7 Top mystery thriller books like Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones

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Night of the Mannequins

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.34

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Stephen Graham Jones returns with Night of the Mannequins, a contemporary horror story where a teen…

"Moms are so oblivious. It’s like they live in a bubble of wishful thinking."

-Stephen Graham Jones, Night of the Mannequins

"The tornado the alarms had screamed about ... hadn't actually happened, but around here you never know. Better safe in the cellar than sorry halfway up the sky."

-Stephen Graham Jones, Night of the Mannequins

"Sometimes you just know what you're doing is the only thing to be doing. That the world is conspiring all around you to make it happen, like, not just giving you permission, but herding you the direction you need to go, giving you secret nods and obvious hand signals, and getting everything out of the way so you have the clearest path possible."

-Stephen Graham Jones, Night of the Mannequins

If you liked the mystery thriller plot in Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Sour Candy

By: Kealan Patrick Burke

3.65

Format: 84 pages, Kindle Edition

At first glance, Phil Pendleton and his son Adam are just an ordinary father and son, no different … read more

Similar categories in Kealan Patrick Burke's Sour Candy book and Stephen Graham Jones's Night of the Mannequins

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
"Four months to the day he first encountered the boy at Walmart, the last of Phil Pendleton's teeth fell out."

-Kealan Patrick Burke, Sour Candy

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2. Come Closer

By: Sara Gran

3.65

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

A recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment. A memo to her boss that's replaced by obscene i… read more

Similar categories in Sara Gran's Come Closer book and Stephen Graham Jones's Night of the Mannequins

  • mystery thriller
  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
"What we think is impossible happens all the time."

-Sara Gran, Come Closer

"In January I had a proposal due to my boss, Leon Fields, on a new project."

-Sara Gran, Come Closer

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3. The Zombie Room

By: R.D. Ronald

3.64

Format: None pages, ebook

An unlikely bond is forged between three men from very different backgrounds when they serve time t… read more

Similar categories in R.D. Ronald's The Zombie Room book and Stephen Graham Jones's Night of the Mannequins

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror

4. A House at the Bottom of a Lake

By: Josh Malerman

3.82

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

Both seventeen. Both afraid. But both saying yes. It sounded like the perfect first date: canoeing … read more

Similar categories in Josh Malerman's A House at the Bottom of a Lake book and Stephen Graham Jones's Night of the Mannequins

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5. Maeve Fly

By: C.J. Leede

3.78

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Golden Poppy Octavia E. Butler Award! A Bram Stoker and Splatterpunk Award Nominee! … read more

Similar categories in C.J. Leede's Maeve Fly book and Stephen Graham Jones's Night of the Mannequins

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Inside my room, I turn on Billy Holiday. There are only two kinds of music in my world. Billy Holiday and Halloween songs."

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

"Men have always been permitted in fiction and in life to simply be what they are, no matter how dark or terrifying that might be. But with a woman, we expect an answer, a reason."

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

"I have tried the way of the misanthrope, the way of the deviant, the philosopher, the observer, the pretender. But there is one road I have not seriously considered walking down, have not permitted m…"

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

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6. Night of the Mannequins

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.34

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Stephen Graham Jones returns with Night of the Mannequins, a contemporary horror story where a teen… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's Night of the Mannequins book and Stephen Graham Jones's Night of the Mannequins

  • mystery thriller
  • novella
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Moms are so oblivious. It’s like they live in a bubble of wishful thinking."

-Stephen Graham Jones, Night of the Mannequins

"The tornado the alarms had screamed about ... hadn't actually happened, but around here you never know. Better safe in the cellar than sorry halfway up the sky."

-Stephen Graham Jones, Night of the Mannequins

"Sometimes you just know what you're doing is the only thing to be doing. That the world is conspiring all around you to make it happen, like, not just giving you permission, but herding you the direc…"

-Stephen Graham Jones, Night of the Mannequins

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7. What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

By: T. Kingfisher

3.89

Format: 165 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones comes a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edg… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1) book and Stephen Graham Jones's Night of the Mannequins

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You shouldn't joke about fairies."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"The dead don’t walk. Except, sometimes, when they do."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"Most of us go to the Devil without him having to personally oversee things."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"I had a strong urge to step back from them, and an even stronger urge to poke them with a stick."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

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8. 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 Stephen Graham Jones's Night of the Mannequins

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1)

By: Adam Cesare

3.74

Format: 346 pages, Hardcover

Quinn Maybrook just wants to make it until graduation. She might not make it to morning. Quinn a… read more

Similar categories in Adam Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1) book and Stephen Graham Jones's Night of the Mannequins

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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10. Nothing But Blackened Teeth

By: Cassandra Khaw

2.66

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a gorgeously creepy haunted house tale, steeped in … read more

Similar categories in Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth book and Stephen Graham Jones's Night of the Mannequins

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Every religion is a one-way relationship."

