Shannon's "Small Town Horror Reading List"

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A horror sub-genre when a small town is affected by something horrific.

Note: With some exceptions, short story collections, young adult fiction and series have been eliminated if so identified. Also, I have striven to include high-quality books only.

  1. 1.
    Bad Chili
    by Joe R. Lansdale

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  2. 2.
    Boy in the Water
    by Stephen Dobyns

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  3. 3.
    The Church of Dead Girls
    by Stephen Dobyns

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  4. 4.
    A Crime in the Neighborhood
    by Suzanne Berne

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  5. 5.
    The Keeper
    by Sarah Langan

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  6. 6.
    Desperation
    by Stephen King

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  7. 7.
    Floating Dragon
    by Peter Straub

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  8. 8.
    In Cold Blood
    by Truman Capote

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  9. 9.
    It
    by Stephen King

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  10. 10.
    The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove
    by Christopher Moore

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  11. 11.
    Midwich Cuckoos
    by John Wyndham

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  12. 12.
    Needful Things: The Last Castle Rock Story
    by Stephen King

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  13. 13.
    On the Street Where You Live
    by Mary Higgins Clark

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  14. 14.
    A Prayer for the Dying
    by Stewart O'Nan

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  15. 15.
    The Regulators
    by Stephen King

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  16. 16.
    Salem's Lot
    by Stephen King

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  17. 17.
    The Secret History
    by Donna Tartt

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  18. 18.
    Something Wicked This Way Comes
    by Ray Bradbury

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  19. 19.
    The Stepford Wives
    by Ira Levin

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  20. 20.
    Storm of the Century: An Original Screenplay
    by Stephen King

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  21. 21.
    The Tommyknockers (Signet)
    by Stephen King

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  22. 23.
    The Night Country: A Novel
    by Stewart O'Nan

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Created by Shannon on Jul 08, 2008.
 

Comments

The Midwich Cuckoos — 51 weeks ago

Looks like you’ve got an abridged version (or something??) of The Midwich Cuckoos, since that’s definitely not the right author.


Untitled — 51 weeks ago

How about “A Prayer Before Dying” by Stuart O’Nan. I just finished it and it was really very good!
By the way I loved “The Bottoms”!.