25 Best horror books like The Roo by Alan Baxter

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The Roo

By: Alan Baxter

4.04

Format: 132 pages, Kindle Edition

Something is wrong in the small outback town of Morgan Creek. A farmer goes missing after a blue…

If you liked the horror plot in The Roo by Alan Baxter , here is a list of 25 books like this:

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1. Night of the Crabs

By: Guy N. Smith

3.33

Format: 144 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Welsh coast basks in summer tranquility, then the drownings begin... Not until the monstrous cr… read more

Similar categories in Guy N. Smith's Night of the Crabs book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

  • animals
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Meg (MEG, #1) by Steve Alten

2. Meg (MEG, #1)

By: Steve Alten

3.97

Format: 570 pages, Paperback

Revised and Expanded. On a top-secret dive into the Pacific Ocean's deepest canyon, Jonas Taylor fo… read more

Similar categories in Steve Alten's Meg (MEG, #1) book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

  • thriller
  • animals
  • fiction
  • horror
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3. Psycho

By: Robert Bloch

4.00

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

It was a dark and stormy night when Mary Crane glimpsed the unlit neon sign announcing the vacancy … read more

Similar categories in Robert Bloch's Psycho book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror

4. The Nest

By: Gregory A. Douglas , None

3.47

Format: None pages, Paperback

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Similar categories in Gregory A. Douglas's The Nest book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

  • adult fiction
  • animals
  • fiction
  • horror

5. Snowblind

By: Christopher Golden

3.00

Format: 31 pages, Hardcover

In Christopher Golden's first horror novel in more than a decade--a work reminiscent of early Steph… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Golden's Snowblind book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

6. Fathomless

By: Greig Beck

2.00

Format: None pages,

Carcharodon Megalodon - the largest and most fearsome predator to have ever existed on our planet. … read more

Similar categories in Greig Beck's Fathomless book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

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7. Let's Go Play at the Adams'

By: Mendal W. Johnson

3.42

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

Surely, it was only a game. In the orderly, pleasant world Barbara inhabited, nice children -- and … read more

Similar categories in Mendal W. Johnson's Let's Go Play at the Adams' book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror

8. Hell House

By: Richard Matheson

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Can any soul survive? Regarded as the Mount Everest of haunted houses, Belasco House has witnessed … read more

Similar categories in Richard Matheson's Hell House book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

9. Scandinavian Gatherings: From Afternoon Fika to Midsummer Feast: 70 Simple Recipes & Crafts for Everyday Celebrations

By: Melissa Bahen

3.97

Format: 12 pages, Hardcover

Let Scandinavian Gatheringsbe your hyggehandbook (pronounced hoo-ga) for cozy retreats in the comfo… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Bahen's Scandinavian Gatherings: From Afternoon Fika to Midsummer Feast: 70 Simple Recipes & Crafts for Everyday Celebrations book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

10. The Summer I Died (The Roger Huntington Saga, #1)

By: Ryan C. Thomas

5.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

So much screaming. When Roger Huntington comes home from college for the summer and is met by his b… read more

Similar categories in Ryan C. Thomas's The Summer I Died (The Roger Huntington Saga, #1) book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

11. Sacculina

By: Philip Fracassi

3.69

Format: 355 pages, Paperback

When Jim's big brother Jack is released from prison, the brothers - along with their broken father … read more

Similar categories in Philip Fracassi's Sacculina book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

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12. Full Brutal

By: Kristopher Triana

4.04

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

Kim White is a very popular cheerleader. She’s pretty, healthy, and comes from a well-off family. S… read more

Similar categories in Kristopher Triana's Full Brutal book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

  • adult fiction
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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13. All Hallows

By: Christopher Golden

3.55

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

With the 80's nostalgia of Stranger Things, this horror drama from NYT bestselling author Christoph… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Golden's All Hallows book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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14. Guests

By: Kealan Patrick Burke

4.04

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

A child who can turn your reality into an unspeakable nightmare. A monster from childhood with wire… read more

Similar categories in Kealan Patrick Burke's Guests book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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15. This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances

By: Eric LaRocca

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A brand-new collection of four intense, claustrophobic and terrifying horror tales from the Bram St… read more

Similar categories in Eric LaRocca's This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"The worst thing a person can do to you after they've hurt you is let you live."

-Eric LaRocca, This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances

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16. Camp Slaughter (Slaughter Series, #1)

By: Sergio Gomez

3.45

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s a local legend. No one is sure if this “Camp Slaughter” place is real or not. But a group of c… read more

Similar categories in Sergio Gomez's Camp Slaughter (Slaughter Series, #1) book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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17. Scanlines

By: Todd Keisling

3.83

Format: 83 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1987, Congressman Benjamin Hardy III died by suicide on live television amidst accusations of po… read more

Similar categories in Todd Keisling's Scanlines book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
Cover of I Found Puppets Living In My Apartment Walls (I Found Horror) by Ben Farthing

18. I Found Puppets Living In My Apartment Walls (I Found Horror)

By: Ben Farthing

3.88

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

Can you tell me how to get... out alive?★★★★★ - "I can't remember the last time a book scared me an… read more

Similar categories in Ben Farthing's I Found Puppets Living In My Apartment Walls (I Found Horror) book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
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19. Dear Laura

