If you liked
Books like The Haunting of Hill House
Loved The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from horror, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.
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The Shining
A family caretakes an empty winter hotel that wants the father for itself; King's masterclass in dread.
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2
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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3
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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Night Shift
Stephen King has brought together nineteen of his most unsettling short pieces--bizarre tales of dark doing and unthinkable acts from the twilight regions where horror and madness take on eerie, unear
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The Exorcist
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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Carrie
A bullied teenager discovers a terrible power; the lean, ferocious debut that launched a career.
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'Salem’s Lot
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
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Interview with the Vampire
A vampire tells the centuries-long story of his making; lush, gothic and genre-defining.
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The Stand
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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Pet Sematary
A burial ground that brings things back, and a grief that won't take no; King at his bleakest.