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Sleeping Beauties
Stephen King, Owen King · Book · 2017
What hooked you in Sleeping Beauties was the way large-scale, mysterious societal shifts force individuals into intense, claustrophobic confrontations with the unknown.
Films on the same thread
Doctor Sleep
Mike Flanagan · Film · 2019
Shares a thread with Sleeping Beauties: Supernatural Horror.
Like Sleeping Beauties, this story explores how past trauma and supernatural abilities collide, forcing characters to confront internal demons while navigating a world defined by its haunting, psychological threats.
Sleeping Beauty
Clyde Geronimi · Film · 1959
Explores: Good vs Evil, Fate vs Free Will, Sleeping Curse.
If the central sleeping curse of Sleeping Beauties fascinated you, this classic tale provides the foundational archetype of a world suspended in an unnatural, fateful slumber.
The Shining
Stanley Kubrick · Film · 1980
Shares a thread with Sleeping Beauties: Supernatural Horror.
This film masterfully captures the same suffocating atmosphere of isolation found in Sleeping Beauties, where a confined setting acts as a pressure cooker for family dysfunction and supernatural madness.
Weapons
Zach Cregger · Film · 2025
Shares a thread with Sleeping Beauties: Supernatural Horror.
The mass hysteria and sudden, inexplicable disappearance of a community seen here mirror the societal unraveling that drives the high-stakes narrative tension throughout the pages of Sleeping Beauties.
Series on the same thread
See
Steven Knight · Series · 2019
Shares a thread with Sleeping Beauties: Dystopian Fiction.
You will recognize the dystopian scale of Sleeping Beauties in this series, as a global, life-altering phenomenon forces a fractured society to adapt to a reality where everything has changed.
Storm of the Century
Stephen King · Series · 1999
Shares a thread with Sleeping Beauties: Supernatural Horror.
Stephen King fans will appreciate how this story utilizes an isolated, snowbound community to explore the same dark, supernatural intrusion into ordinary life that defines Sleeping Beauties.
Twin Peaks
Mark Frost · Series · 1990
Explores: Small Town Secrets, Doppelgangers, Good vs Evil.
The investigation of a mysterious, small-town tragedy provides the same sense of creeping dread and existential unease that makes the unfolding events of Sleeping Beauties so deeply compelling.
Stranger Things
Ross Duffer · Series · 2016
Shares a thread with Sleeping Beauties: Supernatural Horror.
This series reflects the mystery of Sleeping Beauties by anchoring its grand, supernatural premise in the very real, personal struggle of a community dealing with the sudden loss of a child.
Podcasts on the same thread
Sleep With Me
Silver Sleeper Productions LLC · Podcast · 2026
Explores: Insomnia Relief, Mindfulness, Boredom Induction.
While Sleeping Beauties uses sleep as a catalyst for apocalyptic chaos, this podcast offers a soothing, practical counterpoint for those intrigued by the concept of drifting into the unknown.
The Telepathy Tapes
Ky Dickens · Podcast · 2026
Explores: consciousness exploration, unexplained phenomena, human potential.
If the speculative exploration of human potential and unexplained phenomena in Sleeping Beauties intrigued you, this documentary-style podcast provides a grounded, fascinating look into similar real-world mysteries.
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Common questions
Who wrote the book Sleeping Beauties?
Sleeping Beauties is a father and son collaboration written by Stephen King and Owen King. It was published in 2017 and became a number one New York Times bestseller.
What is the premise of the book Sleeping Beauties?
Sleeping Beauties explores a high-stakes scenario where women across the world go to sleep and become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. The story examines what happens to the world of men when women disappear in this manner.
Is Sleeping Beauties a standalone story?
The description for Sleeping Beauties presents it as a singular high-stakes story about the disappearance of women. There is no information provided regarding a series or sequels for this 2017 novel.
What happens when women in Sleeping Beauties are awakened?
In the plot of Sleeping Beauties, if the women who have become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze are awakened, they become violent. This central conflict drives the narrative tension throughout the story.