10 Best contemporary books like Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1) by Adam Cesare

Cover of Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1) by Adam Cesare

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…

If you liked the contemporary plot in Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1) by Adam Cesare , here is a list of 10 books like this:

1. Dark Harvest

By: Norman Partridge

4.02

Format: 982 pages,

Winner of the Bram Stoker Award and named one of the 100 Best Novels of 2006 by Publishers Weekly, … read more

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2. The Troop

By: Nick Cutter

3.84

Format: 407 pages, Hardcover

Once a year, scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a three-d… read more

Similar categories in Nick Cutter's The Troop book and Adam Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Soldering iron, Max."

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

"You’ve never heard of the tapeworm diet?"

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

"I been to hell ... I ain't afraid to go back"

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

"His fear was whetted to such a fine edge that he could actually feel it now: a disembodied ball of baby fingers inside his stomach, tickling him from the inside. That's what mortal terror felt like, …"

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

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3. 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 Adam Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1)

  • halloween
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • horror
  • 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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4. My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.54

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

You won’t find a more hardcore eighties-slasher-film fan than high school senior Jade Daniels. And … read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1) book and Adam Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
"Some girls just don't know how to die."

-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

"Is it really winning if everybody dies?"

-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

"Horror's not a symptom, it's a love affair."

-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

"We all become history at some point or another, right?"

-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

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5. 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 Adam Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • 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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6. 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 Adam Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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7. 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 Adam Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • 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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8. Mister Magic

By: Kiersten White

3.59

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

Who is Mister Magic? Former child stars reunite to uncover the tragedy that ended their show—and di… read more

Similar categories in Kiersten White's Mister Magic book and Adam Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Magic never forgets the taste of your friendship."

-Kiersten White, Mister Magic

"This version of him isn't perfect. None of them are. New isn't the same as perfect. Growing up isn't inherently loss, it's just change."

-Kiersten White, Mister Magic

"I think you've told me thank you more in the last day than anyone else has in years. It's like--when there's a stack of dishes, if my husband actually does them , I tell him thank you. But when I do …"

-Kiersten White, Mister Magic

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9. 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 Adam Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
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10. My Best Friend's Exorcism

By: Grady Hendrix

3.94

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since fifth grade, when they bonded over a shared love of … read more

Similar categories in Grady Hendrix's My Best Friend's Exorcism book and Adam Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1)

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Are you going to do it?"

-Grady Hendrix, My Best Friend's Exorcism

"Abby Rivers was a certified grown-up because she'd finally cried at a movie."

-Grady Hendrix, My Best Friend's Exorcism

"I love you, Gretchen Lang. You are my reflection and my shadow and I will not let you go. We are bound together forever and ever! Until Halley’s Comet comes around again. I love you dearly and I love…"

-Grady Hendrix, My Best Friend's Exorcism

"Brother Lemon and Abby looked at each other, eyes gleaming in the shadows, and then he stood up. Rummaging in one of his duffle bags, he pulled out an athletic cup and slid it down the front of his p…"

-Grady Hendrix, My Best Friend's Exorcism

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11. 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 Adam Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • halloween
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
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12. How to Sell a Haunted House

By: Grady Hendrix

3.68

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

Grady Hendrix takes on the haunted house in a thrilling new novel that explores the way your past—a… read more

Similar categories in Grady Hendrix's How to Sell a Haunted House book and Adam Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
"Nice clean cut," Santos said, and Louise almost said thank you but managed to stop herself."

-Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House

"Mom and Dad could've done it," he said. "They were grown-ups. We're just . . . tall children."

-Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House

"But if we weren’t related, if we met today, we wouldn’t choose to be friends. We’re different people with different values, and we’re also adults who can choose who we want to spend our time with…"

-Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House

"There were so many dolls in there, waiting for her. Somewhere, in a less rational part of her brain, Louise felt that nothing could look so human and exist for so long without starting to develop tho…"

-Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House

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13. Mary

By: Nat Cassidy

3.80

Format: 405 pages, Paperback

Mary is a quiet, middle-aged woman doing her best to blend into the background. Unremarkable. Invis… read more

Similar categories in Nat Cassidy's Mary book and Adam Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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14. Tastes Like Candy

By: Ivy Tholen

3.64

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

Everyone at Pritchett High wants an invitation to the Senior Scavenge. In 2020, Violet Warren and h… read more

Similar categories in Ivy Tholen's Tastes Like Candy book and Adam Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1)

  • young adult
  • halloween
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn  Bayron

15. You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight

By: Kalynn Bayron

3.59

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

At Camp Mirror Lake, terror is the name of the game . . . but can you survive the night?This heart-… read more

Similar categories in Kalynn Bayron's You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight book and Adam Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
"I turn my Black ass right around and book it back to my cabin, where I close and lock the door."

-Kalynn Bayron, You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight

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16. 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 Adam Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • halloween
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
Cover of Camp Slaughter (Slaughter Series, #1) by Sergio   Gomez

17. Camp Slaughter (Slaughter Series, #1)

By: Sergio Gomez

3.45

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s a local legend. No one is sure if this “Camp Slaughter” place is real or not. But a group of c… read more

Similar categories in Sergio Gomez's Camp Slaughter (Slaughter Series, #1) book and Adam Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1)

  • halloween
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
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18. 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 Adam Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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19. 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 Adam Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
Cover of Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman

20. 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 Adam Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones

21. 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 Adam Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1)

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

19 best-selling fiction books like Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1) by Adam Cesare

Transform Your Habits

The Troop

Nick Cutter

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Maeve Fly

C.J. Leede

3.78

Transform Your Habits

My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

Stephen Graham Jones

3.54

Transform Your Habits

Night of the Mannequins

Stephen Graham Jones

3.34

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20 best-selling fiction books like Maeve Fly by C.J. Leede

Transform Your Habits

Maeve Fly

C.J. Leede

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Boys in the Valley

Philip Fracassi

4.18

Transform Your Habits

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

Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Camp Damascus

Chuck Tingle

3.94

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