Books like The Shining by Stephen King
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What it is about
- Hotelkeepers
- Families
- Violence
- Schizophrenia
Where it happens
- Overlook Hotel
Kind of book
- Novel
Ages
- Adult
Books like this one
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Why: Both are gothic books.
What both books share
- gothic
The Shining: "gothic & horror" (OL subject); "Gothic fiction" (WD genre)
Mexican Gothic: "Fiction, gothic" (OL subject); "Gothic" (OL subject); "Gothic fiction" (WD genre)
- gothic
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Why: Both are gothic books.
What both books share
- gothic
The Shining: "gothic & horror" (OL subject); "Gothic fiction" (WD genre)
The Haunting of Hill House: "Fiction, gothic" (OL subject); "FICTION / Gothic" (OL subject); "Gothic fiction" (WD genre)
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Why: Both are thriller books.
What both books share
- thriller
The Shining: "paranormal fiction suspense & thriller" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers, psychological" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers, suspense" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre)
Killing Floor: "Fiction, thrillers, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers, suspense" (OL subject); "Thriller" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers" (OL subject)
- thriller
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What they share, at a glance
The Shining next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Thriller | Horror | Gothic | Occult |
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| Mexican Gothic | not shared | not shared | shared | not shared |
| The Haunting of Hill House | not shared | not shared | shared | not shared |
| Killing Floor | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| House of Leaves | not shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Silent Patient | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Dark Matter | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Angels & Demons | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Shadow of the Wind | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Jurassic Park | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Dracula | not shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Saint Odd | shared | not shared | not shared | shared |
| Taltos | not shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
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The Shining: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- First published
- Doubleday first published The Shining in January 1977. Source: stephenking.com, checked November 6, 2026.
Released January 1977 ... Publisher Doubleday
- Setting
- The story takes place at the Overlook Hotel, where Jack Torrance is hired as the winter caretaker. Source: stephenking.com, checked November 6, 2026.
move into the Overlook Hotel, where Jack has been hired as the winter caretaker
How The Shining came to be
- In late September 1974 King spent a night at the Stanley, an old hotel in Estes Park. Source: stephenking.com, checked November 6, 2026.
In late September of 1974 ... a grand old hotel in Estes Park, the Stanley
- He and his wife turned out to be the only guests, because the hotel was about to close for the winter. Source: stephenking.com, checked November 6, 2026.
- He woke from a dream that night and had the outline of the novel before he finished a cigarette. Source: stephenking.com, checked November 6, 2026.
- King wrote the novel while his family lived in Boulder, Colorado. Source: stephenking.com, checked November 6, 2026.
the Kings left Maine for Boulder, Colorado ... during which Stephen wrote The Shining
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