37 Books like The Mist

Under the Dome

by Stephen King • 2009

An invisible dome traps a Maine town. A petty tyrant rises as neighbors turn savage.

3.93

327k+

🏚️ Small Town Horror 🧒 Psychic Children ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 👑 Small Town Tyranny 🔒 Trapped Community

Under the Dome 94%

An invisible dome traps a Maine town. A petty tyrant rises as neighbors turn savage.

by Stephen King 2009

3.93

327k+ ratings

🏚️ Small Town Horror 🧒 Psychic Children ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 👑 Small Town Tyranny 🔒 Trapped Community

Insomnia

by Stephen King • 1994

Sleep gone, an old widower sees the strings of fate. His neighbor is being pulled.

3.84

169k+

👁️ Cosmic Horror 👴 Elderly Protagonists 💕 Late In Life Romance ⚖️ Fate Versus Free Will 🕯️ Heroic Sacrifice

Insomnia 92%

Sleep gone, an old widower sees the strings of fate. His neighbor is being pulled.

by Stephen King 1994

3.84

169k+ ratings

👁️ Cosmic Horror 👴 Elderly Protagonists 💕 Late In Life Romance ⚖️ Fate Versus Free Will 🕯️ Heroic Sacrifice

Imaginary Friend

by Stephen Chbosky • 2019

Lost in the woods six days, a boy returns with a voice only he can hear.

3.55

62k+

✝️ Religious Horror 🏘️ Small-Town Horror 💕 Mother-Son Bond 🐍 Misunderstood Monster 👦 Child In Peril

Imaginary Friend 91%

Lost in the woods six days, a boy returns with a voice only he can hear.

by Stephen Chbosky 2019

3.55

62k+ ratings

✝️ Religious Horror 🏘️ Small-Town Horror 💕 Mother-Son Bond 🐍 Misunderstood Monster 👦 Child In Peril

Skeleton Crew

by Stephen King • 1985

A father and son trapped in a mist-shrouded supermarket face monsters outside and a fanatic within.

3.97

139k+

🦑 Cosmic Horror 🏪 Trapped Survivors 🔪 Creature Feature ⚰️ Supernatural Curse 🌫️ Atmospheric Horror

Skeleton Crew 91%

A father and son trapped in a mist-shrouded supermarket face monsters outside and a fanatic within.

by Stephen King 1985

3.97

139k+ ratings

🦑 Cosmic Horror 🏪 Trapped Survivors 🔪 Creature Feature ⚰️ Supernatural Curse 🌫️ Atmospheric Horror

From the Godless Abyss

by Abe Moss • 2022

Her blood cracked the Void. The monsters that poured through are hunting her now.

4.54

224

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🌀 Portal Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 😰 Reluctant Hero 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

From the Godless Abyss 91%

Her blood cracked the Void. The monsters that poured through are hunting her now.

by Abe Moss 2022

4.54

224 ratings

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🌀 Portal Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 😰 Reluctant Hero 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

Thinner

by Richard Bachman • 1984

After an unpunished fatal accident, a Romani's touch triggers a wasting that no doctor can halt.

3.78

229k+

🦴 Body Horror 🧿 Supernatural Curse ⚖️ Guilty Protagonist 🧙 Folk Horror 📼 1980s Horror

Thinner 91%

After an unpunished fatal accident, a Romani's touch triggers a wasting that no doctor can halt.

by Richard Bachman 1984

3.78

229k+ ratings

🦴 Body Horror 🧿 Supernatural Curse ⚖️ Guilty Protagonist 🧙 Folk Horror 📼 1980s Horror

The Gunslinger

by Stephen King • 1982

A gunslinger tracks a dark sorcerer through a dead world toward the tower binding all creation.

3.91

669k+

🤠 Weird Western 🏜️ Desert Wasteland 🎯 Obsessive Quest 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🏚️ Decaying World

The Gunslinger 91%

A gunslinger tracks a dark sorcerer through a dead world toward the tower binding all creation.

by Stephen King 1982

3.91

669k+ ratings

🤠 Weird Western 🏜️ Desert Wasteland 🎯 Obsessive Quest 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🏚️ Decaying World

Floating Dragon

by Peter Straub • 2003

Toxic gas and ancient evil poison a Connecticut town. Four psychic survivors share a desperate song.

