12 Best supernatural books like The Amulet by Michael McDowell

Cover of The Amulet by Michael McDowell

The Amulet

By: Michael McDowell

3.46

Format: 103 pages, Paperback

When a rifle range accident leaves Dean Howell disfigured and in a vegetative state, his wife Sarah…

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Cover of Wicked Stepmother by Michael McDowell, Dennis Schuetz, Axel Young

1. Wicked Stepmother

By: Michael McDowell , Dennis Schuetz , Axel Young

3.69

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

Seducing a proper Bostonian was easy. Making him die of a heart attack a week after the wedding was… read more

Similar categories in Michael McDowell's Wicked Stepmother book and Michael McDowell's The Amulet

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon

2. Harvest Home

By: Thomas Tryon

3.82

Format: 401 pages, Hardcover

It was almost as if time had not touched the village of Cornwall Coombe. The quiet, peaceful place … read more

Similar categories in Thomas Tryon's Harvest Home book and Michael McDowell's The Amulet

  • gothic
  • mystery
  • fiction
  • horror
"His heart's in the right place, but his tongue's an affliction."

-Thomas Tryon, Harvest Home

Cover of The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories: Volume One by Gerald Kersh, Michael Blumlein, Christopher Priest, Michael McDowell, Richard Marsh, None, Hugh Walpole, Mary Cholmondeley, Charles Birkin, None, Bernard Taylor, Francis King, Stephen Gregory, John Blackburn, Florence Marryat, James D. Jenkins, Ryan Cagle, Forrest Reid, None

3. The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories: Volume One

By: Gerald Kersh , Michael Blumlein , Christopher Priest , Michael McDowell , Richard Marsh , None , Hugh Walpole , Mary Cholmondeley , Charles Birkin , None , Bernard Taylor , Francis King , Stephen Gregory , John Blackburn , Florence Marryat , James D. Jenkins , Ryan Cagle , Forrest Reid , None

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Spanning two hundred years of horror, this new collection features seventeen macabre gems, includin… read more

Similar categories in Gerald Kersh's The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories: Volume One book and Michael McDowell's The Amulet

  • gothic
  • supernatural
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons

4. The House Next Door

By: Anne Rivers Siddons

3.88

Format: 352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Thirty-something Colquitt and Walter Kennedy live in a charming, peaceful suburb of the newly bustl… read more

Similar categories in Anne Rivers Siddons's The House Next Door book and Michael McDowell's The Amulet

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • supernatural
Cover of Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite

5. Drawing Blood

By: Poppy Z. Brite

3.44

Format: 213 pages, Paperback

Escaping from his North Carolina home after his father murders their family and commits suicide, Tr… read more

Similar categories in Poppy Z. Brite's Drawing Blood book and Michael McDowell's The Amulet

  • fiction
  • horror

6. Black Ambrosia

By: Elizabeth Engstrom

3.50

Format: None pages,

Angelina is a killer. You'd never know it to look at her--until you look into her eyes. Angelina do… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Engstrom's Black Ambrosia book and Michael McDowell's The Amulet

  • gothic
  • supernatural
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of They Lurk by Ronald Malfi

7. They Lurk

By: Ronald Malfi

3.79

Format: 201 pages, Kindle Edition

COME CLOSER . . . Five terrifying collected horror novellas newly reissued from the "modern-day … read more

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's They Lurk book and Michael McDowell's The Amulet

  • audiobook
  • supernatural
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Amulet by Michael McDowell

8. The Amulet

By: Michael McDowell

3.46

Format: 103 pages, Paperback

When a rifle range accident leaves Dean Howell disfigured and in a vegetative state, his wife Sarah… read more

Similar categories in Michael McDowell's The Amulet book and Michael McDowell's The Amulet

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • southern gothic
  • supernatural
  • audiobook
Cover of Maynard's House by Herman Raucher

9. Maynard's House

By: Herman Raucher

3.70

Format: None pages, Paperback

Austin Fletcher, a disturbed young Vietnam War vet, is willed a small house deep in the woods of no… read more

Similar categories in Herman Raucher's Maynard's House book and Michael McDowell's The Amulet

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror

10. The Auctioneer

By: Ed Gorman , Joan Samson

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Harrowing tensions explode in a series of events that could happen anywhere, to anyone, just as the… read more

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11. Blood Rubies

By: Michael McDowell , Axel Young

3.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

BLOOD RUBIES It would bring bad luck, they said. But she split her pair of ruby earrings and gave o… read more

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12. 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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13. When Darkness Loves Us

By: Elizabeth Engstrom

4.50

Format: 60 pages,

read more

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14. The Other

By: Thomas Tryon

4.09

Format: 315 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Holland and Niles Perry are identical thirteen-year-old twins. Holland is bold and mischievous, a b… read more

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15. 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

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16. The Cipher

By: Kathe Koja

3.54

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

Nicholas is a would-be poet and video-store clerk with a weeping hole in his hand - weeping not blo… read more

