Five Books to Read After Watching Stranger Things

By Sara Eslami | January 16 2026 | Adult

If you’ve finished the final season of Stranger Things and are itching for some more delightfully creepy stories, look no further. Here are some of our favorite horror and thriller novels from our clients that’ll bring you and your customers the charm of the hit series, but with some fresh and original stories.

Long Past Midnight
Long Past Midnight
Jonathan Maberry
9781496743923
Five-time Bram Stoker Award-winner Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of the Pine Deep Trilogy, weaves a chilling web of small-town terrors, local legends, and hair-raising haunts set in the eerie world of Pine Deep, Pennsylvania. Eleven terrifying tales are gathered here for the first time in a single volume -- including one exclusive, brand new story!Foreword by Josh Malerman, New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box
$17.95 US
Aug 22, 2023
Paperback
368 Pages
Kensington
World
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Honeycomb
Honeycomb
S B Caves
9781915523211
Big Brother meets Black Mirror in this high-concept thriller in which six strangers take part in a mysterious medical experiment in an isolated mansion.
$18.99 US
Jul 09, 2024
Paperback
352 Pages
Datura Books
World except UK/Ireland
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Monarch
Monarch
Candice Wuehle
9781593767266
"Candice Wuehle's irresistibly weird debut novel Monarch is the kind of book that you want to start reading again immediately after turning the last page—not just to trace the conspiracy at its heart, but to appreciate how its kaleidoscope of beauty pageants, Y2K anxieties, famous dead girls, and deep state machinations synthesizes into an exploration of what makes up a self . . .  Poetic, haunting."—Kristen Martin, NPR
$16.95 US
Mar 07, 2023
Paperback
256 Pages
Soft Skull
World
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The Camp
The Camp
Nancy Bush
9781420157024
Perfect for readers of Riley Sager and Grady Hendrix, a chilling new read from the New York Times bestselling author where a diabolical modern twist on Friday the 13th meets Yellowjackets at a summer sleepaway camp isolated in the woods of Oregon.
$8.99 US
Jun 25, 2024
Mass Market Paperback
448 Pages
Zebra
World
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The Entirely True Story of the Fantastical Mesmerist Nora Grey
The Entirely True Story of the Fantastical Mesmerist Nora Grey
Kathleen Kaufman
9781496753908
As spiritualism reaches its fevered pitch at the dawn of the 20th century, a Scottish girl crosses the veil to unlock a powerful connection within an infamous asylum in this thrillingly atmospheric, exquisitely evocative exploration of feminine rage and agency for readers of Sarah Penner, Alice Hoffman, and Hester Fox.
$28.00 US
Jul 29, 2025
Hardcover
448 Pages
Kensington
World
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