3.82

13k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌊 New England Horror 🔄 Cyclical Evil 🔮 Psychic Bond

Floating Dragon 91%

Toxic gas and ancient evil poison a Connecticut town. Four psychic survivors share a desperate song.

by Peter Straub 2003

3.82

13k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌊 New England Horror 🔄 Cyclical Evil 🔮 Psychic Bond

Gone

by Michael Grant • 2008

After the adults vanish, kids in a dome develop powers and two leaders battle for control.

3.87

211k+

🧒 Children Without Adults ⚡ Kids With Powers 🏘️ Isolated Small Town ⚔️ Brothers As Enemies ⏰ Ticking Clock

Gone 90%

After the adults vanish, kids in a dome develop powers and two leaders battle for control.

by Michael Grant 2008

3.87

211k+ ratings

🧒 Children Without Adults ⚡ Kids With Powers 🏘️ Isolated Small Town ⚔️ Brothers As Enemies ⏰ Ticking Clock

The Hive

by Ronald Malfi • 2026

A suburb builds a machine it cannot explain, and one boy's mind is the final part.

3.72

538

🏘️ Suburban Horror 🦠 Psychic Contagion 🐝 Hive Mind 👩‍👦 Protective Mother 🔮 Psychic Child

The Hive 90%

A suburb builds a machine it cannot explain, and one boy's mind is the final part.

by Ronald Malfi 2026

3.72

538 ratings

🏘️ Suburban Horror 🦠 Psychic Contagion 🐝 Hive Mind 👩‍👦 Protective Mother 🔮 Psychic Child

Cold Skin

by Albert Sánchez Piñol • 2007

On an Antarctic island, sea creatures rise nightly, and the lighthouse keeper hides a dark secret.

3.66

10k+

🦑 Lovecraftian Horror 🏚️ Siege Survival 🔦 Isolated Lighthouse ❄️ Antarctic Isolation 🖤 Taboo Obsession

Cold Skin 90%

On an Antarctic island, sea creatures rise nightly, and the lighthouse keeper hides a dark secret.

by Albert Sánchez Piñol 2007

3.66

10k+ ratings

🦑 Lovecraftian Horror 🏚️ Siege Survival 🔦 Isolated Lighthouse ❄️ Antarctic Isolation 🖤 Taboo Obsession

When the Wolf Comes Home

by Nat Cassidy • 2025

A waitress takes in a boy whose terror becomes real. A wolf is already at the door.

4.06

37k+

📚 Literary Horror 👹 Fear Made Flesh 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 🔪 Monstrous Parent 🖤 Bleak Horror

When the Wolf Comes Home 90%

A waitress takes in a boy whose terror becomes real. A wolf is already at the door.

by Nat Cassidy 2025

4.06

37k+ ratings

📚 Literary Horror 👹 Fear Made Flesh 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 🔪 Monstrous Parent 🖤 Bleak Horror

Cell

by Stephen King • 2006

When cell phones turn users feral, a father fights through the carnage to find his son.

3.65

238k+

🧟 Zombie Apocalypse 📱 Techno-Horror 👨‍👦 Father-Son Quest 🤝 Found Family 🧠 Hive Mind

Cell 90%

When cell phones turn users feral, a father fights through the carnage to find his son.

by Stephen King 2006

3.65

238k+ ratings

🧟 Zombie Apocalypse 📱 Techno-Horror 👨‍👦 Father-Son Quest 🤝 Found Family 🧠 Hive Mind

Watchers

by Dean Koontz • 1987

A haunted veteran saves a golden retriever with unnatural intelligence as a monster hunts them both.

4.19

173k+

👹 Creature Horror 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🐕 Man And Dog Bond 🏠 Found Family 😢 Sympathetic Monster

Watchers 90%

A haunted veteran saves a golden retriever with unnatural intelligence as a monster hunts them both.

by Dean Koontz 1987

4.19

173k+ ratings

👹 Creature Horror 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🐕 Man And Dog Bond 🏠 Found Family 😢 Sympathetic Monster

by Stephen King • 1986

Seven small-town misfits face an ancient, shapeshifting evil that wears the smile of a clown.

