Books like Pet Sematary

1. 

   The Shining

   Stephen King · 1977 · The Shining #1

   Because also by Stephen King; shares tags: horror, supernatural, classics.

   The Shining retold: Jack winters at Overlook with Wendy and Danny, REDRUM, hedge maze chase.

2. 

   The Outsider

   Stephen King · 2018

   Because also by Stephen King; shares tags: horror, supernatural.

   Coach Terry Maitland's DNA and witnesses point to an impossible murder, until Ralph Anderson and Holly Gibney trace it to El Cuco.

3. 

   The Green Mile

   Stephen King · 1996

   Because also by Stephen King; shares tags: horror, classics.

   Guard Paul Edgecombe watches John Coffey show healing miracles on death row in 1932 Louisiana.

4. 

   'Salem's Lot

   Stephen King · 1975

   Because also by Stephen King; shares tags: horror, classics.

   A writer returns to Jerusalem's Lot as an old house fills with vampires.

5. 

   The Gunslinger

   Stephen King · 1982 · The Dark Tower #1

   Because also by Stephen King; shares tags: horror, classics.

   Roland chases the man in black across desert to the tower, losing Jake and learning ka is a wheel.

6. 

   Carrie

   Stephen King · 1974

   Because also by Stephen King; shares tags: horror, supernatural.

   Bullied Carrie White discovers telekinetic powers that turn a cruel prom prank into a night of fire.

7. 

   It

   Stephen King · 1986

   Because also by Stephen King; shares tags: horror, supernatural.

   Seven friends in Derry face a shape shifting evil as kids in 1958 and again as adults in 1985.

8. 

   The Karamazov Brothers

   Fyodor Dostoevsky · 1880

   Because shares tags: classics, family.

   Dmitri, Ivan, and Alyosha Karamazov face their father, murder, faith, and doubt in Dostoevsky's final novel.

9. 

   The Hound of the Baskervilles

   Arthur Conan Doyle · 1902 · Sherlock Holmes #5

   Because shares tags: classics, horror.

   Holmes Watson probe spectral hound killing Baskervilles on Dartmoor.

10. 

    Mansfield Park

    Jane Austen · 1814

    Because shares tags: classics, family.

    Fanny Price loves Edmund amid Crawfords theatricals at Mansfield.

11. 

    Hidden Pictures

    Jason Rekulak · 2022

    Because shares tags: horror, supernatural.

    Nanny Mallory sees Teddy drawings predict a murder in New Jersey.

12. 

    Hello Beautiful

    Ann Napolitano · 2023

    Because shares tags: family, grief.

    Four sisters in Chicago love, lose, and find each other again across thirty years.

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