Books like The Taking
12 books with a reading profile close to The Taking by Dean Koontz. Practical, growth-minded, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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One Past Midnight: The Langoliers (Audio Cassette)
by Stephen King
Also practical and growth-minded · 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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The Tommyknockers
by Stephen King
Also escapist · horror, entertainment
In the town of Haven, Maine, fiction writer Bobbi Anderson discovers a metallic object buried in the earth behind her house.
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Strangers
by Dean Koontz
Also clear-cut and escapist · horror, entertainment
A diverse group of individuals who have never met begin experiencing debilitating, specialized phobias and night terrors.
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Dead Silence
by S.A. Barnes
Also practical and escapist · horror, entertainment
Claire Kovalik is the leader of a salvage crew nearing the end of their contract when they intercept a distress signal in deep space.
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Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 1
Also practical and clear-cut · horror, entertainment
In the quiet town of Archer’s Peak, children are vanishing into the woods, leaving behind only gruesome remains and one traumatized survivor named James.
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Woom
Also practical and growth-minded · horror, entertainment
Angel Herrera checks into Room 6 of the Lonely Motel, a place where he previously experienced profound personal tragedies.
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American Vampire, Vol. 1
by Scott Snyder
Also practical and clear-cut · horror, entertainment
Skinner Sweet is a sociopathic outlaw in the 1880s who becomes the first of a new species: the American vampire.
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Shiver: Selected Stories
by Junji Ito
Also practical and growth-minded · horror, entertainment
Shiver: Selected Stories compiles nine self-contained horror tales curated by Junji Ito, featuring his own commentary on the creative process behind each work.
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Swan Song
Also escapist · horror, entertainment
After a nuclear exchange incinerates the United States, a handful of survivors struggle against the radioactive winter and a spreading skin mutation known as the Job's Mask.
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Sour Candy
Also practical and escapist · horror, entertainment
In Kealan Patrick Burke's "Sour Candy," a young boy named Paul is given a mysterious piece of sour candy by a stranger, which grants him the ability to have his deepest, darkest wishes come true.
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