If you liked
Books like The Power of Darkness
Loved The Power of Darkness by Edith Nesbit? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from horror, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.
10 books · ranked
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1
It
A group of friends face a shape-shifting evil in their home town, then again as adults; a doorstop of fear and friendship.
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2
The Shining
A family caretakes an empty winter hotel that wants the father for itself; King's masterclass in dread.
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3
The Haunting of Hill House
Four people spend a summer in a house that may be alive; the gold standard for the literary ghost story.
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4
Dracula
Letters and diaries trace a creeping invasion by an ancient predator; the novel that fixed the vampire in our imagination.
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5
New Moon
I felt like I was trapped in one of those terrifying nightmares. For Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is even more danger
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From a Buick 8
Una novela sobre una fascinación enfermiza y peligrosa. Una novela de verdadero terror. Pensilvania, 1979. Llega un extraño a una gasolinera para repostar. Conduce un Buick modelo 1954 pero en perfect
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7
Breaking Dawn
To be irrevocably in love with a vampire is both fantasy and nightmare woven into a dangerously heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen, and
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8
A Head Full of Ghosts
A family's possession ordeal becomes a reality show; clever modern horror that keeps you guessing.
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9
Desperation
Located off a desolate stretch of Interstate 50, Desperation, Nevada has few connections with the rest of the world. It is a place, though, where the seams between worlds are thin. Miners at the China
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10
Gerald's Game
Gerald and Jessie Burlingame have gone to their summer home on a warm weekday in October for a romantic interlude. After being handcuffed to her bedposts, Jessie tires of her husband's games, but when