18 books like Christine

What to read after Christine — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Tanner On Ice Lawrence Block · 1998 · ★ 3.5 · 286p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Cold War superspy Evan Tanner lost the ability to sleep on a battlefield in Korea. So where the heck has he been since the '70s?Frozen. Cryogenically. A Tanner-sicle. Which he never thought would happen when he walked into a basement in Union City, New Jersey, more than a quarter century ago. Now he's unthawed and ready to rumble, and his somewhat addled, former super-secret boss, "the Chief," is… Shares: Smuggling, Thriller

Undying Love Mitsuru Hattori · 2014 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Undying Love is a limited comic book series created and written by Tomm Coker and Daniel Freedman. The first issue was published in March 2011 by American company Image Comics. Shares: Teenagers, Supernatural

Mr. Mercedes Stephen King · 2013 · ★ 4.0 · 478p · ≈ 15h · Moderate In the frigid pre-dawn hours, in a distressed Midwestern city, hundreds of desperate unemployed folks are lined up for a spot at a job fair. Without warning, a lone driver plows through the crowd in a stolen Mercedes, running over the innocent, backing up, and charging again. Eight people are killed; fifteen are wounded. The killer escapes. In another part of town, months later, a retired cop… Shares: Automobiles, Horror, Thriller

The Fisherman John Langan · 2016 · ★ 4.1 · 293p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman's Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reservoir. Steep-banked, fast-moving, it offers the promise of fine fishing, and of something more, a possibility too fantastic to be true. When Abe and Dan, two widowers who have found solace in each other's company and a shared passion for fishing, hear rumors of the Creek, and what might be found… Shares: Supernatural, Horror, Thriller

Sankarea Mitsuru Hattori · 2012 · 174p · ≈ 5h · Moderate "I ONLY LIKE ZOMBIE GIRLS." Since he was little, Chihiro has felt an unusual emotional connection to zombie movies. It's not that he feels bad for the survivors - instead he fantasizes about comforting the poor undead girls they slaughter! When his beloved pet passes away, he decides to brew up a resurrection potion in secret. But he's discovered by popular girl and local heiress Sanka Rea, whose… Shares: Teenagers, Supernatural

Danse Macabre Stephen King · 1980 · ★ 3.8 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate This is a non-fiction study of the horror genre including books, movies, television, etc. ([source][1]) ---------- Also contained in: Works (Danse Macabre / Salem's Lot / Shining [1]: https://stephenking.com/library/nonfiction/danse_macabre.html Shares: Horror, Thriller

War in heaven Charles Williams · 1930 · 258p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Williams gives a contemporary setting to the traditional story of the Search for the Holy Grail. Examining the distinction between magic and religion, War in Heaven is an eerily disturbing book, one that graphically portrays a metaphysical journey through the shadowy crevices of the human mind. ( Amazon) Shares: Supernatural, Thriller

The Book of Accidents Chuck Wendig · 2021 · ★ 3.7 · 540p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Long ago, Nathan lived in a house in the country with his abusive father—and has never told his family what happened there. Long ago, Maddie was a little girl making dolls in her bedroom when she saw something she shouldn’t have—and is trying to remember that lost trauma by making haunting sculptures. Long ago, something sinister, something hungry, walked in the tunnels and the mountains and… Shares: Supernatural, Horror, Thriller

A Coffin for Dimitrios Eric Ambler · 1939 · ★ 4.0 · 255p · ≈ 8h · Challenging A chance encounter with a Turkish colonel leads Charles Latimer, the author of a handful of successful mysteries, into a world of sinister political and criminal maneuvers. At first merely curious to reconstruct the career of the notorious Dimitrios, whose body has been identified in an Istanbul morgue, Latimer soon finds himself caught up in a shadowy web of assassination, espionage, drugs, and… Shares: Smuggling, Thriller

Left Behind the kids Jerry B. Jenkins · 2002 As freezing temperatures envelop the earth, Judd Thompson Jr. tries to figure out his next move. Lionel Washington struggles to help a friend. Back at the schoolhouse, Vicki Byrne pulls the kids together in the midst of the worst judgment yet. Mark Eisman prepares himself to meet a mysterious friend of his late cousin- but can he be trusted? As a strange star falls to earth, the Young Trib Force… Shares: Teenagers, Thriller

Clockwork Angel Cassandra Clare · 2010 · ★ 4.3 · 489p · ≈ 16h · Moderate When Tessa Gray crosses the ocean to find her brother in Victorian England, something terrifying is waiting for her in London's Downworld. Kidnapped by the mysterious Dark sisters, who are members of a secret organization called the Pandemonium club, Tessa soon learns that she has the power to transform into another person. The Magister, the shadowy figure who runs the club, will stop at nothing… Shares: Triangles, Supernatural

Julia Peter Straub · 1975 · ★ 3.4 · 287p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In a house in London a woman starts a new life, trying to put tragedy behind her. Then a pretty blonde child runs into view, bringing with her an inexplicable suggestion of evil. Once Julia Lofting had a husband and a daughter. But everything has changed since she bolted from her marriage, in flight from the unbearable truth of her daughter's death. For Julia, there is no escape. Another child… Shares: Supernatural, Horror

The Forbidden Zone Whitley Strieber · 1993 · ★ 3.3 · 309p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The mound, a quiet town gathering spot ... until now. Now something undeniably evil is hiding beneath it. A powerful darkness, terror with unfathomable needs and desires, spreading its roots in secret, transforming all that the good townfolk love and cherish: their past, their hopes, their souls.Courageous physicist Brian Kelley and his beautiful, very pregnant wife, must confront the horror.… Shares: Supernatural, Horror

P.S. I Still Love You Jenny Han · 2000 · ★ 4.4 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Lara Jean didn't expect to really fall for Peter. But suddenly they are together for real - and it's far more complicated than when they were pretending! Except suddenly they weren’t. Now Lara Jean is more confused than ever. When another boy from her past returns to her life, Lara Jean’s feelings for him return too. Can a girl be in love with two boys at once? In this charming and heartfelt… Shares: Triangles, Teenagers

The Damned Algernon Blackwood · 2002 · ★ 4.0 · 110p · ≈ 3h · Moderate The Damned is a chilling tale of supernatural horror from one of the great masters of horror fiction, Algernon Blackwood. Shares: Horror

Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories Ambrose Bierce · 1913 · 67p · ≈ 2h · Challenging This book is about stories that encounters with the ghosts of the dead and dying. The spirits of the dead reach out to the living, to pass on a message or to pursue a killer. Shares: Horror

Darkness Comes Dean Koontz · 1984 · ★ 3.9 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate A blizzard brings a city to a standstill-and ushers in an evil that defies imagination. Shares: Horror

The Manitou Graham Masterton · 1975 · ★ 3.7 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Moderate It only grows at night. Karen Tandy was a sweet and unassuming girl until she discovers the mysterious lump growing underneath her skin. As the doctors and specialists are puzzling over the growth, Karen's personality is beginning to drastically change. The doctors decide there is only one thing to do, cut out the lump. But then it moved. Now a chain reaction has begun and everyone who comes… Shares: Horror

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