Beesarahlee
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This is my favorite Stephen King book,I love the how it slowly stresses you out! Anyone on this site know of any other books that are very similar to this?! I love anything to do with witches and vampires! Thanks for the help!
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Abby
Maybe some Shirley Jackson: "Welcome to Hill House" or some Richard Matheson: "I Am Legend." There is a Witches series by Anne Rice that is long, kind of like a history, but it's not that scary. I definitely second "Ghost Story," by Peter Straub. Personally, I kind of dug Alice Hoffman's, "Practical Magic" - and I have heard there is a prequel coming out later this fall. "Hex" by Thomas Olde Heuvelt was pretty good. I highly recommend, "Bird Box," by Josh Malerman (they're not really ghosts - but they COULD BE). "Broken Monsters" by Lauren Beukes was great. And if you haven't read it yet - please read "The Girl With All the Gifts," and it's prequel, "The Boy on the Bridge," by M.R. Carey.
Gwen
The Shining, I've read it 3 times...gets me every time
Martin
Try George. R.R. Martin's " Fevre Dreame" or Richard Mathesons " I am Legend."
Brandon Tipton
Have you read Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles? They are good. Less horrror and more drama and emotion but I found the first three to be pretty good reads.
Andres Roberto
SORRY, GIRL. IN MY HUMBLE OPPINION, NOBODY COMES CLOSE TO STEPHEN KING WHEN IT COMES TO SCARING THE LIVING DAYLIGHT OUT OF YOU. AND SALEM'S LOT IS AT THE VERY TOP. MAYBE "LET ME IN" OR JOHN CARPENTER'S "VAMPIRES"
Ian
There are a lot of similarities to Dracula, including how the plot and tension progress.
Megan Reber
Ghost Story by Peter Straub is very similar. It involves ghosts instead of vampires, but it has the exact same feel as Salem's Lot. If you don't mind something a little more extreme on the horror front, I would highly suggest Terror Town by James Roy Daley.
Cassie Bobo
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires is a great book that also follows the creepy drawn out aesthetic of Salem's Lot or at least it did for me. If you've already read it I apologize.
E.
Although neither of them are about vampires, Phantoms by Dean Koontz has a nice abandoned town kind of vibe to it, while The Ruins by Scott Smith has some creeping dread and "then there were none" to it.
Happy Lee Del Canto
I know it's kind of late! But there is an author by the name of Robert Tucker On Amazon, he's an independent author who wrote one of my favorite books ever and self published it. It's an new take on the vampire lore, from a female perspective. It's called Six Coffins, look for it on Kindle.
Katie
I haven't read Salem's Lot yet, but if you're after a great read that has vampiric beings in it, I recommend The Passage by Justin Cronin. I found it a real page-turner.
Bryan Duffel
Head straight for "Summer of Night" or "Carrion Comfort" by Dan Simmons.
Meg Newton
A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy) by Deborah Harkness. It is not scary but interesting. Bram Stoker's Dracula is pretty good too. If you want something really scary, try Amityville Horror by Jay Anson. The Anne Rice Vampire books are good too.
Alan Aspinall
I'm the first to admit that I'm not a huge fan of Kings work, that said I love Salems Lot. And is the only one of his book that I've read more then once. The whole book is laden with a foreboding atmosphere, which only get worse as the story progress. The vampires are very creepy, and to be honest this is one of the few books where vamps are actually scary.
S. Glick
assume doctor sleep has Witches and Vampireish creatures.
Uri Weiss
Dan Simmons' "Carrion Comfort" is an excellent read
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