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

1

Intensity

by Dean Koontz

Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, horror

Chyna Shepherd, a young woman shaped by a traumatic childhood, survives a massacre at a remote farmhouse committed by a sociopathic killer named Edgler Vess.
2

Tick Tock

by Dean Koontz

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, horror

Tommy Phan, a successful Vietnamese-American detective novelist, returns home to find a mysterious, hand-stitched rag doll on his doorstep.
3

The Ruins

by Scott Smith

Also practical and clear-cut · 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

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.
5

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.
6

Cujo

by Stephen King

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, horror

In Castle Rock, Maine, a massive St.
7

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

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.
9

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.
10

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.
11

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

The Grownup

by Gillian Flynn

Also practical and escapist · thriller, horror

A cynical young woman earns a living by faking psychic auras and performing hand jobs in the back of a storefront spiritual shop.

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