4.24

1.3M+

🎈 Coming-Of-Age Horror 🤡 Killer Clown 👹 Shapeshifting Monster 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets 🌀 Cosmic Horror

It 90%

Seven small-town misfits face an ancient, shapeshifting evil that wears the smile of a clown.

by Stephen King 1986

4.24

1.3M+ ratings

🎈 Coming-Of-Age Horror 🤡 Killer Clown 👹 Shapeshifting Monster 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets 🌀 Cosmic Horror

Desperation

by Stephen King • 1996

Stranded in a ghost town, travelers discover their arresting officer is a vessel for ancient evil.

3.86

154k+

✝️ Religious Horror 👁️ Possession Horror ⛏️ Ancient Evil 🤝 Found Family 🏜️ Isolated Desert Town

Desperation 90%

Stranded in a ghost town, travelers discover their arresting officer is a vessel for ancient evil.

by Stephen King 1996

3.86

154k+ ratings

✝️ Religious Horror 👁️ Possession Horror ⛏️ Ancient Evil 🤝 Found Family 🏜️ Isolated Desert Town

Bird Box

by Josh Malerman • 2014

One look kills. A blindfolded mother rows a river, her children her only guides.

4.05

213k+

👽 Cosmic Horror 🙈 Sensory Deprivation 🖤 Maternal Sacrifice 🏠 Safe House Siege 🛶 River Journey

Bird Box 90%

One look kills. A blindfolded mother rows a river, her children her only guides.

by Josh Malerman 2014

4.05

213k+ ratings

👽 Cosmic Horror 🙈 Sensory Deprivation 🖤 Maternal Sacrifice 🏠 Safe House Siege 🛶 River Journey

The Unseen

by Ania Ahlborn • 2025

A grieving mother fosters a mute boy discovered in her garden. Then the disappearances begin.

3.36

4k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 👽 Alien Abduction 🫀 Body Horror 🧚 Changeling 🔁 Generational Trauma

The Unseen 90%

A grieving mother fosters a mute boy discovered in her garden. Then the disappearances begin.

by Ania Ahlborn 2025

3.36

4k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 👽 Alien Abduction 🫀 Body Horror 🧚 Changeling 🔁 Generational Trauma

Swarm

by Jennifer D. Lyle • 2023

Killer butterflies attack, an anxious teen barricades her home against winged predators and infected

3.65

2k+

🦋 Creature Horror 🦠 Outbreak Horror 😰 Anxious Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Reluctant Hero

Swarm 90%

Killer butterflies attack, an anxious teen barricades her home against winged predators and infected

by Jennifer D. Lyle 2023

3.65

2k+ ratings

🦋 Creature Horror 🦠 Outbreak Horror 😰 Anxious Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Reluctant Hero

Dreamcatcher

by Stephen King • 2001

Four friends' hunting trip turns deadly when they shelter a lost man carrying an alien parasite.

3.66

187k+

🩸 Body Horror 👽 Alien Possession 🧠 Telepathic Bond 🦠 Alien Parasite 👦 Childhood Friends

Dreamcatcher 90%

Four friends' hunting trip turns deadly when they shelter a lost man carrying an alien parasite.

by Stephen King 2001

3.66

187k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror 👽 Alien Possession 🧠 Telepathic Bond 🦠 Alien Parasite 👦 Childhood Friends

Departure 37

by Scott Carson • 2025

Voices of the dead warn every pilot. Then a B-52 missing since 1962 lands.

3.82

2k+

🕰️ Time Travel Thriller 🥶 Cold War Paranoia 🕵️ Government Cover-Up 👻 Voices Of The Dead 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

Departure 37 90%

Voices of the dead warn every pilot. Then a B-52 missing since 1962 lands.

by Scott Carson 2025

3.82

2k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Thriller 🥶 Cold War Paranoia 🕵️ Government Cover-Up 👻 Voices Of The Dead 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

Stranger Things, Season One

by Matthew J. Gilbert • 2025

When Will Byers disappears, his friends find a silent, powerful girl who knows what took him.

4.32

199

🏚️ Small-Town Horror 📺 Nostalgic Horror 👥 Found Family 👾 Kids Vs Monsters 🧠 Psychic Powers

Stranger Things, Season One 90%

When Will Byers disappears, his friends find a silent, powerful girl who knows what took him.

by Matthew J. Gilbert 2025

4.32

199 ratings

🏚️ Small-Town Horror 📺 Nostalgic Horror 👥 Found Family 👾 Kids Vs Monsters 🧠 Psychic Powers

Amid the Sinking Dark

by Abe Moss • 2021

Fleeing a custody battle, a mother shelters in a rain-cursed town where the sea devours children.

