5 must-read science fiction books like The Fates by Thomas Tessier

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The Fates

By: Thomas Tessier

3.23

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

To some, the lights were beautiful … to others, they were a warning. When Martin Lasker first sees…

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1. Blaze

By: Stephen King , Richard Bachman

3.76

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

From the Flap: The last of the Richard Bachman novels, recently recovered and published for the … read more

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  • horror
"Blaze himself was pretty sure he himself was going to hell, as were most other people. It was a dirty world, and the longer you lived, the dirtier you got."

-Stephen King, Blaze

"Sometimes when he was in the country he would sleep in a barn and wake in the night and go out and look at the stars and there were so many, and he knew they were there before him, and they would be …"

-Stephen King, Blaze

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2. Rage

By: Stephen King , Richard Bachman

3.73

Format: 131 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A disturbed high-school student with authority problems kills one of his teachers and takes the res… read more

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  • horror
"Be'…"

-Stephen King, Rage

"You’re on, Ted,"

-Stephen King, Rage

"That was Dad's life, and I was the birdshit on his windshield."

-Stephen King, Rage

"If I knew what was making me do it, I probably wouldn't have to."

-Stephen King, Rage

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3. The Howling III

By: Gary Brandner

3.45

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

They are man. And they are beast. Once again they stalk the night, eyes aflame, teeth flashing … read more

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  • horror
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4. The Skull

By: Shaun Hutson

3.53

Format: 324 pages, Mass Market Paperback

THE SKULL — It had been waiting for centuries, buried in a place they called the evil ground... wai… read more

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  • horror
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5. Rosemary's Baby

By: Ira Levin

3.56

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse, an ordinary young couple, settle into a New York City apartment, unawar… read more

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  • horror
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6. Slugs (Slugs, #1)

By: Shaun Hutson

4.00

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

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  • horror
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7. Domain (Rats, #3)

By: James Herbert

5.00

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The long-dreaded nuclear conflict. The city torn apart, shattered, its people destroyed or mutilate… read more

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  • science fiction
  • horror
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8. Hearts in Atlantis

By: Stephen King

3.77

Format: 342 pages, Paperback

Five interconnected, sequential narratives, set in the years from 1960 to 1999. Each story is deepl… read more

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  • horror
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9. Joe R. Lansdale's The Drive-In

By: Joe R. Lansdale , Andres Guinaldo

4.00

Format: 117 pages, Paperback

When a group of friends decided to spend a day at the world's largest Drive-In theater horror fest,… read more

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  • science fiction
  • horror
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10. The Fungus

By: Harry Adam Knight , Leroy Kettle

3.56

Format: 218 pages, Hardcover

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  • science fiction
  • horror
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11. All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By

By: John Farris

3.86

Format: 136 pages,

The affair is a military wedding. What will begin, however, with the solemnity of marriage vows wil… read more

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  • horror

12. The Cellar

By: Richard Laymon

4.06

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

Visitors flock to see the Beast House with its blood-soaked corridors and creaky doors. Armed with … read more

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13. The Origin of the Crabs

By: Guy N. Smith

3.80

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Rouse suddenly let out a piercing SCREAM releasing him from the paralysis of sheer terror in which … read more

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14. The Fog

By: James Herbert

2.96

Format: None pages, Paperback

A peaceful village in Wiltshire is shattered by a disaster which strikes without reason or explanat… read more

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15. Obsession

By: Ramsey Campbell

3.87

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

Four young friends, troubled by personal problems, find their wishes horrifyingly granted and twent… read more

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16. Elizabeth

By: None

4.36

Format: 303 pages,

From the flyleaf: Elizabeth thought that she was a young girl like any other girl - until the day t… read more

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17. The Doll Who Ate His Mother

By: Ramsey Campbell

3.75

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

It was a freak accident. The man had suddenly stepped into the road, and the brakes had failed. Cla… read more

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18. Chainsaw Terror

By: None

5.00

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Edward Briggs seems like a normal enough man. Not very friendly perhaps - but then who wouldn't aft… read more

