Books like The Girl Next Door
12 books with a reading profile close to The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum. Growth-minded and escapist; an easy read.
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From the Corner of His Eye
by Dean Koontz
Also escapist · thriller, horror
Three babies are born in California on the same night, and the lives of the three families touch in unexpected ways.
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House of Hollow
Also escapist · thriller, horror
Ten years ago, the three Hollow sisters—Iris, Vivi, and Grey—disappeared from a London street only to return a month later with no memory of their absence.
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Rage
thriller, horror
Charlie Decker, a high school student with a history of violent outbursts, shoots two teachers and holds his algebra class hostage at gunpoint.
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The Terror
by Dan Simmons
Also escapist · thriller, horror
The story follows the 1845 Franklin Expedition, where HMS Erebus and HMS Terror become trapped in the thick pack ice of the Arctic’s Victoria Strait.
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Misery
by Stephen King
Also escapist · thriller, horror
Paul Sheldon, a successful author of historical romance, crashes his car on a remote Colorado road during a blizzard.
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Misery
Also escapist · thriller, horror
Paul Sheldon, a successful novelist, survives a car crash during a blizzard only to be rescued by Annie Wilkes, a former nurse who claims to be his greatest fan.
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Duma Key
by Stephen King
Also escapist · thriller, horror
After a construction accident costs Edgar Freemantle his right arm and his psychological stability, he retreats to a remote Florida island named Duma Key to recuperate.
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The Winter People
Also escapist · thriller, horror
In 1908, Sara Harrison Shea is found dead shortly after the tragic loss of her daughter.
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Let the Right One In
thriller, horror
Set in the bleak suburbs of 1980s Stockholm, the story follows Oskar, a lonely, bullied twelve-year-old who spends his nights fantasizing about violent revenge against his classmates.
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The Devil All the Time
thriller, horror
Set in the rural backwoods of Ohio and West Virginia between World War II and the 1960s, the narrative follows Arvin Russell, a young man haunted by his father’s traumatizing religious sacrifices.
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The Cabin at the End of the World
thriller, horror
Seven-year-old Wen and her fathers, Eric and Andrew, are vacationing at a remote New Hampshire cabin when four strangers armed with specialized tools surround the house.
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