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Books: Sci fi

Horror on the page: what each book is, who wrote it and how scary it gets.

Book · 2001

Dreamcatcher

Stephen King’s Dreamcatcher brings alien invasion and body horror together in a suspenseful novel.

Book · 1980

Firestarter

Stephen King’s Firestarter follows a young girl who can start fires with her mind, and the agency that wants to use her power.

Book · 1990

Jurassic Park

A dinosaur park built through genetic engineering loses control in Michael Crichton's cautionary tale.

Book · 1986

Strangers

A Dean Koontz horror novel from 1986 that mixes horror with science fiction, for nights when you want your unease with a strange edge.

Book · 1990

The Bad Place

A man loses every night to a blackout, and two private investigators uncover a frightening reason to fear what happens while he is gone.

Book · 1979

The Dead Zone

A man wakes from a long coma with visions triggered by touch, while a killer and a rising politician enter his story.

Book · 2019

The Institute

A kidnapped boy wakes in a facility for children with strange gifts, and the ones who run it want something from him.

Book · 1987

The Tommyknockers

A mysterious buried object begins to change a town in Stephen King’s unsettling science fiction horror novel.

Book · 2009

Under the Dome

A small town is cut off by an invisible barrier, leaving its people to face the fear of being trapped together.

Book · 1987

Watchers

A suspense novel that brings horror and science fiction together.

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The After Dark Top 40

Forty horror films counted down like the charts, from silent classics to new favourites, picked by Erin and sent the moment you join.