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12 books with a reading profile close to Intensity by Dean Koontz. Practical, outward-looking, growth-minded, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

  1. 1 Tick Tock

    Tick Tock

    by Dean Koontz

    Also practical and growth-minded · thriller, horror

    Tommy Phan, a successful Vietnamese-American detective novelist, returns home to find a mysterious, hand-stitched rag doll on his doorstep.

  2. 2 Firestarter

    Firestarter

    by Stephen King

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, horror

    In 1969, Andy McGee and Vicky Tomlinson participated in a secret government experiment involving a low-grade hallucinogen called Lot Six.

  3. 3 The Ruins

    The Ruins

    by Scott Smith

    Also practical and growth-minded · thriller, horror

    In the sweltering heat of the Yucatan Peninsula, four American tourists—Jeff, Amy, Eric, and Stacy—join a Greek traveler and a German man named Mathias to locate a missing brother at a remote archaeological dig site.

  4. 4 There's Someone Inside Your House

    There's Someone Inside Your House

    by Stephanie Perkins

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, horror

    Makani Young moves from Hawaii to Nebraska to live with her grandmother, hoping to hide a traumatic incident from her past.

  5. 5 Thinner

    Thinner

    by Richard Bachman

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, horror

    Billy Halleck, an overweight lawyer, accidentally kills a Romani woman with his car but escapes legal consequences through his connections with a local judge and a police chief.

  6. 6 Cujo

    Cujo

    by Stephen King

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, horror

    In Castle Rock, Maine, a massive St.

  7. 7 Murder Road

    Murder Road

    by Simone St. James

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, horror

    In 1995, newlyweds July and April are driving to a remote honeymoon cabin when they encounter a bleeding woman on a deserted Michigan road.

  8. 8 The Burning Girls

    The Burning Girls

    by C.J. Tudor

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, horror

    Reverend Jack Brooks moves to the rural village of Chapel Croft with teenage daughter Flo, hoping for a fresh start after a tragedy in their previous parish.

  9. 9 What Lies in the Woods

    What Lies in the Woods

    by Kate Alice Marshall

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, horror

    Twenty-two years ago, Naomi Shaw and her two best friends survived a brutal stabbing in the woods.

  10. 10 Cold Fire

    Cold Fire

    by Dean Koontz

    Also clear-cut and escapist · thriller, horror

    Jim Ironheart lives under the command of a persistent internal voice that compels him to travel across the country to prevent specific, imminent tragedies.

  11. 11 Home Before Dark

    Home Before Dark

    by Riley Sager

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, horror

    Maggie Holt grew up in the shadow of House of Horrors, a non-fiction book written by her father about their twenty days living in Baneberry Hall.

  12. 12 The Butcher

    The Butcher

    by Jennifer Hillier

    Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

    In 1985, the Beacon Hill Butcher claimed his final victims before being killed by Edward Shank, a respected socialite.

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