Books like The Bad Place

The Bad Place by Dean Koontz reads as dark, witty. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Cell

Stephen King · 2006

Both explore violence & family

85% genome match

Full Throttle

Joe Hill

Both explore violence & family

87% genome match

Mystery walk

Robert R. McCammon · 1983

Same horror feel

73% genome match

Second child

John Saul · 1990

Same horror feel

70% genome match

The Door to December

Dean Koontz · 1985

Both explore memory & family

80% genome match

The Long Walk

Richard Bachman · 1999

Both explore violence

71% genome match

Season of the machete

James Patterson · 1977

Both explore violence

80% genome match

The Secret of Crickley Hall

James Herbert · 2006

Both explore family

74% genome match

House

Ted Dekker · 2006

Same horror feel

73% genome match

The black angel

John Connolly · 2005

Both explore violence

74% genome match

Lord Loss

Darren Shan · 2005

Both explore family

71% genome match

Daughter of Darkness

V. C. Andrews · 2010

Both explore family & identity

71% genome match