13 Best horror books like Valley of Lights by Stephen Gallagher

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Valley of Lights

By: Stephen Gallagher

4.18

Format: 407 pages, Paperback

A routine call to a sleazy Phoenix hotel throws police sergeant Alex Volchak into a world where the…

If you liked the horror plot in Valley of Lights by Stephen Gallagher , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Charnel House

By: Graham Masterton

4.53

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Of course they thought he was crazy . . . . But Seymour Willis insisted his house was breathing and… read more

Similar categories in Graham Masterton's Charnel House book and Stephen Gallagher's Valley of Lights

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • horror
"Across the Bay, lightning walked on awkward stilts"

-Graham Masterton, Charnel House

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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

Similar categories in Stephen King's Rage book and Stephen Gallagher's Valley of Lights

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
  • 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. Roadside Picnic

By: Theodore Sturgeon , Arkady Strugatsky , Boris Strugatsky , Antonina W. Bouis , None

4.14

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger,… read more

Similar categories in Theodore Sturgeon's Roadside Picnic book and Stephen Gallagher's Valley of Lights

  • fiction
"Keep your head high,"

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"Los halagos son el bálsamo de los complejos."

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"You need money so you don’t have to think about money."

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"Щастие за всички даром и нека никой да не бъде пренебрегнат!"

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

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4. Stranger in a Strange Land

By: Robert A. Heinlein

3.92

Format: 525 pages, Paperback

NAME: Valentine Michael Smith ANCESTRY: Human ORIGIN: Mars Valentine Michael Smith is a human … read more

Similar categories in Robert A. Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land book and Stephen Gallagher's Valley of Lights

  • fiction
"Secrecy begets tyranny."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

"Faith strikes me as intellectual laziness."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

"He's an honest politician--he stays bought."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

"Churches thrive on martyrdom and persecution."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

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5. Valley of Lights

By: Stephen Gallagher

4.18

Format: 407 pages, Paperback

A routine call to a sleazy Phoenix hotel throws police sergeant Alex Volchak into a world where the… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Gallagher's Valley of Lights book and Stephen Gallagher's Valley of Lights

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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6. The Mote in God's Eye

By: Larry Niven , Jerry Pournelle

3.58

Format: 448 pages, ebook

In 3016, the 2nd Empire of Man spans hundreds of star systems, thanks to faster-than-light Alderson… read more

Similar categories in Larry Niven's The Mote in God's Eye book and Stephen Gallagher's Valley of Lights

  • fiction
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7. Bartleby the Scrivener

By: Herman Melville

3.93

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Academics hail it as the beginning of modernism, but to readers around the world—even those daunted… read more

Similar categories in Herman Melville's Bartleby the Scrivener book and Stephen Gallagher's Valley of Lights

  • fiction
"I would prefer not to."

-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

"To a sensitive being, pity is not seldom pain."

-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

"Bartleby in a singularly mild, firm voice, replied, “I would prefer not to."

-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

"At present I would prefer not to be a little reasonable,' was his mildly cadaverous reply."

-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

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8. Childhood’s End

By: Arthur C. Clarke

4.12

Format: 224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Overlords appeared suddenly over every city—intellectually, technologically, and militarily sup… read more

Similar categories in Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood’s End book and Stephen Gallagher's Valley of Lights

  • fiction
"...a well-stocked mind is safe from boredom."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End

"...no on of intelligence resents the inevitable."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End

"...no one of intelligence resents the inevitable."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End

"Utopia was here at last: its novelty had not yet been assailed by the supreme enemy of all Utopias—boredom."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End

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9. Lair (Rats, #2)

By: James Herbert

3.50

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

The mutant white rat had grown and mated, creating offspring in its own image. They dominated the o… read more

Similar categories in James Herbert's Lair (Rats, #2) book and Stephen Gallagher's Valley of Lights

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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10. Dolores Claiborne

By: Stephen King

3.00

Format: None pages, ebook

Suspected of killing Vera Donovan, her wealthy employer, Dolores Claiborne tells police the story o… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's Dolores Claiborne book and Stephen Gallagher's Valley of Lights

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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11. Ubik

By: Philip K. Dick , Manuel Espín , None

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Glen Runciter está muerto. ¿O lo están todos los demás? Lo que es seguro es que alguien ha muerto e… read more

Similar categories in Philip K. Dick's Ubik book and Stephen Gallagher's Valley of Lights

  • mystery
  • fiction
"Hey,"

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

"One of these days,"

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

"Ubik ... Safe when taken as directed."

