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Books like Pet Sematary

Explore 24 books like Pet Sematary by Stephen King — a handpicked selection united by Occult & Supernatural, Small Town & Rural, Horror, and Suspense.

Top related books to Pet Sematary

Titles selected for shared themes, overlapping readership, and similar literary appeal.

Pet Sematary A Novel

Stephen King

Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Small Town & Rural • Horror

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Andy Davidson

Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Small Town & Rural • Horror

No One Will Miss Her A Novel

Kat Rosenfield

Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Small Town & Rural • Horror

Phantoms A Chilling Tale of Breath-Taking Suspense

Dean Koontz

Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Small Town & Rural • Horror

Edenville A Novel

Sam Rebelein

Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Small Town & Rural • Horror

Empire of Wild A Novel

Cherie Dimaline

Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Small Town & Rural • Horror

Wasps in the Ice Cream

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Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Small Town & Rural • Horror

Till We Become Monsters

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Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Small Town & Rural • Horror

Strange Folk A Novel

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Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Small Town & Rural • Suspense

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Curdle Creek From the Women’s Prize-Longlisted Author of Remembered

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Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Small Town & Rural • Horror

#11

Memorials A Novel

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Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Small Town & Rural • Horror

#12

Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery

Jenny Colgan

Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Small Town & Rural • Horror

#13

Lord of Order A Novel

Brett Riley

Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Small Town & Rural • Horror

#14

Camp Damascus

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Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Small Town & Rural • Horror

#15

Nos4a2

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Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Horror • Suspense

#16

Heat 2 A Novel

Michael Mann

Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Horror • Suspense

#17

Rosemary’s Baby

Ira Levin

Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Horror • Suspense

#18

Impostor Syndrome A Novel

Kathy Wang

Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Horror • Suspense

#19

Short Horror Stories

Lee John Wyper

Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Horror • Suspense

#20

Cold Storage A Novel

David Koepp

Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Horror • Suspense

#21

The Change A Good Morning America Book Club Pick

Kirsten Miller

Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Horror • Suspense

#22

The Captive A Novel

Fiona King Foster

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Horror • Suspense

#23

Vlad

Carlos Fuentes

Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Horror • Suspense

#24

Assassin — Shaun Hutson

SHAUN. HUTSON

Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Horror • Suspense

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Pet Sematary by Stephen King. Connected by Occult & Supernatural, Small Town & Rural, Horror. Authors featured include Stephen King, Andy Davidson, Kat Rosenfield, Dean Koontz, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.