Books like Down a Dark Hall

Down a Dark Hall by Lois Duncan reads as eerie, suspenseful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Winter People

Jennifer McMahon · 2014

Both explore secrets & supernatural

72% genome match

Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier · 1938

Both explore secrets

83% genome match

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson · 1962

Same horror feel

83% genome match

Ghost hotel

Larry Weinberg · 1994

Both explore supernatural & secrets

69% genome match

Revenge of the Dolls

Carol Beach York · 1979

Both explore psychological suspense & secrets

74% genome match

The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural

Bill Pronzini · 1981

Both explore supernatural

68% genome match

Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories

Roald Dahl · 1983

Both explore supernatural

66% genome match

Ghost house

Clare McNally · 1979

Both explore supernatural & possession

72% genome match

Daughter of Darkness

V. C. Andrews · 2010

Both explore secrets

65% genome match

Pet Sematary

Stephen King · 1983

Same horror feel

59% genome match

The Callender papers

Cynthia Voigt · 1983

Both explore gothic atmosphere

66% genome match

Window on the Square

Phyllis A. Whitney · 1962

Both explore secrets

64% genome match