-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth

"The dead miss the sun. It's dark down there."

-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth

"Media’s all about the gospel of the lone wolf, but the truth is we’re all just sheep."

-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth

"apologies didn’t exonerate the sinner, only compelled graciousness from its recipient."

-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth

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11. The Snow (Whiteout, #1)

By: Flint Maxwell

3.76

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

This is how the world ends: with a single snowflake. After a tragic accident at work, all Grady … read more

Similar categories in Flint Maxwell's The Snow (Whiteout, #1) book and Stephen Graham Jones's Night of the Mannequins

  • audiobook
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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12. Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives

By: Adam Cesare

3.87

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Set a year after the first book, it looks at how the surviving characters are dealing with fame and… read more

Similar categories in Adam Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives book and Stephen Graham Jones's Night of the Mannequins

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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13. Goddess of Filth

By: V. Castro

3.63

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

“Five of us sat in a circle doing our best to emulate the girls in The Craft, hoping to unleash som… read more

Similar categories in V. Castro's Goddess of Filth book and Stephen Graham Jones's Night of the Mannequins

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Why the black lipstick? Is this goddess a Goth?"

-V. Castro, Goddess of Filth

"I have traveled a long way through light and volatile stardust. The stars in the night sky are moth holes in space-time and the bodies of the larvae between each hole are the means of travel"

-V. Castro, Goddess of Filth

"Be smart, but not too smart. Be beautiful, but not so pretty as to make other females mad. Be successful, but not bossy or overly ambitious. Nobody likes a mouthy brown woman. Be a declawed kitten."

-V. Castro, Goddess of Filth

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14. Crossroads

By: Laurel Hightower

3.91

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

How far would you go to bring back someone you love? When Chris's son dies in a tragic car cras… read more

Similar categories in Laurel Hightower's Crossroads book and Stephen Graham Jones's Night of the Mannequins

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Exhausted, but not tired enough to escape the torturous loop of pain that awaited her inactive brain..."

-Laurel Hightower, Crossroads

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15. Survivor Song

By: Paul Tremblay

3.62

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In a matter of weeks, Massachusetts has been overrun by an insidious rabies-like virus that is spre… read more

Similar categories in Paul Tremblay's Survivor Song book and Stephen Graham Jones's Night of the Mannequins

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"By then Ramola had begun to see herself as asexual but would not admit this to her mum. She said she was impressed by Mum's vocabulary choice, and added she enjoyed the idea of sex like she enjoyed t…"

-Paul Tremblay, Survivor Song

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16. The Cabin at the End of the World

By: Paul Tremblay

3.33

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Seven-year-old Wen and her parents, Eric and Andrew, are vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet N… read more

Similar categories in Paul Tremblay's The Cabin at the End of the World book and Stephen Graham Jones's Night of the Mannequins

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Too many people have smiles that don’t mean what a smile is supposed to mean."

-Paul Tremblay, The Cabin at the End of the World

"She juts out her lower jaw, a purposeful imitation of Daddy Eric when she asks him a question with an answer that isn't yes right away, but will be yes eventually if she waits long enough."

-Paul Tremblay, The Cabin at the End of the World

"No matter how bleak or dire, end-of-the-world scenarios appeal to us because we take meaning from the end... there's also undeniable allure to witnessing the beginning of the end and perishing alone …"

-Paul Tremblay, The Cabin at the End of the World

"They share another long look. This one is reserved for ill-fated observers in the moments before impending, inescapable calamity, whether it be natural disaster or violent failure of humanity; a look…"

-Paul Tremblay, The Cabin at the End of the World

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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 Stephen Graham Jones's Night of the Mannequins

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. The Dark Winter (Whiteout, #2)

By: Flint Maxwell

4.04

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

None read more

Similar categories in Flint Maxwell's The Dark Winter (Whiteout, #2) book and Stephen Graham Jones's Night of the Mannequins

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • horror
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19. The Numbing (Whiteout, #3)

By: Flint Maxwell

4.17

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

A Supernatural Apocalypse Novel Evil awaits. After the devastating events on Prism Lake, Grad… read more

Similar categories in Flint Maxwell's The Numbing (Whiteout, #3) book and Stephen Graham Jones's Night of the Mannequins

  • audiobook
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The City of Light (Whiteout, #4) by Flint Maxwell

20. The City of Light (Whiteout, #4)

By: Flint Maxwell

4.21

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

Where there is light, there is hope. No longer stuck in Woodhaven, the survivors must race again… read more

Similar categories in Flint Maxwell's The City of Light (Whiteout, #4) book and Stephen Graham Jones's Night of the Mannequins

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • horror
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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 Stephen Graham Jones's Night of the Mannequins

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook

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3.65

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Philip Fracassi

4.18

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