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19. Ancient Images

By: Ramsey Campbell

4.60

Format: 200 pages,

A colleague's violent death and its apparent cause - a stolen copy of an old, never-released Karlof… read more

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20. The Haar

By: David Sodergren

4.17

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

“I don’t fear death... but they do.” Muriel McAuley has lived in the Scottish fishing village of… read more

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  • science fiction
  • horror
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21. You Like It Darker

By: Stephen King

4.32

Format: 502 pages, Hardcover

From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new coll… read more

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  • horror
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22. The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

By: A.M. Shine

3.93

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

This forest isn't charted on any map. Every car breaks down at its treeline. Mina's is no different… read more

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  • horror
"Every grudge, if it is to stand the test of time, relies on the certainty of a selective memory."

-A.M. Shine, The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

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23. Boy's Life

By: Robert McCammon

4.39

Format: 625 pages, Kindle Edition

An Alabama boy’s innocence is shaken by murder and madness in the 1960s South in this novel by the … read more

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  • horror
"They say that somewhere in Africa the elephants have a secret grave where they go to lie down, unburden their wrinkled gray bodies, and soar away, light spirits at the end."

-Robert McCammon, Boy's Life

"After years of having a dog, you know him. You know the meaning of his snuffs and grunts and barks. Every twitch of the ears is a question or statement, every wag of the tail is an exclamation."

-Robert McCammon, Boy's Life

"See, this is my opinion: we all start out knowing magic. We are born with whirlwinds, forest fires, and comets inside us. We are born able to sing to birds and read the clouds and see our destiny in …"

-Robert McCammon, Boy's Life

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24. Black Mouth

By: Ronald Malfi

3.96

Format: 436 pages, Paperback

For nearly two decades, Jamie Warren has been running from darkness. He's haunted by a traumatic ch… read more

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  • horror
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25. The Store

By: Bentley Little

3.81

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A malevolent presence has come to a small desert town, and the customers of this superstore may get… read more

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  • horror
"This can't be constitutional," he said. "This is America, damn it. We still have freedom of speech here."

-Bentley Little, The Store

"Human beings' capacity to adjust to almost anything was supposed to be one of their greatest virtues, but it was also one of their greatest weaknesses. It rendered them compliant, allowed them to be …"

-Bentley Little, The Store

"He stared out the window and found himself thinking of that old Randy Newman song, "It's Money That Matters." It was money that mattered, wasn't it? He shook his head. Times had changed. Twenty years…"

-Bentley Little, The Store

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26. Palmetto

By: Ania Ahlborn

3.72

Format: 101 pages, Paperback

Kim Devland nearly has it all. A great marriage. A baby on the way. All that's missing is a house--… read more

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  • horror
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27. Small Town Horror

By: Ronald Malfi

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Five childhood friends are forced to confront their own dark past as well as the curse placed upon … read more

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  • horror
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28. Hell Hound

By: Ken Greenhall

3.91

Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

‘What are the possibilities of my strength? That is a thought I have never had before. What if some… read more

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  • horror
"Does everyone have to have an obsession?' 'Certainly. It's your choice of one that determines whether you're sane or not."

-Ken Greenhall, Hell Hound

"As Jason drove through the twilight he wondered weather people really could love animals. No, he thought. What they love is themselves; a part of themselves they see reflected in the animal."

-Ken Greenhall, Hell Hound

"Trust is the ultimate weakness and a kind of madness.... It may be inevitable that anyone who lives in the town, even I, must become afflicted with moments of trust. It is something one must accept. …"

-Ken Greenhall, Hell Hound

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29. Season's Creepings: Tales of Holiday Horror

By: Ronald Kelly

4.10

Format: 130 pages, Kindle Edition

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree... what lurks among thy branches... Christmas can be the most… read more

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  • horror
Cover of The Fates by Thomas Tessier

30. The Fates

By: Thomas Tessier

3.23

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

To some, the lights were beautiful … to others, they were a warning. When Martin Lasker first sees… read more

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  • science fiction
  • horror

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3.73

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Michael Crichton

3.91

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