If you liked
Books like The Exorcist
Loved The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty? 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
The Shining
A family caretakes an empty winter hotel that wants the father for itself; King's masterclass in dread.
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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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3
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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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
Carrie
A bullied teenager discovers a terrible power; the lean, ferocious debut that launched a career.
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6
'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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8
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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9
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Two sisters live shunned in a grand house after a family tragedy; eerie, sly and unforgettable.
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10
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