Books like The Institute
If you liked The Institute by Stephen King, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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Under the Dome
Because also by Stephen King; shares tags: science fiction, horror, thriller.
Chester's Mill is sealed under an invisible dome as cook Barbie and editor Julia face Big Jim Rennie's rule.
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11/22/63
Because also by Stephen King; shares tags: thriller, suspense, horror.
A Maine teacher steps through a diner portal to 1958 to stop the Kennedy assassination, and learns the past resists change while a new life…
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Red Dragon
Because shares tags: thriller, horror, suspense.
Graham consults Lecter to catch Tooth Fairy Dolarhyde.
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Hidden Pictures
Because shares tags: horror, thriller, suspense.
Nanny Mallory sees Teddy drawings predict a murder in New Jersey.
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Dark Matter
Because shares tags: science fiction, thriller, suspense.
Abducted from his Chicago family, Jason Dessen wakes in a life he never chose and fights through worlds to return.
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Doctor Sleep
Because also by Stephen King; shares tags: horror, thriller.
Grown Dan Torrance gets sober in New Hampshire and helps gifted Abra Stone face the True Knot.
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Cujo
Because also by Stephen King; shares tags: horror, thriller.
A rabid St. Bernard traps a mother and her young son in a broken-down car at a lonely Maine garage.
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The Outsider
Because also by Stephen King; shares tags: horror, thriller.
Coach Terry Maitland's DNA and witnesses point to an impossible murder, until Ralph Anderson and Holly Gibney trace it to El Cuco.
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Mr. Mercedes
Because also by Stephen King; shares tags: thriller, suspense.
Retired Hodges hunts Mercedes killer Brady Hartsfield concert plot.
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Misery
Because also by Stephen King; shares tags: horror, thriller.
A novelist crashes in Colorado snow and wakes in the home of his self-declared number one fan, who will not let him leave.
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The Shining
Because also by Stephen King; shares tags: horror, thriller.
The Shining retold: Jack winters at Overlook with Wendy and Danny, REDRUM, hedge maze chase.
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The Wife Upstairs
Because shares tags: thriller, suspense.
A struggling dog walker falls for a wealthy widower in Alabama, but his missing wife may still be alive upstairs.
