What it is about
- Teenage girls
- Psychokinesis
- High school students
- Social isolation
- Child abuse
Where it happens
- Chamberlain
When it happens
- 1979
Kind of book
- Novel
Ages
- Adult
About this book
Its Library of Congress subjects: Teenage girls, Psychokinesis, High school students, Social isolation. It is set in Chamberlain and listed for an audience of adults.
Where this comes from: Library of Congress · Wikidata
Books like this one
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Why: Both are horror books.
What both books share
- horror
Carrie: "horror fiction" (OL subject); "Horror" (OL subject); "Horror stories" (OL subject); "Fiction, horror" (OL subject)
The Haunting of Hill House: "Horror tales" (OL subject); "Fiction, horror" (OL subject); "FICTION / Horror" (OL subject); "horror fiction" (WD genre)
- horror
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Why: Both are thriller books.
What both books share
- thriller
Carrie: "thriller" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre)
The Silent Patient: "Fiction, thrillers" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers, general" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense" (OL subject)
- thriller
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Why: Both are thriller books.
What both books share
- thriller
Carrie: "thriller" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre)
Dark Matter: "Thrillers" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre); "Thrillers (Fiction)" (LoC 655)
- thriller
What they share, at a glance
Carrie next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Thriller | Horror |
|---|---|---|
| The Haunting of Hill House | not shared | shared |
| The Silent Patient | shared | not shared |
| Dark Matter | shared | not shared |
| Mexican Gothic | not shared | shared |
| Killing Floor | shared | not shared |
| Darkly Dreaming Dexter | shared | not shared |
| The Housemaid | shared | not shared |
| Orphan X | shared | not shared |
| Jurassic Park | shared | not shared |
| Dracula | not shared | shared |
Tap a dot to open the record the match comes from.
How Carrie came to be
- King built Carrie White from two girls he knew in high school. Source: stephenking.com, checked November 6, 2026.
a composite of two girls Stephen knew during high school
- Doubleday accepted the manuscript in the spring of 1973. Source: stephenking.com, checked November 6, 2026.
In the spring of 1973, Doubleday & Co. accepted the novel Carrie for publication.
- The sale of Carrie gave King the means to stop teaching and write full time. Source: stephenking.com, checked November 6, 2026.
accepted the novel Carrie for publication, providing him the means to leave teaching
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