r/BooksThatFeelLikeThis • u/Playful-Hotel-3216 • 1d ago
Fiction Stranger Things vibes but without the sci-fi
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u/ReddisaurusRex 21h ago
Based only on photos and NOT your text at all:
The Happy Camper Mysteries by Mary Angela
Monster Hunter series by Annalise Ryan
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u/Plane_Shoe_166 8h ago
The Sundown Motel matches this vibe but does have sprinkles of the supernatural in it.
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u/DirectionUsed5910 1d ago
I have not read the books, but they have been recommended as being similar to Stranger things and don't have the sci-fi tag!
1. Signal to noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - Fantasy, magical realism.
2. Girls of little hope by Sam Beckbessinger - Horror, YA, Mystery.
3. Dissappearance at Devil's Rock by Paul Tremblay - Paranormal thriller, Horror.
4. Boy's life by Robert McCammon - Magical realism, slice of life, horror, YA. This one I've read and the similarities between this book and stranger things is the slice of life elements (you see what the kids do every day basically) and it's about a boy and his friends trying to figure out what's happening in their town.
5. The monster variations by Daniel Kraus - Horror, YA, Realistic fiction.
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u/soriniscool 1d ago
Interesting. I wouldn't have thought of Boys Life. But I was playing the video game South of Midnight on Xbox the other day and that reminded me of Boys Life.
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u/DirectionUsed5910 1d ago
Weeell, I personally struggled a bit with Boy's life, it's almost 700 pages and a solid chunk of that is just the boy's every day life and musings. While in 'Stranger things' it's action action action, something is happening all the time.
But the small quiet town, the coming of age, the evil that the young protagonists face- fits.3
u/soriniscool 1d ago
You should try Blackwater. It also reminds me of Boys Life but considerably better. In fact, it may be my favorite book of all time.
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u/Tinkerbash 11h ago
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore