Books like Cell
12 books with a reading profile close to Cell by Stephen King. Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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1
The Troop
by Nick Cutter
Also practical and clear-cut · horror, entertainment
On Falstaff Island, Scoutmaster Tim Higgs leads five adolescent boys—Max, Newton, Ephraim, Shelley, and Kent—on a routine wilderness survival excursion.
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2
The Taking
by Dean Koontz
Also practical and clear-cut · horror, entertainment
Molly and Neil Sloan wake in their small mountain town to a relentless, luminous rain that signals the arrival of an otherworldly presence.
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3
Insurgent
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, science fiction
Following the collapse of the social order in futuristic Chicago, Tris Prior and Four become fugitives fleeing the Erudite faction's lethal pursuit.
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4
The Supernaturalist
by Eoin Colfer
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, science fiction
Cosmo Hill is a fourteen-year-old boy in the grim Clarissa Frayne Institute for Parentally Challenged Boys, a futuristic orphanage in Satellite City where children are used as subjects in tests.
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5
In the Tall Grass
by Stephen King
Also practical and clear-cut · horror, entertainment
Siblings Cal and Becky DeMuth are driving across Kansas when they stop beside a vast field of tall grass after hearing a young boy’s cries for help.
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6
Horrorstör
Also practical and clear-cut · horror, entertainment
Set in the Orsk furniture superstore in Cleveland, Ohio, the story follows Amy, a retail employee struggling with debt.
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7
One Past Midnight: The Langoliers (Audio Cassette)
by Stephen King
Also practical and clear-cut · horror, entertainment
Ten passengers wake up on a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to Boston to find the pilot, crew, and most other travelers have vanished, leaving behind only inanimate objects like wedding rings and hairpieces.
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8
Ankle Snatcher
Also practical and clear-cut · horror, entertainment
Marcus grows up believing his father is a murderer who killed his mother, but his father insists a supernatural monster dragged her under the bed.
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9
Watchers
by Dean Koontz
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, science fiction
Travis Cornell, a depressed former Delta Force operative, encounters a Golden Retriever with human-level intelligence while hiking in the foothills of California.
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10
Armada
by Ernest Cline
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, science fiction
Zack Lightman is a high school student and expert gamer who spends his time playing Armada, a flight simulator involving an alien invasion by a species called the Sobruchai.
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11
Daughter of the Deep
by Rick Riordan
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, science fiction
Ana Dakkar is a freshman at Harding-Pencroft Academy, a school that trains elite marine scientists and naval warriors.
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Maze Runner. Expedientes secretos
by James Dashner, V&R Editoras
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, science fiction
This volume functions as a confidential archive that bridges the gap between the initial trilogy and the prequel.
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