1996 horror novel published under the name Richard Bachman, a pseudonym used by Stephen King. Set in...

Supernatural 1990S Suburban Evil

6.5 Fair

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Others

Others is a horror novel by the English writer James Herbert, published in 1999. The protagonist is a physically deforme...

Supernatural Mystery British 1990S

6.5 Fair

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Taltos

Taltos is the third novel in Anne Rice's Lives of the Mayfair Witches series, published in 1994. The book expands the su...

Supernatural 1990S Witches Anne Rice

6.3 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