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Books like Interview with the Vampire

Loved Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from horror, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.

10 books · ranked

  1. 1

    The Shining

    Stephen King · 1977 · Horror

    A family caretakes an empty winter hotel that wants the father for itself; King's masterclass in dread.

  2. 2

    It

    Stephen King · 1986 · Horror

    A group of friends face a shape-shifting evil in their home town, then again as adults; a doorstop of fear and friendship.

  3. 3

    The Haunting of Hill House

    Shirley Jackson · 1959 · Horror

    Four people spend a summer in a house that may be alive; the gold standard for the literary ghost story.

  4. 4

    Dracula

    Bram Stoker · 1897 · Horror

    Letters and diaries trace a creeping invasion by an ancient predator; the novel that fixed the vampire in our imagination.

  5. 5

    'Salem’s Lot

    Stephen King · 1975 · Horror

    Author Ben Mears returns to ‘Salem's Lot to write a book about a house that has haunted him since childhood only to find his isolated hometown infested with vampires. While the vampires claim more vic

  6. 6

    Carrie

    Stephen King · 1974 · Horror

    A bullied teenager discovers a terrible power; the lean, ferocious debut that launched a career.

  7. 7

    The Stand

    Stephen King · 1978 · Horror

    One man escapes from a biological weapon facility after an accident, carrying with him the deadly virus known as Captain Tripps, a rapidly mutating flu that - in the ensuing weeks - wipes out most of

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    The Exorcist

    William Peter Blatty · 1971 · Horror

    The Exorcist is a 1971 horror novel by American writer William Peter Blatty. The book details the demonic possession of eleven-year-old Regan MacNeil, the daughter of a famous actress, and the two pri

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    Pet Sematary

    Stephen King · 1983 · Horror

    A burial ground that brings things back, and a grief that won't take no; King at his bleakest.

  10. 10

    Christine

    Stephen King · 1983 · Horror

    A love triangle involving 17-year-old misfit Arnie Cunningham, his new girlfriend and a haunted 1958 Plymouth Fury. Dubbed Christine by her previous owner, Arnie's first car is jealous, possessive and

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