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Shannon's "Small Town Horror Reading List"

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. Boy in the Water
by Stephen Dobyns
  
2. The Church of Dead Girls
by Stephen Dobyns
  
3. A Crime in the Neighborhood
by Suzanne Berne
  
5. Desperation
by Stephen King
  
6. Floating Dragon
by Peter Straub
  
7. In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
  
8.
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 It
by Stephen King
  
9. The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove
by Christopher Moore
  
11. Needful Things: The Last Castle Rock Story
by Stephen King
  
12. The Night Country: A Novel
by Stewart O'Nan
  
13. A Prayer for the Dying
by Stewart O'Nan
  
14. The Regulators
by Stephen King
  
15. Salem's Lot
by Stephen King
  
16. The Secret History
by Donna Tartt
  
17. Something Wicked This Way Comes
by Ray Bradbury
  
18. The Stepford Wives
by Ira Levin
  
19. Storm of the Century: An Original Screenplay
by Stephen King
  
20. The Tommyknockers (Signet)
by Stephen King
  
21. We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
by Shirley Jackson
  
22. Midwich Cuckoos
by John Wyndham
  
23. Dark Harvest
by Norman Partridge
  
This is Shannon's list. Only Shannon can edit it. You can make your own version of this list.
Created by Shannon on Jul 08, 2008.