Similar categories in Kathe Koja's The Cipher book and Michael McDowell's The Amulet

  • fiction
  • horror

17. Snow

By: Ronald Malfi

3.62

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

Todd Curry wants nothing more than to spend Christmas with his son. But when a brutal snowstorm can… read more

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18. Burnt Offerings

By: Robert Marasco

3.74

Format: 646 pages, Hardcover

Ben and Marian Rolfe are desperate to escape a stifling summer in their tiny Brooklyn apartment, so… read more

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19. 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

Similar categories in David Sodergren's The Haar book and Michael McDowell's The Amulet

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi

20. 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 Michael McDowell's The Amulet

  • supernatural
  • 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

Cover of Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie

21. Episode Thirteen

By: Craig DiLouie

3.53

Format: 437 pages, Paperback

From the macabre mind of Bram Stoker Award nominated author Craig DiLouie, Episode Thirteen is a he… read more

Similar categories in Craig DiLouie's Episode Thirteen book and Michael McDowell's The Amulet

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • supernatural
  • audiobook
Cover of Diavola by Jennifer Marie Thorne

22. Diavola

By: Jennifer Marie Thorne

3.95

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

Jennifer Thorne skewers all-too-familiar family dynamics in this sly, wickedly funny vacation-Gothi… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Marie Thorne's Diavola book and Michael McDowell's The Amulet

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Vessel by Adam L.G. Nevill

23. The Vessel

By: Adam L.G. Nevill

3.73

Format: 162 pages, Hardcover

'A watcher may remark that after sleeping for so long, the building appears to have been roused.' … read more

Similar categories in Adam L.G. Nevill's The Vessel book and Michael McDowell's The Amulet

  • gothic
  • supernatural
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Gothic by Philip Fracassi

24. Gothic

By: Philip Fracassi

3.83

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

On his 59th birthday, Tyson Parks—a famous, but struggling, horror writer—receives an antique desk … read more

Similar categories in Philip Fracassi's Gothic book and Michael McDowell's The Amulet

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • supernatural
  • audiobook
Cover of Gwen, in Green by Hugh Zachary

25. Gwen, in Green

By: Hugh Zachary

3.35

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

To the real estate man, Gwen and George seemed like any normal young couple. And, for that matter, … read more

Similar categories in Hugh Zachary's Gwen, in Green book and Michael McDowell's The Amulet

  • supernatural
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Devil's Creek by Todd Keisling

26. Devil's Creek

By: Todd Keisling

3.82

Format: 520 pages, Paperback

About fifteen miles west of Stauford, Kentucky lies Devil’s Creek. According to local legend, there… read more

Similar categories in Todd Keisling's Devil's Creek book and Michael McDowell's The Amulet

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • supernatural
  • audiobook
Cover of Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay

27. 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 Michael McDowell's The Amulet

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Mystery Walk by Robert McCammon

28. Mystery Walk

By: Robert McCammon

3.97

Format: 436 pages, Kindle Edition

An “impressive” tale of psychic power, Native American mysticism, and an ancient evil in Alabama, f… read more

Similar categories in Robert McCammon's Mystery Walk book and Michael McDowell's The Amulet

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • supernatural
  • audiobook
Cover of Hell Hound by Ken Greenhall

29. 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 Michael McDowell's The Amulet

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • 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

Cover of The Dismembered by Jonathan Janz

30. 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 Michael McDowell's The Amulet

  • gothic
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Rootwork (Conjure #1) by Tracy  Cross

31. Rootwork (Conjure #1)

By: Tracy Cross

3.97

Format: 160 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Set in a small parish in Louisiana in 1889, Rootwork follows sisters, Betty, Ann and Pee Wee. When … read more

Similar categories in Tracy Cross's Rootwork (Conjure #1) book and Michael McDowell's The Amulet

  • southern gothic
  • fiction
  • horror

23 Best fiction books like The Amulet by Michael McDowell

Transform Your Habits

Wicked Stepmother

Michael McDowell , Dennis Schuetz , Axel Young

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Harvest Home

Thomas Tryon

3.82

Transform Your Habits

The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories: Volume One

Gerald Kersh , Michael Blumlein , Christopher Priest , Michael McDowell , Richard Marsh , None , Hugh Walpole , Mary Cholmondeley , Charles Birkin , None , Bernard Taylor , Francis King , Stephen Gregory , John Blackburn , Florence Marryat , James D. Jenkins , Ryan Cagle , Forrest Reid , None

3.84

Transform Your Habits

The House Next Door

Anne Rivers Siddons

3.88

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19 best-selling fiction books like Gothic by Philip Fracassi

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They Lurk

Ronald Malfi

3.79

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Gothic

Philip Fracassi

3.83

Transform Your Habits

The Nightmare Man

J.H. Markert

3.87

Transform Your Habits

In The Tall Trees

Angel N. Van Atta

4.33

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