Books like The Amityville Horror

The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson reads as dark, accessible. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The private diary of Lyle Menendez

Lyle Menendez · 1993

Both explore family

59% genome match

The night stalker

Philip Carlo · 1996

Both explore fear

58% genome match

The Stranger Beside Me

Ann Rule · 1980

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

The Innocent Man

John Grisham · 2006

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

Zeitoun

Dave Eggers · 2009

Both explore family

59% genome match

The Only Living Witness

Stephen Michaud · 1983

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

Relato de un náufrago

Gabriel García Márquez · 1970

Same nonfiction feel

55% genome match

The shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer

Brian Masters · 1993

Same nonfiction feel

55% genome match

The Andy Warhol Diaries

Andy Warhol · 1989

Same nonfiction feel

55% genome match

Fatal Vision

Joe McGinniss · 1983

Both explore family

56% genome match

Severed

John Gilmore · 1994

Same nonfiction feel

55% genome match

Hiroshima

John Hersey · 1946

Same nonfiction feel

52% genome match