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Books like You Like It Darker

12 books with a reading profile close to You Like It Darker by Stephen King. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.

  1. 1 The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

    The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

    by Stephen Graham Jones

    horror, narrative

    Set against the late nineteenth-century decline of the American bison, the narrative follows an Indigenous protagonist tasked with tracking a predatory figure who targets commercial hide hunters.

  2. 2 Plain Bad Heroines

    Plain Bad Heroines

    by Emily M. Danforth

    horror, narrative

    Emily M.

  3. 3 Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

    Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

    by Shane Hawk

    horror, narrative

    Edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C.

  4. 4 Hearts in Atlantis

    Hearts in Atlantis

    by Stephen King

    horror, narrative

    This collection consists of five interconnected narratives centered on the American generation that grew up during the Vietnam War.

  5. 5 Boy Parts

    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.

  6. 6 Let the Right One In

    Let the Right One In

    by John Ajvide Lindqvist

    horror, narrative

    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.

  7. 7 Kiss Kiss

    Kiss Kiss

    by Roald Dahl

    horror, narrative

    In this collection of eleven short stories, characters navigate domestic traps, professional rivalries, and cruel coincidences.

  8. 8 Harbour

    Harbour

    by John Ajvide Lindqvist

    horror, narrative

    During a winter outing to an isolated Swedish lighthouse, six-year-old Maja vanishes from a snow-covered stretch of ice without leaving a single footprint.

  9. 9 Ghost Wall

    Ghost Wall

    by Sarah Moss

    horror, narrative

    Seventeen-year-old Silvie joins her father, Bill, on a historical reenactment camp in the Northumbrian wilderness.

  10. 10 The Cabin at the End of the World

    The Cabin at the End of the World

    by Paul Tremblay

    horror, narrative

    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.

  11. 11 Lone Women

    Lone Women

    by Victor LaValle

    horror, narrative

    Set in 1915, the story follows Adelaide Henry, a Black woman who flees California for the harsh plains of Montana after the suspicious deaths of her parents.

  12. 12 The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

    The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

    by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    horror, narrative

    Set in the nineteenth-century Yucatan peninsula, the story follows Carlota Moreau, a young woman raised in isolation on a remote estate.

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