20 must-read horror books like The Watchers (The Watchers, #1) by A.M. Shine

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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…

"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)

"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)

If you liked the horror plot in The Watchers (The Watchers, #1) by A.M. Shine , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. The Shuddering

By: Ania Ahlborn

3.68

Format: 283 pages, Paperback

They only come when it snows, and nobody ever gets away. A group of close friends gathers at a … read more

Similar categories in Ania Ahlborn's The Shuddering book and A.M. Shine's The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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2. Seed

By: Ania Ahlborn

4.25

Format: 127 pages, ebook

Fans of Stephen King, Jack Kilborn, and Blake Crouch... prepare to meet the Devil. In the vine-twis… read more

Similar categories in Ania Ahlborn's Seed book and A.M. Shine's The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

  • paranormal
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

3. Stolen Tongues

By: Felix Blackwell

4.25

Format: None pages,

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Similar categories in Felix Blackwell's Stolen Tongues book and A.M. Shine's The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

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4. 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 A.M. Shine's The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
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5. 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 A.M. Shine's The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • thriller
  • 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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6. All the Fiends of Hell

By: Adam L.G. Nevill

4.01

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

The red night of bells heralds global catastrophe. Annihilation on a biblical scale. Seeing the mor… read more

Similar categories in Adam L.G. Nevill's All the Fiends of Hell book and A.M. Shine's The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

  • thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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7. 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 A.M. Shine's The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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8. Intercepts

By: T.J. Payne

4.13

Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition

Joe works at a facility that performs human experimentation.His work just followed him home. The go… read more

Similar categories in T.J. Payne's Intercepts book and A.M. Shine's The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
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9. Nestlings

By: Nat Cassidy

3.86

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

Nat Cassidy is at his razor-sharp best again with his horror novel Nestlings, which harnesses the c… read more

Similar categories in Nat Cassidy's Nestlings book and A.M. Shine's The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Grief is the space between two states of being: who you were and who you are. It’s an excruciatingly long, unlit hallway. A staircase you have to crawl down, one interminable flight at a time."

-Nat Cassidy, Nestlings

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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 A.M. Shine's The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

  • gothic
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"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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11. 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 A.M. Shine's The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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12. The September House

By: Carissa Orlando

3.92

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

A woman is determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes a haunted nightmare in this c… read more

Similar categories in Carissa Orlando's The September House book and A.M. Shine's The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"the stars shone in the sky, reminding me there were calm constants everywhere"

-Carissa Orlando, The September House

"Hal was familiar with anger. He preferred it. It was like a warm blanket to him. Something soft, and smelling of home"

-Carissa Orlando, The September House

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13. 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 A.M. Shine's The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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14. Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

By: Brom

4.29

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

Set in Colonial New England, Slewfoot is a tale of magic and mystery, of triumph and terror as only… read more

Similar categories in Brom's Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery book and A.M. Shine's The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"You will think me foolish. But I wanted to be a fairy queen, to run barefoot through the woods, to sing like a bird and fly through the trees." She smiled. "To be able to talk to the animals."

-Brom, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

"He stared up into the trees, watched them sway in the soft breeze, watched the sun drift slowly across the sky, hour after hour, until it began to sink from view, trying to let go, to let his mind dr…"

-Brom, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

"Buzzing filled his ears, and he watched several bumblebees bounce from flower to flower. He found their hum soothing, and there, at the moment, felt he could watch them forever. He drank in the scent…"

-Brom, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

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15. The Exorcist's House

By: Nick Roberts

4.02

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

In the summer of 1994, psychologist Daniel Hill buys a rustic farmhouse nestled in the rolling hill… read more

Similar categories in Nick Roberts's The Exorcist's House book and A.M. Shine's The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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16. The Church Beneath the Roots

By: Felix Blackwell

4.25

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

Long before the events of Stolen Tongues… On the Cold Valley Indian Reservation, in the shadow of … read more

Similar categories in Felix Blackwell's The Church Beneath the Roots book and A.M. Shine's The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

  • fiction
  • horror
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17. 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 A.M. Shine's The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. Mean Spirited

By: Nick Roberts

4.41

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

An alcoholic teacher and father’s world spirals out of control when a former student is killed and … read more

Similar categories in Nick Roberts's Mean Spirited book and A.M. Shine's The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
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19. Lovely, Dark & Deep

By: Megan Stockton

4.06

Format: 157 pages, Kindle Edition

Every year, Six Mile Island has a seasonal shutdown for serious weather. This year, the forecast is… read more

Similar categories in Megan Stockton's Lovely, Dark & Deep book and A.M. Shine's The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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20. 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 A.M. Shine's The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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21. 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 A.M. Shine's The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook

20 Best fiction books like The Watchers (The Watchers, #1) by A.M. Shine

Transform Your Habits

The Shuddering

Ania Ahlborn

3.68

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Seed

Ania Ahlborn

4.25

Transform Your Habits

The Haar

David Sodergren

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Boys in the Valley

Philip Fracassi

4.18

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21 Best fiction books like Diavola by Jennifer Marie Thorne

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Rouge

Mona Awad

3.56

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Nestlings

Nat Cassidy

3.86

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Diavola

Jennifer Marie Thorne

3.95

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The Haunting of Velkwood

Gwendolyn Kiste

3.64

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