4.36

565

🐙 Cosmic Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 👶 Ritual Horror 🫂 Found Family 🌧️ Atmospheric Dread

Amid the Sinking Dark 89%

Fleeing a custody battle, a mother shelters in a rain-cursed town where the sea devours children.

by Abe Moss 2021

4.36

565 ratings

🐙 Cosmic Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 👶 Ritual Horror 🫂 Found Family 🌧️ Atmospheric Dread

Rest Stop

by Nat Cassidy • 2024

A Jewish bassist locked in a gas station bathroom faces a googly-eyed killer's sadistic games.

3.62

9k+

👽 Cosmic Horror 🚪 Locked Room Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🩸 Generational Trauma 🎭 Killer Plays Games

Rest Stop 89%

A Jewish bassist locked in a gas station bathroom faces a googly-eyed killer's sadistic games.

by Nat Cassidy 2024

3.62

9k+ ratings

👽 Cosmic Horror 🚪 Locked Room Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🩸 Generational Trauma 🎭 Killer Plays Games

Firestarter

by Stephen King • 1980

A father and his fire-starting child are hunted by the agency that made her.

3.92

249k+

🧠 Psychic Powers Thriller 🏛️ Government Conspiracy Horror 👨‍👧 Father And Daughter Fugitives 🔥 Child With Powers 🧪 Deadly Government Experiment

Firestarter 89%

A father and his fire-starting child are hunted by the agency that made her.

by Stephen King 1980

3.92

249k+ ratings

🧠 Psychic Powers Thriller 🏛️ Government Conspiracy Horror 👨‍👧 Father And Daughter Fugitives 🔥 Child With Powers 🧪 Deadly Government Experiment

Eden

by Tim Lebbon • 2020

A team infiltrates a sealed wilderness to find a missing mother, but the land itself hunts.

3.41

2k+

🏞️ Eco Horror 🌿 Sentient Wilderness 🗺️ Expedition Gone Wrong 👁️ Possessed Parent 👨‍👧 Father Daughter Bond

Eden 89%

A team infiltrates a sealed wilderness to find a missing mother, but the land itself hunts.

by Tim Lebbon 2020

3.41

2k+ ratings

🏞️ Eco Horror 🌿 Sentient Wilderness 🗺️ Expedition Gone Wrong 👁️ Possessed Parent 👨‍👧 Father Daughter Bond

Hemlock Island

by Kelley Armstrong • 2023

Blood-smeared walls pull her back to a private island where the dead refuse to rest.

3.44

13k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏝️ Isolated Island 🌲 Haunted Landscape 👻 Cursed Inheritance

Hemlock Island 89%

Blood-smeared walls pull her back to a private island where the dead refuse to rest.

by Kelley Armstrong 2023

3.44

13k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏝️ Isolated Island 🌲 Haunted Landscape 👻 Cursed Inheritance

Widow's Point

by Richard Chizmar • 2025

A ghost-hunting crew locks into Widow's Point lighthouse, where the dead have never stopped waiting.

3.76

5k+

🦑 Cosmic Horror 📜 Epistolary Horror 👤 Possession 📼 Ghost Hunting Gone Wrong 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Widow's Point 89%

A ghost-hunting crew locks into Widow's Point lighthouse, where the dead have never stopped waiting.

by Richard Chizmar 2025

3.76

5k+ ratings

🦑 Cosmic Horror 📜 Epistolary Horror 👤 Possession 📼 Ghost Hunting Gone Wrong 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Frozen Hell

by John W. Campbell Jr. • 2019

At the bottom of the world, researchers thaw a creature that mimics the men it kills.

3.73

2k+

🧬 Body Horror 🌌 Cosmic Horror ❄️ Arctic Isolation 👾 Shape-Shifting Alien 👥 Impostor Horror

Frozen Hell 89%

At the bottom of the world, researchers thaw a creature that mimics the men it kills.

by John W. Campbell Jr. 2019

3.73

2k+ ratings

🧬 Body Horror 🌌 Cosmic Horror ❄️ Arctic Isolation 👾 Shape-Shifting Alien 👥 Impostor Horror

The Toll

by Cherie Priest • 2019

A honeymooner loses his wife on a swamp bridge that the locals have appeased for generations.

