Books like The Darkest Evening of the Year

The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz reads as dark, emotional. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Suffer the children

John Saul · 1978

Both explore secrets

73% genome match

The Langoliers

Stephen King · 1991

Both explore survival

65% genome match

Asylum

Madeleine Roux · 2013

Both explore secrets & trauma

74% genome match

Midnight

Dean Koontz

Both explore secrets & survival

73% genome match

Daughter of Darkness

V. C. Andrews · 2010

Both explore secrets & family

74% genome match

The Secret of Crickley Hall

James Herbert · 2006

Both explore family & trauma

72% genome match

Full Throttle

Joe Hill

Both explore family & survival

70% genome match

Superstitious

Robert Lawrence Stine · 1995

Same horror feel

66% genome match

Hex

Thomas Olde Heuvelt · 2001

Same horror feel

64% genome match

Battle Royale

Koushun Takami

Both explore survival

63% genome match

House

Ted Dekker · 2006

Both explore survival

65% genome match

Season of the machete

James Patterson · 1977

Both explore survival

71% genome match