17 must-read horror books like The Wicked by James Newman

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The Wicked

By: James Newman

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

AN ANCIENT EVIL RISES...BURNS...KILLS... After a fire consumes the Heller Home for Children, the re…

If you liked the horror plot in The Wicked by James Newman , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of Last Days by Brian Evenson, Peter Straub

1. Last Days

By: Brian Evenson , Peter Straub

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Intense and profoundly unsettling, Brian Evenson's Last Daysis a down-the-rabbit-hole detective nov… read more

Similar categories in Brian Evenson's Last Days book and James Newman's The Wicked

  • horror
Cover of Vermilion by Molly Tanzer

2. Vermilion

By: Molly Tanzer

4.50

Format: 87 pages, Paperback

The Adventures of Lou Merriwether, Psychopomp Gunslinging, chain smoking, Stetson-wearing Taoist ps… read more

Similar categories in Molly Tanzer's Vermilion book and James Newman's The Wicked

  • paranormal
  • fantasy
Cover of Joe R. Lansdale's The Drive-In by Joe R. Lansdale, Andres Guinaldo

3. 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

Similar categories in Joe R. Lansdale's Joe R. Lansdale's The Drive-In book and James Newman's The Wicked

  • fantasy
  • horror
Cover of The Night Parade by Ronald Malfi

4. The Night Parade

By: Ronald Malfi

3.91

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

First the birds disappeared. Then the insects took over. Then the madness began . . . They call it … read more

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's The Night Parade book and James Newman's The Wicked

  • horror
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5. The Wicked

By: James Newman

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

AN ANCIENT EVIL RISES...BURNS...KILLS... After a fire consumes the Heller Home for Children, the re… read more

Similar categories in James Newman's The Wicked book and James Newman's The Wicked

  • adult
  • halloween
  • christmas
  • fantasy
  • horror
  • supernatural
  • paranormal

6. Kill Creek

By: Scott Thomas

3.54

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

At the end of a dark prairie road, nearly forgotten in the Kansas countryside, lies the Finch House… read more

Similar categories in Scott Thomas's Kill Creek book and James Newman's The Wicked

7. Ghoul

By: Brian Keene

3.81

Format: None pages, Paperback

June 1984. Timmy Graco is looking forward to summer vacation, taking it easy and hanging out with h… read more

Similar categories in Brian Keene's Ghoul book and James Newman's The Wicked

8. Off Season (Dead River, #1)

By: Jack Ketchum

3.98

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

When Off Season, a novel about horror and cannibalism in modern-day Maine, was first released in 19… read more

Similar categories in Jack Ketchum's Off Season (Dead River, #1) book and James Newman's The Wicked

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9. 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 James Newman's The Wicked

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • horror
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
" 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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10. 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

Similar categories in A.M. Shine's The Watchers (The Watchers, #1) book and James Newman's The Wicked

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • horror
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
"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)

Cover of This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer

11. This Wretched Valley

By: Jenny Kiefer

3.33

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Four ambitious climbers hike into the Kentucky wilderness. Seven months later, three mangled bodies… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Kiefer's This Wretched Valley book and James Newman's The Wicked

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • horror
Cover of The Handyman Method by Nick Cutter

12. The Handyman Method

By: Nick Cutter

3.27

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

A chilling domestic story of terror for fans of Black Mirror and The Amityville Horror. When a y… read more

Similar categories in Nick Cutter's The Handyman Method book and James Newman's The Wicked

  • supernatural
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
"When prey dies in fear, hunters will say the meat tastes bitter."

-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method

"What of happiness, then? May we speak of the taste of joyful meat?"

-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method

"Old memories were like land mines: dormant, forgotten, but forever deadly."

-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method

Cover of Small Town Horror by Ronald Malfi

13. 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

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's Small Town Horror book and James Newman's The Wicked

  • supernatural
  • adult
  • horror
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14. Horror Movie

By: Paul Tremblay

3.45

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and… read more

Similar categories in Paul Tremblay's Horror Movie book and James Newman's The Wicked

  • horror
  • adult
  • halloween
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15. 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

Similar categories in Ken Greenhall's Hell Hound book and James Newman's The Wicked

  • horror
  • adult
  • halloween
"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

Cover of The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories by Eric LaRocca

16. The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

By: Eric LaRocca

3.74

Format: 205 pages, Hardcover

A beautifully crafted, devastating short fiction collection from the Bram-Stoker finalist and autho… read more

Similar categories in Eric LaRocca's The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories book and James Newman's The Wicked

  • adult
  • horror
Cover of 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered by Sadie Hartmann

17. 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered

By: Sadie Hartmann

4.43

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

The Ultimate List of Must-Read Horror! Curious readers and fans of monsters and the macabre, get re… read more

Similar categories in Sadie Hartmann's 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered book and James Newman's The Wicked

  • horror
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • halloween
"I love a good story about everyone dying."

-Sadie Hartmann, 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered

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18. We Used to Live Here

By: Marcus Kliewer

3.84

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Get Out meets Parasite in this eerily haunting debut and Reddit hit—soon to be a Netflix original m… read more

Similar categories in Marcus Kliewer's We Used to Live Here book and James Newman's The Wicked

  • adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
Cover of The Dismembered by Jonathan Janz

19. The Dismembered

By: Jonathan Janz

3.95

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

In the spring of 1912, American writer Arthur Pearce is reeling from the wounds inflicted by a disa… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Janz's The Dismembered book and James Newman's The Wicked

  • adult
  • horror
Cover of Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman

20. Incidents Around the House

By: Josh Malerman

3.82

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

A chilling horror novel about a haunting told from the perspective of a young girl whose troubled f… read more

Similar categories in Josh Malerman's Incidents Around the House book and James Newman's The Wicked

  • supernatural
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
Cover of The Nightmare Girl by Jonathan Janz

21. The Nightmare Girl

By: Jonathan Janz

3.97

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

When family man Joe Crawford confronts a young mother abusing her toddler, he has no idea of the ch… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Janz's The Nightmare Girl book and James Newman's The Wicked

  • supernatural
  • horror

13 must-read adult books like The Wicked by James Newman

Transform Your Habits

The Wicked

James Newman

4.19

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Boys in the Valley

Philip Fracassi

4.18

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The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

A.M. Shine

3.93

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This Wretched Valley

Jenny Kiefer

3.33

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21 Best horror books like The Dismembered by Jonathan Janz

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This Is Where We Talk Things Out

Caitlin Marceau

3.77

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The Vessel

Adam L.G. Nevill

3.73

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Gothic

Philip Fracassi

3.83

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Rotten Tommy

David Sodergren

4.11

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