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The Shining

Stephen King

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Books matched by the same qualities that made The Shining unforgettable: dark & gritty tone, balanced pacing, and themes of Family and Survival.

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01 The Exorcist William Peter Blatty

An actress's twelve-year-old daughter begins speaking in tongues and displaying impossible strength. The only explanation is the one no rational person will accept.

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02 NOS4A2 Joe Hill

Victoria McQueen has a supernatural gift for finding things. Charles Manx has one for stealing children. One day their paths will cross -- and it will not be the last time.

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03 Pet Sematary Stephen King

A family moves to rural Maine, where a burial ground behind the pet cemetery has the power to bring the dead back -- but not as they were.

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04 The Only Good Indians Stephen Graham Jones

Four Blackfeet men hunted by a creature born from a wrong they committed a decade earlier -- Jones writes grief, guilt, and cultural identity into a horror novel that earns all three.

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05 Doctor Sleep Stephen King

Danny Torrance, the traumatized boy from The Shining, is now a middle-aged alcoholic who uses his gift to help the dying -- until a girl with even stronger powers needs him.

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