Books like The Long Walk
12 books with a reading profile close to The Long Walk by Richard Bachman. Balanced in tone; an easy read.
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1
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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2
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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3
Different Seasons
by Stephen King
thriller, horror
This collection contains four novellas, each corresponding to a different season.
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4
In the Miso Soup
by Ryū Murakami
thriller, horror
Kenji is a young man in Tokyo who offers nightlife tours to foreign visitors through the sex clubs and bars of Kabukicho.
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5
Full Dark, No Stars
by Stephen King
thriller, horror
Full Dark, No Stars is a collection of four long stories centered on the capacity for violence within ordinary people.
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6
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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7
Notes on an Execution
thriller, narrative
Ansel Packer sits on Texas death row with twelve hours left before his lethal injection.
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9
A Certain Hunger
thriller, horror
Dorothy Daniels is a high-profile food critic in New York whose sophisticated palate demands absolute sensory fulfillment.
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10
The Other Black Girl
thriller, narrative
Nella Rogers is an editorial assistant and the only Black employee at Wagner Books, a prestigious but white-dominated publishing house in New York City.
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11
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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12
Boy Parts
by Eliza Clark
horror, narrative
Irina is a professional photographer in Newcastle who specializes in scouting attractive, often awkward men in public spaces to model for her provocative, voyeuristic portfolios.
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