Books like Bag of Bones
Bag of Bones by Stephen King reads as dark, melancholic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson · 1959
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69% genome match
Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier · 1938
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69% genome match
Poe's Children
Peter Straub · 2009
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69% genome match
Pet Sematary
Stephen King · 1983
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83% genome match
The Turn of the Screw
Henry James · 1898
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69% genome match
Come With Me
Ronald Malfi · 2021
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71% genome match
Slewfoot
Brom · 2021
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69% genome match
Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia · 2020
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69% genome match
The Last House on Needless Street
Catriona Ward · 2021
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69% genome match
Dead in the Water
Nancy Holder · 2011
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69% genome match
White Is for Witching
Helen Oyeyemi · 2009
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69% genome match
Halloween Chillers
Douglas Clegg · 2012
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69% genome match
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