The Shining by Stephen King

512 pages first pub 1977 (view editions)

fiction classics horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
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For readers drawn to psychological horror centered on the slow unraveling of family bonds under supernatural pressure. Ideal if you crave brooding isolation, creeping dread, and domestic darkness over gore, preferring atmospheric tension and haunted interiors to fast-paced scares.

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Welcome to the Overlook Hotel. You'll never want to leave...Danny is only five years old, but in the words of old Mr Hallorann he is a 'shiner', aglow with psychic voltage. When his father becomes caretaker of the Overlook Hotel, Danny's visions g...

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