3.41

4k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔄 Cyclical Curse 👁️ Supernatural Predator 🏘️ Haunted Town 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

The Toll 89%

A honeymooner loses his wife on a swamp bridge that the locals have appeased for generations.

by Cherie Priest 2019

3.41

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔄 Cyclical Curse 👁️ Supernatural Predator 🏘️ Haunted Town 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Pines

by Blake Crouch • 2012

A Secret Service agent wakes with no memory in a perfect town where nobody ever leaves.

3.92

189k+

🏚️ Small Town Horror 🔍 Amnesiac Investigator 👁️ Dystopian Control 🌎 Post-Apocalyptic World 🦇 Creature Survival

Pines 89%

A Secret Service agent wakes with no memory in a perfect town where nobody ever leaves.

by Blake Crouch 2012

3.92

189k+ ratings

🏚️ Small Town Horror 🔍 Amnesiac Investigator 👁️ Dystopian Control 🌎 Post-Apocalyptic World 🦇 Creature Survival

The Queen

by Nick Cutter • 2024

Texts from her missing best friend lure a teen into a country club turned wasp hive.

3.53

8k+

🫀 Body Horror 🐝 Insect Horror 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔪 Revenge Narrative

The Queen 89%

Texts from her missing best friend lure a teen into a country club turned wasp hive.

by Nick Cutter 2024

3.53

8k+ ratings

🫀 Body Horror 🐝 Insect Horror 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔪 Revenge Narrative

You Like It Darker

by Stephen King • 2024

In small towns and on dark roads, secrets fester, fate whispers, and the past is never really dead.

4.17

94k+

🏚️ Small-Town Horror 👻 Supernatural Thriller 🧬 Father-Son Legacy ⚖️ Fate Vs Free Will 🚔 Wrongful Accusation

You Like It Darker 89%

In small towns and on dark roads, secrets fester, fate whispers, and the past is never really dead.

by Stephen King 2024

4.17

94k+ ratings

🏚️ Small-Town Horror 👻 Supernatural Thriller 🧬 Father-Son Legacy ⚖️ Fate Vs Free Will 🚔 Wrongful Accusation

Whistle

by Linwood Barclay • 2025

Her son's toy trains kill, and the creature behind them demands she take its place.

3.91

10k+

🖤 Supernatural Horror 🚂 Cursed Toys 🏚️ Small Town Horror 👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond 🌀 Psychological Unraveling

Whistle 89%

Her son's toy trains kill, and the creature behind them demands she take its place.

by Linwood Barclay 2025

3.91

10k+ ratings

🖤 Supernatural Horror 🚂 Cursed Toys 🏚️ Small Town Horror 👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond 🌀 Psychological Unraveling

And the Sea Called Her Name

by Joe Hart • 2015

The sea took her mother. Now his wife is vanishing, and the tide is pulling her under.

3.73

429

🌀 Cosmic Horror 🌊 Coastal Gothic 💔 Doomed Marriage 🐙 Body Transformation 🩸 Generational Curse

And the Sea Called Her Name 89%

The sea took her mother. Now his wife is vanishing, and the tide is pulling her under.

by Joe Hart 2015

3.73

429 ratings

🌀 Cosmic Horror 🌊 Coastal Gothic 💔 Doomed Marriage 🐙 Body Transformation 🩸 Generational Curse

The Mind Parasites

by Colin Wilson • 1967

An archaeologist learns invisible beings feed on human minds, and they know he has seen them.

3.72

2k+

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🐙 Lovecraftian 🧠 Philosophical Horror 🔮 Psychic Abilities 👁️ Mental Invasion

The Mind Parasites 89%

An archaeologist learns invisible beings feed on human minds, and they know he has seen them.

by Colin Wilson 1967

3.72

2k+ ratings

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🐙 Lovecraftian 🧠 Philosophical Horror 🔮 Psychic Abilities 👁️ Mental Invasion

The Oath

by Frank E. Peretti • 1995

After his brother dies, a biologist enters a mining town where a predator feeds on guilt.

4.07

30k+

⛪ Christian Allegory 👁️ Spiritual Horror 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 💔 Unconfessed Guilt 🔍 Outsider Investigates

The Oath 89%

After his brother dies, a biologist enters a mining town where a predator feeds on guilt.

by Frank E. Peretti 1995

4.07

30k+ ratings

⛪ Christian Allegory 👁️ Spiritual Horror 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 💔 Unconfessed Guilt 🔍 Outsider Investigates

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