Books like The Shining
The Shining by Stephen King reads as dark, suspenseful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Gerald's Game
Stephen King · 1992
Shares the outsider + vhypno thread
71% genome match
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shirley Jackson · 1962
Shares the outsider + vhypno thread
69% genome match
Black Hole
Charles Burns · 2005
Shares the outsider + transgress thread
69% genome match
Ghost Story
Peter Straub · 1979
Shares the vhypno thread
72% genome match
Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice · 1976
Shares the outsider + transgress thread
69% genome match
Dracula
Bram Stoker · 1897
Shares the transgress + vhypno thread
69% genome match
Dead in the Water
Nancy Holder · 2011
Shares the vhypno thread
69% genome match
Let the Right One In
John Ajvide Lindqvist · 2004
Shares the outsider + vhypno thread
69% genome match
Apartment 16
Adam Nevill · 2010
Shares the vhypno thread
69% genome match
Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia · 2020
Shares the vhypno thread
69% genome match
The Turn of the Screw
Henry James · 1898
Shares the vhypno thread
69% genome match
Slewfoot
Brom · 2021
Shares the vhypno thread
69% genome match
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