Books like Fear by Ronald Kelly

Stephen King’s 1986 horror classic follows seven children terrorized by a shape‑changing entity that takes the form of the iconic clown Pennywise, using their deepest fears to hunt them.

A struggling writer and recovering alcoholic, Jack Torrance takes over caretaking of the remote Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies, but a winter storm and the building’s malevolent past drive him toward madness, threatening his family's safety.

Stephen King’s 1983 horror classic, *Pet Sematary*, explores the perilous intersection of death, resurrection, and the dark forces that linger in rural Maine.

After a catastrophic flu outbreak devastates the world, survivors must choose between two leaders—an elderly black woman heading to Boulder or the sinister Randall Flagg in Las Vegas—setting the stage for a struggle between good and evil.

A lonely orphan girl on the Yorkshire moors befriends a disabled cousin and unlocks the secrets of a hidden garden.

Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens’s 1837-39 social novel, follows an orphan raised in a workhouse who flees to London, joins a gang of pickpockets, and uncovers family secrets while exposing child labour and exploitation.

Shirley Jackson’s classic psychological horror, *The Haunting of Hill House*, follows a lonely woman drawn into an abandoned mansion whose malevolent presence ultimately consumes her.

A tense psychological thriller that pits FBI agent Clarice Starling against the notorious cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter as they collaborate to catch a new predator.

In Dan Simmons’ chilling historical adventure, the Franklin expedition’s steamships Terror and Erebus are trapped in the Arctic for two years, where crew face starvation, mutiny, and a nameless terror lurking in the ice.

Lord Peter Wimsey is drawn into the mysteries of a disinterred corpse, uncovering a century‑old crime that reverberates through a quiet East Anglian village.

Eve Dallas races against time to protect a 9‑year‑old witness after a brutal family massacre in 2059 New York City.

In an apocalyptic near‑future, a mother and her two small children navigate a river blindfolded to avoid a terrifying entity, while the story features profanity and graphic violence.

A Christmas mystery about a violinist who saves his own life and saves the life of his mother, a street musician who steals his wallet, and a little boy who follows him into the subway, leading to a dangerous journey that threatens their lives.

A tense collection of two chilling ghost stories that plunge readers into irrational fear, with living nightmares that offer no reprieve or mercy.

EI ensayo de H. P. Lovecraft sobre «El horror en la literatura» (LB 1002) señala que la obra de ARTHUR MACHEN (1863-1947) abrió nuevos caminos a la historia de los relatos de miedo cósmico; en las novelas y cuentos del gran escritor galés -para quien el pasado celta, la dominación romana de las Islas Británicas fuente de permanente inspiración los elementos de horror oculto y espanto soterrado adquieren una sustancia y una agudeza realista casi incomparables. Novela publicada en 1917, EL TERROR, ambientada en una región apartada del oeste de Gales durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, logra una perfecta simbiosis de fantasía y realidad, leyenda y cotidianidad. Unos acontecimientos inexplicables y de una violencia salvaje, el poder contagioso de las fuerzas oscuras del mal y el alarmismo del clima bélico se funden en una oscura y enigmática trama, susceptible de las más diversas conjeturas e interpretaciones.

In the aftermath of the Blitz, an adult Simon Thorn discovers he was never listed for evacuation and may have unknowingly laid claim to a mysterious past in wartime London, prompting a search that may keep him from finding peace.

A young Jewish girl chronicles her life in pre‑war Vienna, detailing the friendship that keeps her alive as persecution rises.

A gripping psychological suspense novel set in Dublin, focusing on two detectives investigating a series of murders in the woods.

Four-year-old missing child found in grave 20 years later sparks a mystery in small Ohio town.

When Old Man Brice dies, the quiet Tennessee town of Tucker’s Mill must confront the old legend of the unseen creature known as The Dark’Un, said to haunt Pale Dove Mountain.

A determined reporter, Beth Wright, uncovers a sinister plot at St. Clair Children’s Home, while a social worker and a looming threat force her to confront her past to protect the children and her career.