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

"My father told me what it used to feel like, waiting in the dentist's office. Every time the nurse opened the door you thought, It's happening. The thing I've been afraid of all my life."

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

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12. Death Tour

By: David J. Michael

4.44

Format: None pages, Paperback

They were the creatures of the night--unspeakable horrors, fanged, clawed, flesh-rending beasts, wa… read more

Similar categories in David J. Michael's Death Tour book and Stephen Gallagher's Valley of Lights

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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13. The Fungus

By: Harry Adam Knight , Leroy Kettle

3.56

Format: 218 pages, Hardcover

Book by Knight, Harry Adam read more

Similar categories in Harry Adam Knight's The Fungus book and Stephen Gallagher's Valley of Lights

  • fiction
  • horror
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14. The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)

By: Dan Simmons

3.77

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

In the stunning continuation of the epic adventure begun in Hyperion, Simmons returns us to a far f… read more

Similar categories in Dan Simmons's The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2) book and Stephen Gallagher's Valley of Lights

  • fiction

15. The Man Who Fell to Earth

By: Walter Tevis

4.33

Format: 700 pages, Paperback

T.J. Newton is an extraterrestrial who goes to Earth on a desperate mission of mercy. But instead o… read more

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16. The Rats (Rats, #1)

By: James Herbert

2.96

Format: None pages, Hardcover

For millions of years man and rats had been natural enemies. But now for the first time - suddenly,… read more

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17. 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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18. Beast

By: Peter Benchley

3.48

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

"Makes the shark from "Jaws" look like a pet goldfish . . ." USA Weekend Straight from the cutting … read more

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19. My Friend Dahmer

By: Derf Backderf

4.14

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

You only think you know this story. In 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer -- the most notorious serial killer sin… read more

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20. The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

By: Joe Haldeman

4.14

Format: 278 pages, Paperback

The Earth's leaders have drawn a line in the interstellar sand—despite the fact that the fierce ali… read more

Similar categories in Joe Haldeman's The Forever War (The Forever War, #1) book and Stephen Gallagher's Valley of Lights

  • fiction
"Don't worry about that, Man, just make out my ticket."

-Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

"Tonight we're going to show you eight silent ways to kill a man."

-Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

"I was too old-fashioned male-chauv to allow that; we discussed for a minute and I wound up with the couch"

-Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

"Doctors don’t seem to realize that most of us are perfectly content not having to visualize ourselves as animated bags of skin filled with obscene glop."

-Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

21. Gerald's Game

By: Stephen King

4.21

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Gerald und Jessie Burlingame haben sich in ihr einsames Sommerhaus zuruckgezogen. Gerald mochte dem… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's Gerald's Game book and Stephen Gallagher's Valley of Lights

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22. Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)

By: Arthur C. Clarke

4.12

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is h… read more

Similar categories in Arthur C. Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1) book and Stephen Gallagher's Valley of Lights

  • fiction
"He had a suspicion of plausible answers; they were so often wrong."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)

"In these latter days, knighthood was an honor few Englishmen escaped."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)

"If such a thing had happened once, it must surely have happened many times in this galaxy of a hundred billion suns."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)

"Yes, it made sense, and was so absurdly simple that it would take a genius to think of it. And, perhaps, someone who did not expect to do it himself."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)

23. Manseed

By: Jack Williamson

3.03

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

In the beginning...Egan Drake was a wealthy but unhappy visionary who died early and left behind on… read more

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24. A Short Stay in Hell

By: Steven L. Peck

4.22

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

An ordinary family man, geologist, and Mormon, Soren Johansson has always believed he’ll be reunite… read more

Similar categories in Steven L. Peck's A Short Stay in Hell book and Stephen Gallagher's Valley of Lights

  • fiction
  • horror
"Remember you are never really alone. Although it may feel like it for very long stretches of time."

