11 Top fantasy books like The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

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The Exorcist

By: William Peter Blatty

4.20

Format: 385 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Georgetown, Washington D.C. Actress and divorced mother Chris MacNeil starts to experience 'difficu…

"Keep away. The sow is mine."

-William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist

"The child was slender as fleeting hope."

-William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist

"The child was slender as a fleeting hope."

-William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist

"In forgetting, they were trying to remember"

-William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. The Amityville Horror II

By: John G. Jones

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

George and Kathy Lutz flee their demon-plagued home only to face renewed terrors read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • thriller
  • novels
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
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2. Pet Sematary

By: Stephen King

4.07

Format: 580 pages, Kindle Edition

'This is an alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B00K3NEE56. When the Creeds move into a beautiful old… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Sometimes dead is better"

-Stephen King, Pet Sematary

"Well, cats live as long as dogs,"

-Stephen King, Pet Sematary

"A man who lies about beer makes enemies"

-Stephen King, Pet Sematary

"The old sleep poorly. Perhaps they stand watch."

-Stephen King, Pet Sematary

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3. Jaws

By: Peter Benchley

3.00

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

"Relentless terror." The Philadelphia Inquirer. The classic, blockbuster thriller of man-eating ter… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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4. 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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  • classics
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • thriller
  • paranormal
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5. Misery

By: Stephen King

3.70

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition . Paul Sheldon. He's a bestselling novelist who has finally met his bigges… read more

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  • thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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6. The Hellbound Heart

By: Clive Barker

4.07

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

In a quiet house on a quiet street Frank and Julia are having an affair. Not your ordinary affair. … read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • novels
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
"She wanted nothing that he could offer her, except perhaps his absence."

-Clive Barker, The Hellbound Heart

"Allí el placer era dolor, y viceversa. Y él lo conocía tan bien que era como sentirse en casa."

-Clive Barker, The Hellbound Heart

"Todas las cosas se cansan con el tiempo y comienzan a buscar algún oponente que las salve de sí mismas"

-Clive Barker, The Hellbound Heart

"Todas las cosas se cansan con el tiempo y comienzan a buscar algún oponente que las salve de sí mismas."

-Clive Barker, The Hellbound Heart

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7. 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

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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8. A Head Full of Ghosts

By: Paul Tremblay

3.79

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"On the morning of the exorcism, I stayed home from school."

-Paul Tremblay, A Head Full of Ghosts

"Father Wanderly said, “Are we speaking with a demon right now?"

-Paul Tremblay, A Head Full of Ghosts

"And I asked her about the holes in the walls and Mom tried to joke, saying, “Yes, Marjorie was sleep punching too."

-Paul Tremblay, A Head Full of Ghosts

"Are you scared and confused like I am?" Her voice was as small as I'd ever heard it. "I think everyone is secretly like me."

-Paul Tremblay, A Head Full of Ghosts

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9. Carrie

By: Stephen King

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

Carrie knew she should not use the terrifying power she possessed... But one night at her senior pr… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
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10. Dracula

By: Bram Stoker , David J. Skal , Nina Auerbach

4.02

Format: 488 pages, Paperback

You can find an alternative cover edition for this ISBN here and here. When Jonathan Harker visi… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • novels
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
"Despair has its own calms."

-Bram Stoker, Dracula

"This man belongs to me, I want him!"

-Bram Stoker, Dracula

"Enter freely and of your own free will!"

-Bram Stoker, Dracula

"We learn from failure, not from success!"

-Bram Stoker, Dracula

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11. It

By: Stephen King

3.13

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

To the children, the town was their whole world. To the adults, knowing better, Derry, Maine was ju… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

12. The Haunting of Hill House

By: Shirley Jackson , None

4.00

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

The classic supernatural thriller by an author who helped define the genre First published in 1959,… read more

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13. ’Salem’s Lot

By: Stephen King

4.10

Format: 483 pages, Paperback

Librarian's Note: Alternate-cover edition for ISBN 0450031063 Thousands of miles away from the s… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's ’Salem’s Lot book and William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Sour cream! He had tasted it once and liked to puke."

-Stephen King, ’Salem’s Lot

"If a man dethrones God in his heart, Satan must ascend to His position."

-Stephen King, ’Salem’s Lot

"To his way of thinking, the only thing more natural than death was sex."

-Stephen King, ’Salem’s Lot

"There were fourteen steps exactly fourteen. But the top one was smaller, out of proportion, as if it had been added to avoid the evil number."

-Stephen King, ’Salem’s Lot

14. The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)

By: Thomas Harris

4.11

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

There's a killer on the loose who knows that beauty is only skin deep, and a trainee investigator w… 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 Amityville Horror

By: Jay Anson

3.83

Format: 315 pages, Mass Market Paperback

28 Days of Terror in a House Possessed by Evil Spirits In December 1975, the Lutz family moved i… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook

17. The Shining

By: Stephen King

3.69

Format: 47 pages, Paperback

Jack Torrance's new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-s… read more

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18. The Green Mile: The Screenplay

By: Stephen King , Frank Darabont

4.66

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

Tells the story of John Coffey, a death row inmate who exhibits supernatural powers that make the g… read more

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  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Cujo by Stephen        King

19. Cujo

By: Stephen King

3.79

Format: 432 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Durante toda su vida Cujo fue un buen perro, un San Bernardo grandote, pacífico, juguetón y amante … read more

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  • horror
  • thriller
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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The monster nevers dies."

-Stephen King, Cujo

"There is no bad time for good news."

-Stephen King, Cujo

"No hago más que percibirle... sentirle... en todos los rincones."

-Stephen King, Cujo

"Aspiraba el olor de la locura en un viento que aún no había llegado."

-Stephen King, Cujo

20. The Omen

By: David Seltzer

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Now updated, this classic tale of the antichrist who comes to Earth in the form of a young boy is a… read more

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Cover of The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

21. The Exorcist

By: William Peter Blatty

4.20

Format: 385 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Georgetown, Washington D.C. Actress and divorced mother Chris MacNeil starts to experience 'difficu… read more

Similar categories in William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist book and William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist

  • classics
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • thriller
  • novels
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Keep away. The sow is mine."

-William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist

"The child was slender as fleeting hope."

-William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist

"The child was slender as a fleeting hope."

-William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist

"In forgetting, they were trying to remember"

-William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist

16 must-read fiction books like The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

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The Amityville Horror II

John G. Jones

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Pet Sematary

Stephen King

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Jaws

Peter Benchley

3.00

Transform Your Habits

Rosemary's Baby

Ira Levin

3.56

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17 Best fiction books like Dracula by Bram Stoker, David J. Skal, Nina Auerbach

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Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë , Michael Mason

4.15

Transform Your Habits

The Phantom of the Opera

Gaston Leroux , Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Pet Sematary

Stephen King

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë , Richard J. Dunn

3.89

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