19 Best thriller books like Memorials by Richard Chizmar

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Memorials

By: Richard Chizmar

4.51

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A group of students encounter a supernatural terror while on a road trip through Appalachia in this…

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1. The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

By: Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

Format: 455 pages, Hardcover

The final installment in the most lauded trilogy in the history of horror literature It’s been f… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3) book and Richard Chizmar's Memorials

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
"I used to be all about the final girl standing on top of a pile of the dead at the end of the movie, her face dripping blood, her chest heaving, her eyes fierce. Now I’m all about holding the door of…"

-Stephen Graham Jones, The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

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2. You Like It Darker

By: Stephen King

4.32

Format: 502 pages, Hardcover

From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new coll… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's You Like It Darker book and Richard Chizmar's Memorials

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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3. The Haunting of Velkwood

By: Gwendolyn Kiste

3.64

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

From Bram Stoker Award­–winning author Gwendolyn Kiste comes a chilling novel about three childhood… read more

Similar categories in Gwendolyn Kiste's The Haunting of Velkwood book and Richard Chizmar's Memorials

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • horror
"Because I'd prefer to live in a world with you in it."

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"I understood something that Brett wouldn't admit - that we were talking about family. And family is the ultimate trap, it's something you carry with you for life; the people you come from and the mar…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"There were things that seemed so impossible when we were young, things I gave up on long ago even though they aren't impossible anymore. There's the world we lived in then and the world we live in no…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"It's always startling to see her... the way looks like a fever dream, like something not quite real. That valence of dark hair over her eyes, those lips always painted bright red as a pomegranate see…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

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4. One Big Happy Family

By: Jamie Day

3.60

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The newest, riveting summer suspense by the author of The Block Party, Jamie Day. The Precipice … read more

Similar categories in Jamie Day's One Big Happy Family book and Richard Chizmar's Memorials

  • adult fiction
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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5. 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 Richard Chizmar's Memorials

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
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6. The Chamber

By: Will Dean

3.69

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

And Then There Were None meets The Last Breath in this tense and suspenseful locked-room thriller t… read more

Similar categories in Will Dean's The Chamber book and Richard Chizmar's Memorials

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
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7. 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 Richard Chizmar's Memorials

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
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8. Bury Your Gays

By: Chuck Tingle

4.29

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

From Chuck Tingle, author of the USA Today bestselling Camp Damascus, comes a new heart-pounding st… read more

Similar categories in Chuck Tingle's Bury Your Gays book and Richard Chizmar's Memorials

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
"The studio might be a ruthless capitalist machine," he opines, "but we're not evil."

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"Your stories aren't worth your life." My stories are my life, I think, but I don't say this."

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"I'm honestly kind of surprised. You've got a flair for drama, Misha. I thought you might get hard over some final sacrifice for love, or whatever. I mean, you're the writer, not me, but that's got Em…"

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"The path I've been led down is one of senseless catastrophe, a classic Hollywood tale of the man who plummets to rock bottom just moments before he would have crested the peak. [...] I'm living out t…"

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

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9. Heads Will Roll

By: Josh Winning

3.69

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

Willow’s worst nightmare was being cancelled. But the woods of Camp Castaway might destroy more tha… read more

Similar categories in Josh Winning's Heads Will Roll book and Richard Chizmar's Memorials

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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10. 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 Richard Chizmar's Memorials

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
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11. I Need You to Read This

By: Jessa Maxwell

3.54

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The author of the “clever, atmospheric, and creepy” (Andrea Bartz, New York Times bestselling autho… read more

Similar categories in Jessa Maxwell's I Need You to Read This book and Richard Chizmar's Memorials

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • suspense
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12. Look in the Mirror

By: Catherine Steadman

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

🎧Listening Length 8 hours, 13 minutes Nina, still grieving from the loss of her father, discove… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Steadman's Look in the Mirror book and Richard Chizmar's Memorials

  • adult fiction
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
"She reassures herself: sometimes the only way out is through. She knows this fact as implicitly as she knows how to stand and walk and run as fast as she possibly can. She learned it young. Sometimes…"

-Catherine Steadman, Look in the Mirror

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13. Breaking the Dark (Marvel Crime, #1)

By: Lisa Jewell

3.73

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In her most imaginative novel yet, #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell (None of This … read more

Similar categories in Lisa Jewell's Breaking the Dark (Marvel Crime, #1) book and Richard Chizmar's Memorials

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
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14. I Was a Teenage Slasher

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.68

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling horror writer Stephen Graham Jones comes a classic slasher story wi… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's I Was a Teenage Slasher book and Richard Chizmar's Memorials

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • historical fiction
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15. We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1)

By: Richard Osman

4.33

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A brand new series. An iconic new detective duo. And a puzzling new murder to solve... Steve Whe… read more

Similar categories in Richard Osman's We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1) book and Richard Chizmar's Memorials

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
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16. The Haters

By: Robyn Harding

3.67

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of The Party and The Drowning Woman returns with a twisted tale of fame, obs… read more

Similar categories in Robyn Harding's The Haters book and Richard Chizmar's Memorials

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • suspense
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17. The Unraveling

By: Vi Keeland

4.00

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

This chilling, sizzling, and addictive thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Vi Keelan… read more

Similar categories in Vi Keeland's The Unraveling book and Richard Chizmar's Memorials

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • suspense
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18. The House on Cold Creek Lane

By: Liz Alterman

3.96

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

An unflinching examination of motherhood and the dark side of domesticity set against a suburban ba… read more

Similar categories in Liz Alterman's The House on Cold Creek Lane book and Richard Chizmar's Memorials

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • suspense
Cover of Haunted Ever After (Boneyard Key, #1) by Jen DeLuca

19. Haunted Ever After (Boneyard Key, #1)

By: Jen DeLuca

3.91

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

It's love at first haunting in a seaside town that raises everyone’s spirits from USA Today bestsel… read more

Similar categories in Jen DeLuca's Haunted Ever After (Boneyard Key, #1) book and Richard Chizmar's Memorials

  • fiction
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20. Worst Case Scenario

By: T.J. Newman

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Following her explosive debut thriller Falling and its harrowing follow-up Drowning, #1 internation… read more

Similar categories in T.J. Newman's Worst Case Scenario book and Richard Chizmar's Memorials

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • suspense
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21. Memorials

By: Richard Chizmar

4.51

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A group of students encounter a supernatural terror while on a road trip through Appalachia in this… read more

Similar categories in Richard Chizmar's Memorials book and Richard Chizmar's Memorials

  • adult fiction
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • historical fiction

21 Best fiction books like Memorials by Richard Chizmar

Transform Your Habits

The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

Transform Your Habits

You Like It Darker

Stephen King

4.32

Transform Your Habits

The Haunting of Velkwood

Gwendolyn Kiste

3.64

Transform Your Habits

One Big Happy Family

Jamie Day

3.60

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21 must-read fiction books like I Need You to Read This by Jessa Maxwell

Transform Your Habits

One Big Happy Family

Jamie Day

3.60

Transform Your Habits

The Chamber

Will Dean

3.69

Transform Your Habits

House of Glass

Sarah Pekkanen

3.99

Transform Your Habits

The Night Guest

Hildur Knútsdóttir

3.67

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