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

"[Y]ou are here to learn something. Don’t try to figure out what it is. This can be frustrating and unproductive."

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

"Strange, how a moment of existence can cut so deeply into our being that while ages pass unnoticed, a brief love can structure and define the very topology of our consciousness ever after."

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

"I could tell you of occasionally, every eon, meeting a person, with whom I might stay for a billion years. But what of it? After a billion years there is nothing left to say, and you wander apart, un…"

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

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25. Boys in the Valley

By: Philip Fracassi

4.18

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

St. Vincent's Orphanage for Boys. Turn of the century, in a remote valley in Pennsylvania. Her… read more

Similar categories in Philip Fracassi's Boys in the Valley book and Stephen Gallagher's Valley of Lights

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
" there is light all around me. There is light inside me. "

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"The sky is the color of stone, flat and hard in appearance, but brittle, as if it would crack like an eggshell - revealing black seams of the universe beyond - if struck hard enough. ."

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"We didn't hit it off like many others in similar situations....Instead, he and I sort of gravitated around each other, either friends nor foes, like the moons of a planet we had no interest in observ…"

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

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26. 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

Similar categories in Stephen King's You Like It Darker book and Stephen Gallagher's Valley of Lights

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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27. Everything the Darkness Eats

By: Eric LaRocca

2.78

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

An insidious darkness threatens to devastate a rural New England village when occult forces are co… read more

Similar categories in Eric LaRocca's Everything the Darkness Eats book and Stephen Gallagher's Valley of Lights

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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28. I Am Legend

By: Richard Matheson

4.06

Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition

Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth... but he is not alone. Every other man, woman and c… read more

Similar categories in Richard Matheson's I Am Legend book and Stephen Gallagher's Valley of Lights

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
"Miniture protoplasm, the dirty little bastard!"

-Richard Matheson, I Am Legend

"What would a Mohammedan vampire do if faced with a cross?"

-Richard Matheson, I Am Legend

"Full circle. A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend."

-Richard Matheson, I Am Legend

"It’s horrible," she said. He looked at her in surprise. Horrible? Wasn’t that odd? He hadn’t thought that for years. For him the word “horror"

-Richard Matheson, I Am Legend

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29. Die kleinste gemeinsame Wirklichkeit. Wahr, falsch, plausibel? Die größten Streitfragen wissenschaftlich geprüft

By: Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim

4.45

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

Die bekannte Wissenschaftsjournalistin Dr. Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim untersucht mit analytischem Scharfsin… read more

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30. Komisch, alles chemisch!

By: Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim

4.23

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Chemie ist alles – was wir tun, was uns umgibt, was wir fühlen, alles hat mit Chemie zu tun. Glaube… read more

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31. A Lush and Seething Hell: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror

By: John Hornor Jacobs

3.82

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The award-winning and critically-acclaimed master of horror returns with a pair of chilling tales—b… read more

Similar categories in John Hornor Jacobs's A Lush and Seething Hell: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror book and Stephen Gallagher's Valley of Lights

  • fiction
  • horror

6 Best mystery books like Valley of Lights by Stephen Gallagher

Transform Your Habits

Charnel House

Graham Masterton

4.53

Transform Your Habits

Valley of Lights

Stephen Gallagher

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Dolores Claiborne

Stephen King

3.00

Transform Your Habits

Ubik

Philip K. Dick , Manuel Espín , None

4.11

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Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

William Gibson

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)

Kim Stanley Robinson

3.86

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Solaris

Stanisław Lem

3.99

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Isaac Asimov

4.19

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