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Scary Pet Sematary, The Shining, Gerald's Game, Revival
Fantasy The Eyes of the Dragon, The Talisman, The Dark Tower Series, Insomnia
Aliens Dreamcatcher, The Tommyknockers, Under the Dome, 11/22/63
Ghosts The Shining, Joyland, Bag of Bones, Duma Key, Christine, Blaze, You Know They Got a Hell of a Band, Pet Sematary, The Reach, Sneakers, Home Delivery, Mr. Harrigan's Phone, Later, "Secret Window, Secret Garden", Riding the Bullet, Sometimes They Come Back
SciFi The Langoliers, The Jaunt, The Dead Zone, Firestarter, The Running Man, The Institute, Beachworld
Vampires 'Salem's Lot, Jerusalem's Lot, Popsy, One for the Road, The Night Flier
Werewolves Cycle of the Werewolf, The Talisman
Zombies Cell, Pet Sematary, Home Delivery
Witches Gamma, The Little Sisters of Eluria
Real World Misery, Cujo, Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers (99.9%), The Body, Apt Pupil, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, Gerald's Game, Dolores Claiborne, The Colorado Kid, Dolan's Cadillac, Lucky Quarter, The Gingerbread Girl, A Very Tight Place, 1922, A Good Marriage, Batman and Robin Have an Altercation, Blockade Billy, Drunken Fireworks, Herman Wouk Is Still Alive, Under the Weather, The Fifth Quarter, The Last Rung on the Ladder, The Woman in the Room, Quitters, Inc., Cain Rose Up, Survivor Type, All That You Love Will Be Carried Away, Hearts In Atlantis (novella, not the collection), Blind Willie, Why We're In Vietnam, The End of the Whole Mess, Bachman: Rage, Blaze, The Running Man (dystopian scifi), The Long Walk (alternate reality), Roadwork
Monsters IT, The Mist, Cujo, The Raft, The Outsider, The Dark Half, The Library Police, Rainy Season
Alternate Realities The Long Walk, The Running Man, Rose Madder, The Talisman
Apocalyptic or Post Apocalyptic The Stand, The Aftermath, Graduation Afternoon, The End of the Whole Mess, Gray Matter
Crime and Detective The Colorado Kid, Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, End of Watch, The Outsider, Dolores Claiborne, Rose Madder, Dead Zone, The Institute, Umney's Last Case, The Doctor's Case, The Fifth Quarter, The Ledge, 1922, A Good Marriage, Big Driver, Fair Extension, Dolan's Cadillac, The Gingerbread Girl, I Know What You Need, The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands, Morality, Rest Stop, Ten O'Clock People
Mind Powers Carrie, Firestarter, The Dead Zone, The Shining, Doctor Sleep, The Stand, IT, The Green Mile, Doctor Sleep, The Institute, Dolores Claiborne, Gerald's Game, The Tommyknockers, Dreamcatcher, The Dark Half, Black House, Insomnia, Duma Key, Blaze, Finders Keepers, End of Watch, The Dark Tower series, The Langoliers, Everything's Eventual, The Little Sisters of Eluria
Alternative Worlds Sleeping Beauties, Rose Madder, Lisey's Story, The Talisman, Ur
Body Possessions Desperation, The Regulators, End of Watch
Being Trapped Under the Dome, The Mist, Rage, The Long Walk, Cujo, Misery, Gerald's Game, The Gingerbread Girl, A Very Tight Place, The Raft, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, The Institute, Autopsy Room Four, Survivor Type
Serial Killers A Good Marriage, Mr. Mercedes, End of Watch, Cain Rose Up
Weird Strange Stories The Cat From Hell, The Lawnmower Man
Really Short Stories There Be Tygers, Battleground, Gray Matter, I Am The Doorway, The Boogeyman, Strawberry Spring, The Man Who Loved Flowers, Cain Rose Up, Suffer the Little Children, A Death, Afterlife, That Bus Is Another World, The Dune
Lovecraftian Stories Crouch End, Needful Things, Revival, N., From A Buick 8, In The Tall Grass, The Sun Dog, The Mist, I Am The Doorway, Jerusalem's Lot
Time Travel 11-22-63, Umney's Last Case, The Dark Tower series
Crazy People like obsessed fans or shooters Misery, Rage, Finders Keepers, Apt Pupil, Cain Rose Up
Prison stories Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile
Features Children and Teens IT, The Long Walk, The Body, The Institute, Children of the Corn, Firestarter, Apt Pupil, Doctor Sleep, Cycle of the Werewolf, Here There Be Tygers, The Jaunt, The Raft, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Horror Analysis or Autobiography Danse Macabre, On Writing
Series of Books The Dark Tower series, The Bill Hodges trilogy (Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, End of Watch) The Outsider dualogy (The Outsider and If It Bleeds (novella)), The Holly Gibney pentalogy (Mr. Mercedes trilogy + The Outsider dualogy), The Shining and Doctor Sleep, The Talisman Series (The Talisman, Black House)
Twinner Novels (read in any order) Dolores Caiborne and Gerald's Game, Desperation and The Regulators
Twins (including people called twinners) IT, The Outsider, Rose Madder, The Regulators, Wolves of the Calla, The Dark Tower, The Talisman, Black House, The Dark Half, Bag of Bones, Cujo, The Dead Zone, Duma Key, The Green Mile, Gwendy's Button Box, The Little Green God of Agony
Classic King Carrie, 'Salem's Lot, The Shining, The Stand, The Dead Zone, Firestarter, Cujo, Christine, Pet Sematary, IT, Misery
New King 11-22-63, Doctor Sleep, The Bill Hodges trilogy (Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, End of Watch), The Outsider, The Institute, Dreamcatcher, Cell, Duma Key, Revival, Under the Dome, If It Bleeds
Masterpieces highly-rated The Shining, The Stand, Pet Sematary, IT, Misery, 11/22/63
Masterpieces not well known Duma Key, Needful Things, Thinner, The Green Mile, Revival, The Long Walk
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Last Updated March 26, 2022
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