10 books for fans of Doctor Sleep
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The Mist
Skeleton Crew • Book 1
by Stephen King
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After a severe storm, an unnatural mist filled with deadly creatures traps shoppers in a small-town supermarket. King explores how quickly social order collapses when people face the unknowable and monstrous.
★ 3.93 Goodreads (183.8K ratings) - 2
The Mist (Previously Published as a Novella in 'Skeleton Crew')
Skeleton Crew • Book 1
by Stephen King
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King traps ordinary people in a grocery store as creatures from another dimension hunt through an unnatural mist engulfing their town.
★ 3.93 Goodreads (183.8K ratings) - 3
Salem's Lot
by Stephen King
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King turns vampire lore into small-town dread, following residents as they discover their neighbors are becoming something monstrous in this methodical horror classic.
★ 4.10 Goodreads (667.2K ratings) - 4
Full Dark, No Stars
by Stephen King
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King examines the darkness within regular people through four disturbing tales: a 1922 farmer's confession to murder, a bestselling author's deadly stalker encounter, and two other studies in moral corruption. Each story peels back the veneer of civilization to expose something rotten underneath.
★ 4.09 Goodreads (118.6K ratings) - 5
Pet Sematary
by Stephen King
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Behind the Creed family's new home lies an ancient burial ground where the dead return to life, but grief makes people ignore the terrible price of resurrection.
★ 4.08 Goodreads (708.6K ratings) - 6
Everything's Eventual
by Stephen King
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King's collection spans from familiar Castle Rock territory to completely new ground, including the O. Henry Prize-winning "The Man in the Black Suit" and thirteen other dark tales.
★ 3.97 Goodreads (109.6K ratings) - 7
Bag of Bones
by Stephen King
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Grief-stricken writer Mike Noonan retreats to his haunted lake house, where a century-old injustice demands resolution through supernatural vengeance. King weaves together personal loss and historical racism in a ghost story with genuine emotional weight.
★ 3.92 Goodreads (212.7K ratings) - 8
Christine
by Stephen King, Marie Milpois
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A bullied teenager's obsession with restoring a vintage Plymouth Fury becomes deadly when the car's previous owner refuses to stay dead, turning automotive restoration into supernatural possession.
★ 3.86 Goodreads (265.6K ratings) - 9
Desperation
by Stephen King
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Travelers along lonely Interstate 50 become prisoners of possessed Sheriff Entragian in the cursed mining town of Desperation, Nevada.
★ 3.86 Goodreads (154.4K ratings) - 10
The Dark Half
by Stephen King
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King explores the terrifying premise of a writer's pseudonym becoming flesh and blood, committing real murders while leaving the author's fingerprints behind. Psychological horror meets supernatural thriller in this meta-fiction nightmare.
★ 3.81 Goodreads (153.5K ratings)