Books like Misery
If you liked Misery by Stephen King, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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The Silence of the Lambs
Because shares tags: thriller, horror, psychological.
Clarice Starling seeks Hannibal Lecter's help to catch Buffalo Bill before Catherine Martin runs out of time.
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The Outsider
Because also by Stephen King; shares tags: horror, thriller.
Coach Terry Maitland's DNA and witnesses point to an impossible murder, until Ralph Anderson and Holly Gibney trace it to El Cuco.
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11/22/63
Because also by Stephen King; shares tags: thriller, horror.
A Maine teacher steps through a diner portal to 1958 to stop the Kennedy assassination, and learns the past resists change while a new life…
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The Shining
Because also by Stephen King; shares tags: horror, thriller.
The Shining retold: Jack winters at Overlook with Wendy and Danny, REDRUM, hedge maze chase.
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Red Dragon
Because shares tags: thriller, horror.
Graham consults Lecter to catch Tooth Fairy Dolarhyde.
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Hidden Pictures
Because shares tags: horror, thriller.
Nanny Mallory sees Teddy drawings predict a murder in New Jersey.
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The Inmate
Because shares tags: thriller, psychological.
A nurse takes a prison job and faces the ex who she helped convict for murder years ago.
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The Woman in the Window
Because shares tags: thriller, psychological.
Agoraphobic Anna Fox thinks she sees a murder across the street in Harlem.
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None of This Is True
Because shares tags: thriller, psychological.
Podcaster Alix meets birthday-twin Josie, whose dark past becomes the series that consumes them both.
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The Housemaid
Because shares tags: thriller, psychological.
The Housemaid retold: Millie cleans for the Winchesters, locked doors, twists in Long Island.
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The Green Mile
Because also by Stephen King; shares tag: horror.
Guard Paul Edgecombe watches John Coffey show healing miracles on death row in 1932 Louisiana.
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Mr. Mercedes
Because also by Stephen King; shares tag: thriller.
Retired Hodges hunts Mercedes killer Brady Hartsfield concert plot.