By: Gemma Amor

3.61

Format: 111 pages, Kindle Edition

Every year, on her birthday, Laura gets a letter from a stranger. That stranger claims to know the … read more

Similar categories in Gemma Amor's Dear Laura book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
Cover of Candy Cain Kills (Killer VHS Series, #2) by Brian  McAuley

20. Candy Cain Kills (Killer VHS Series, #2)

By: Brian McAuley

4.12

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Oh what fun it is to DIE! When Austin’s parents drag him and his little sister Fiona to a remote… read more

Similar categories in Brian McAuley's Candy Cain Kills (Killer VHS Series, #2) book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

  • adult fiction
  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
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21. The Night Stockers

By: Kristopher Triana

3.82

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

The employees of the Freshway grocery store aren’t too happy about having to do an overnight shift,… read more

Similar categories in Kristopher Triana's The Night Stockers book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Eynhallow by Tim McGregor

22. Eynhallow

By: Tim McGregor

4.29

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

ORKNEY ISLANDS, 1797 – Agnes Tulloch feels a little cheated. This windswept place is not the island… read more

Similar categories in Tim McGregor's Eynhallow book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Below by Laurel Hightower

23. Below

By: Laurel Hightower

3.70

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO HELP A STRANGER? While driving through the mountains of West Virginia du… read more

Similar categories in Laurel Hightower's Below book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • fantasy
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24. Secret Santa

By: Andrew Shaffer

3.46

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

The Office meets Stephen King, dressed up in holiday tinsel, in this fun, festive, and frightening … read more

Similar categories in Andrew Shaffer's Secret Santa book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Warrior Retreat by John           Lynch

25. The Warrior Retreat

By: John Lynch

4.02

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

SOME WOUNDS DON'T HEAL... For some servicemen and women, coming home means the end of the war.… read more

Similar categories in John Lynch's The Warrior Retreat book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

  • thriller
  • horror
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26. True Crime

By: Samantha Kolesnik

3.62

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

Suzy and her brother, Lim, live with their abusive mother in a town where the stars don’t shine at … read more

Similar categories in Samantha Kolesnik's True Crime book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

  • novella
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
"That will be your punishment—to see a Paradise you cannot ruin."

-Samantha Kolesnik, True Crime

"I was the black sheep, the sheep with teeth, the sheep even the wolf wouldn’t eat."

-Samantha Kolesnik, True Crime

"There was something gratifying about people’s hesitations and concerns when around me."

-Samantha Kolesnik, True Crime

"To come in as a murderer and to murder is one thing. To come in as a friend, but to be a foe is another. Deceit is really the true crime of humanity."

-Samantha Kolesnik, True Crime

Cover of I Found a Circus Tent in the Woods Behind My House (I Found Horror) by Ben Farthing

27. I Found a Circus Tent in the Woods Behind My House (I Found Horror)

By: Ben Farthing

3.77

Format: 106 pages, Kindle Edition

Lost in a labyrinth of circus tents... Dave and his four-year-old, Jacob, find a circus tent in … read more

Similar categories in Ben Farthing's I Found a Circus Tent in the Woods Behind My House (I Found Horror) book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
Cover of The Forgotten Island by David Sodergren

28. The Forgotten Island

By: David Sodergren

3.90

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

When Ana Logan agrees to go on holiday to Thailand with her estranged sister Rachel, she hopes it w… read more

Similar categories in David Sodergren's The Forgotten Island book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

  • adult fiction
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Roo by Alan Baxter

29. The Roo

By: Alan Baxter

4.04

Format: 132 pages, Kindle Edition

Something is wrong in the small outback town of Morgan Creek. A farmer goes missing after a blue… read more

Similar categories in Alan Baxter's The Roo book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

  • adult fiction
  • novella
  • magic
  • animals
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • australia
  • thriller
  • fantasy
Cover of Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo by Adam Cesare

30. Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo

By: Adam Cesare

3.82

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The thrills and chills are far from over in the third novel from Bram Stoker Award winner and maste… read more

Similar categories in Adam Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Easton Falls Massacre: Bigfoot's Revenge by Holly Rae Garcia

31. The Easton Falls Massacre: Bigfoot's Revenge

By: Holly Rae Garcia

4.11

Format: 138 pages, ebook

A MISTAKEN IDENTITY US Army Veteran, Henry Miller, embarks on a hunt at the edge of the Black Fore… read more

Similar categories in Holly Rae Garcia's The Easton Falls Massacre: Bigfoot's Revenge book and Alan Baxter's The Roo

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror

24 Top fiction books like The Roo by Alan Baxter

Transform Your Habits

Night of the Crabs

Guy N. Smith

3.33

Transform Your Habits

Meg (MEG, #1)

Steve Alten

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Psycho

Robert Bloch

4.00

The Nest

Gregory A. Douglas , None

3.47

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20 best-selling fiction books like Candy Cain Kills (Killer VHS Series, #2) by Brian McAuley

Transform Your Habits

The Woodwitch

Stephen Gregory

4.81

Transform Your Habits

Boys in the Valley

Philip Fracassi

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Nestlings

Nat Cassidy

3.86

Transform Your Habits

The Haunting of Velkwood

Gwendolyn Kiste

3.64

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