Books like Five Nights at Freddy's

Five Nights at Freddy's by Scott Cawthon reads as suspenseful, terrifying. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Monster

Christopher Pike · 1992

Shares the human thread

69% genome match

The Fourth Closet

Scott Cawthon · 2021

Shares the human thread

69% genome match

The Werewolf of Fever Swamp

R. L. Stine · 2009

Both explore survival & fear

66% genome match

A Living Nightmare... (Cirque Du Freak #1)

Darren Shan · 2000

Both explore fear

73% genome match

The Babysitter IV

Robert Lawrence Stine · 1995

Both explore survival & fear

73% genome match

The Twisted Ones

Kira Breed-Wrisley · 2017

Both explore survival & mystery

71% genome match

The Face on the Milk Carton

Caroline B. Cooney · 1990

Shares the human thread

69% genome match

Book of Horrors (Nightmare Hall, No 16)

Diane Hoh · 1994

Both explore fear

71% genome match

Mountain of bones

Christopher Krovatin · 1995

Both explore survival & fear

75% genome match

April fools

Richie Tankersley Cusick · 1991

Both explore fear

71% genome match

Hon som måste dö

David Lagercrantz · 2019

Shares the human thread

69% genome match

Survive the night

Danielle Vega · 2015

Both explore survival & trauma

72% genome match