Read-alikes and related books

Books like The Shining

Across Ghost, Supernatural, Horror, and Thrillers — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as The Shining by Stephen King.

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Top related books to The Shining

Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

Carrie Fiftieth Anniversary CLASSIC EDITION with a New Introduction by Margaret Atwood — Stephen King

Carrie Fiftieth Anniversary CLASSIC EDITION with a New Introduction by Margaret Atwood

Themes: Ghost • Supernatural • Horror

House of Windows — John Langan

House of Windows

Themes: Ghost • Supernatural • Horror

Tales from the Gas Station Volume One — Jack Townsend

Tales from the Gas Station Volume One

Themes: Ghost • Supernatural • Horror

The September House — Carissa Orlando

The September House

Carissa Orlando

Themes: Ghost • Supernatural • Horror

The Library of the Dead — T. L. Huchu

The Library of the Dead

Themes: Ghost • Supernatural • Horror

Psychic Surveys Book Three 44 Gilmore Street: A Gripping Supernatural Thriller — Shani Struthers

Psychic Surveys Book Three 44 Gilmore Street: A Gripping Supernatural Thriller

Shani Struthers

Themes: Ghost • Supernatural • Horror

The Carrow Haunt — Darcy Coates

The Carrow Haunt

Themes: Ghost • Supernatural • Horror

The Thief of Always A Fable — Clive Barker

The Thief of Always A Fable

Themes: Ghost • Supernatural • Horror

Quarter to Midnight Fifteen Tales of Horror and Suspense — Darcy Coates

Quarter to Midnight Fifteen Tales of Horror and Suspense

Themes: Ghost • Supernatural • Horror

Bleed More, Bodymore — Ian Kirkpatrick

Bleed More, Bodymore

Ian Kirkpatrick

Themes: Ghost • Supernatural • Horror

Heart-Shaped Box — Joe Hill

Heart-Shaped Box

Themes: Ghost • Supernatural • Horror

The Willows — Algernon Blackwood

Algernon Blackwood

Themes: Ghost • Supernatural • Horror

The Pallbearers Club A Novel — Paul Tremblay

The Pallbearers Club A Novel

Themes: Ghost • Supernatural • Horror

Gone to See the River Man — Kristopher Triana

Gone to See the River Man

Kristopher Triana

Themes: Ghost • Supernatural • Horror

Imaginary Friend — Stephen Chbosky

Imaginary Friend

Stephen Chbosky

Themes: Ghost • Supernatural • Horror

The Whisper House A Rose Gifford Book — Cass Green

The Whisper House A Rose Gifford Book

Themes: Ghost • Supernatural • Horror

The Beast You Are Stories — Paul Tremblay

The Beast You Are Stories

Themes: Ghost • Supernatural • Horror

Kill Creek — Scott Thomas

Themes: Ghost • Supernatural • Horror

Inherited — Jason Worrell

Themes: Ghost • Supernatural • Horror

Midnight Pass — Bill Thompson

Themes: Ghost • Supernatural • Horror

Wakenhyrst — Michelle Paver

Themes: Ghost • Supernatural • Horror

The Little Woods — A. G. Mock

The Little Woods

Themes: Ghost • Supernatural • Horror

The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen — Ellen Datlow

The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen — Ellen Datlow

Themes: Ghost • Supernatural • Horror

The Nosferatu Conspiracy The Sleepwalker — Brian James Gage

The Nosferatu Conspiracy The Sleepwalker

Brian James Gage

Themes: Ghost • Supernatural • Horror

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for The Shining by Stephen King — spanning Ghost, Supernatural, Horror and featuring authors such as Stephen King, John Langan, Jack Townsend, Carissa Orlando, and others.

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