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by Stephen King · 1991

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What it is about

Suspense
City and town life
Specialty stores
Good and evil
American Horror tales
Horror

Where it happens

Castle Rock

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Adult

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Last checked: November 7, 2026

House of Leaves
Mark Z. Danielewski · Adult

about 740 pages

Why: Both are horror books.
- Horror
What both books share
- horror
  Needful Things: "Horror" (OL subject); "Horror fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, horror" (OL subject); "FICTION / Horror" (OL subject)
  House of Leaves: "Fiction, horror" (OL subject); "Horror tales" (OL subject); "horror fiction" (WD genre)
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Dracula
Bram Stoker · 1897 · Adult

about 380 pages

Why: Both are horror books.
- Horror
What both books share
- horror
  Needful Things: "Horror" (OL subject); "Horror fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, horror" (OL subject); "FICTION / Horror" (OL subject)
  Dracula: "Horror" (OL subject); "Horror stories" (OL subject); "Horror tales" (OL subject); "Horror fiction" (OL subject)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Needful Things; Open Library and Wikidata for Dracula.
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The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson · 1959 · Adult

about 250 pages

Why: Both are horror books.
- Horror
What both books share
- horror
  Needful Things: "Horror" (OL subject); "Horror fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, horror" (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)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Needful Things; Open Library and Wikidata for The Haunting of Hill House.
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Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia · 2020 · Adult

about 350 pages

Why: Both are horror books.
- Horror
What both books share
- horror
  Needful Things: "Horror" (OL subject); "Horror fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, horror" (OL subject); "FICTION / Horror" (OL subject)
  Mexican Gothic: "Horror" (OL subject); "horror fiction" (WD genre)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Needful Things; Open Library and Wikidata for Mexican Gothic.
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Prince Lestat
Anne Rice · 2014 · Adult

about 580 pages

Why: Both are horror books.
- Horror
What both books share
- horror
  Needful Things: "Horror" (OL subject); "Horror fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, horror" (OL subject); "FICTION / Horror" (OL subject)
  Prince Lestat: "Fiction, horror" (OL subject); "horror fiction" (WD genre); "Horror fiction." (LoC 655)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Needful Things; Open Library and Wikidata for Prince Lestat.
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Blood and Gold
Anne Rice · Adult

about 590 pages

Why: Both are horror books.
- Horror
What both books share
- horror
  Needful Things: "Horror" (OL subject); "Horror fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, horror" (OL subject); "FICTION / Horror" (OL subject)
  Blood and Gold: "Fiction, horror" (OL subject); "Horror" (OL subject); "horror fiction" (WD genre)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Needful Things; Open Library and Wikidata for Blood and Gold.
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Taltos
Anne Rice · 1994 · Adult

about 480 pages

Why: Both are horror books.
- Horror
What both books share
- horror
  Needful Things: "Horror" (OL subject); "Horror fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, horror" (OL subject); "FICTION / Horror" (OL subject)
  Taltos: "Fiction, horror" (OL subject); "horror fiction" (WD genre)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Needful Things; Open Library and Wikidata for Taltos.
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The Vampire Armand
Anne Rice · 1998 · Adult

about 520 pages

Why: Both are horror books.
- Horror
What both books share
- horror
  Needful Things: "Horror" (OL subject); "Horror fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, horror" (OL subject); "FICTION / Horror" (OL subject)
  The Vampire Armand: "Fiction, horror" (OL subject); "horror fiction" (WD genre)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Needful Things; Open Library and Wikidata for The Vampire Armand.
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Memnoch the Devil
Anne Rice · 1995 · Adult

about 430 pages

Why: Both are horror books.
- Horror
What both books share
- horror
  Needful Things: "Horror" (OL subject); "Horror fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, horror" (OL subject); "FICTION / Horror" (OL subject)
  Memnoch the Devil: "horror fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, horror" (OL subject); "horror fiction" (WD genre); "Horror tales." (LoC 655)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Needful Things; Open Library and Wikidata for Memnoch the Devil.
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Merrick
Anne Rice · 2000 · Adult

about 430 pages

Why: Both are horror books.
- Horror
What both books share
- horror
  Needful Things: "Horror" (OL subject); "Horror fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, horror" (OL subject); "FICTION / Horror" (OL subject)
  Merrick: "Horror tales" (OL subject); "Fiction, horror" (OL subject); "horror fiction" (WD genre); "Horror tales." (LoC 655)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Needful Things; Open Library and Wikidata for Merrick.
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Blackwood Farm
Anne Rice · Adult

about 630 pages

Why: Both are horror books.
- Horror
What both books share
- horror
  Needful Things: "Horror" (OL subject); "Horror fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, horror" (OL subject); "FICTION / Horror" (OL subject)
  Blackwood Farm: "Horror" (OL subject); "Fiction, horror" (OL subject); "Horror fiction" (OL subject); "horror fiction" (WD genre)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Needful Things; Open Library and Wikidata for Blackwood Farm.
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Odd Apocalypse
Dean Koontz · 2012 · Adult

about 400 pages

Why: Both are horror books.
- Horror
What both books share
- horror
  Needful Things: "Horror" (OL subject); "Horror fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, horror" (OL subject); "FICTION / Horror" (OL subject)
  Odd Apocalypse: "Fiction, horror" (OL subject); "horror fiction" (WD genre); "Horror fiction." (LoC 655)
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Needful Things: the facts, checked

Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.

First published: First published in October 1991. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
Edition checked: The edition checked here is a 802-page paperback from Gallery Books. Source: Library of Congress, checked November 6, 2026. 9781501147418 ... paperback ... 802 pages ... Gallery Books

About Stephen King

Born: Born in Portland, Maine, in 1947. Source: stephenking.com, checked November 6, 2026.
Also writes as: Stephen King has also published as Richard Bachman. Source: Wikidata, citing Carrie, checked November 6, 2026.
Early work: His first professional sale was a short story, The Glass Floor, in 1967. Source: stephenking.com, checked November 6, 2026. first professional short story sale (“The Glass Floor”) to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967

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