If you loved
Books like It
A sprawling, dread-soaked love letter to the fierce bonds of childhood and the monsters that wait in the dark. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with It.
- dread-soaked
- claustrophobic
- nightmarish
- melancholic
- 01
Pet Sematary
Stephen King · 1996
A masterclass in escalating dread that forces you to watch a family unravel under the unbearable weight of grief.
- 02
Cujo
Stephen King
A sweltering, claustrophobic descent into primal terror where domestic friction gives way to a relentless fight for survival.
- 03
Summer of night
Dan Simmons · 1995
A sun-drenched, dread-soaked descent into the terrifying end of childhood innocence.
- 04
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Ray Bradbury
A lyrical, wind-swept plunge into the dark heart of autumn, where childhood innocence collides with the seductive terrors of a midnight carnival.
- 05
NOS4R2
Joe Hill
A dread-soaked supernatural thriller that turns the innocence of childhood into a terrifying battleground.
- 06
Monster Blood
R. L. Stine
A fast-paced, gooey thrill ride that perfectly captures the creepy, campy fun of discovering something you definitely shouldn't play with.
- 07
Julia
Peter Straub
A chilling exploration of maternal grief wrapped in a suffocating supernatural haunting.
- 08
Imiginary Friend
Stephen Chbosky
A sprawling, dread-soaked epic where childhood innocence collides with surreal, apocalyptic terror in a claustrophobic small town.
- 09
The Turn of the Screw
Henry James · 2003
A masterclass in creeping dread where every shadow hides a question and the greatest monster might be the narrator's own mind.
- 10
Revenge of the Living Dummy
R. L. Stine
A fast-paced, funhouse ride of a book where everyday annoyances twist into uncanny, puppet-fueled nightmares.
- 11
Flowers in the Attic
Virginia C. Andrews · 1979
A morbidly addictive, claustrophobic descent into a family's darkest, most twisted secrets.
- 12
The great and secret show
Clive Barker · 1989
A sprawling hallucinatory descent into a hidden world where cosmic magic and grotesque horrors bleed into mundane reality.
