Books Like "The Institute"
King's telekinetic kids thriller blends classic horror with timely themes of institutional abuse and resistance.
If you loved it, try these next
- Firestarter by Stephen King — Features a young girl with pyrokinetic abilities pursued by a shadowy government agency seeking to exploit her powers.
- Stranger Things: Suspicious Minds by Gwenda Bond — Explores government experiments on people with psychic abilities in a secretive institutional setting.
- The Power by Naomi Alderman — Examines how supernatural abilities can shift power dynamics and challenge existing institutional structures.
- Carrie by Stephen King — Centers on a telekinetic teenager facing adult authority figures who underestimate and abuse young people.
- The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken — Features children with psychic powers imprisoned in government facilities and their fight for freedom.
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