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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.

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.

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    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.

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    Night Shift

    Stephen King · 1960 · Horror

    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

    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

  6. 6

    Carrie

    Stephen King · 1974 · Horror

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

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    '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

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    Interview with the Vampire

    Anne Rice · 1976 · Horror

    A vampire tells the centuries-long story of his making; lush, gothic and genre-defining.

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    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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    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.

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