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Books like Anno Dracula: 9 series to read next

Anno Dracula is horror and alternate history, about vampires, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Anno Dracula is 17 books, 1992–2019.

“While many of the characters from Newman's Diogenes Club stories appear in the Anno Dracula novels, they are not the same as the ones in those stories, nor is the Diogenes Club itself the same.”
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Jerusalem's Lot
Necroscope
The Vampire Chronicles
The Stress of Her Regard Universe
Small Change
Blood Opera
The Milkweed Triptych
The Strain
They Thirst

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

About grief and loss, set in small town and north america.

“Stephen King's 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot follows writer Ben Mears as he returns to his childhood town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, only to discover that its residents are being turned into vampires by a newly arrived stranger.”
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Start with 'Salem's Lot →

NecroscopeSeries

seriesBrian Lumley26 books1982

About undead.

“Harry turns that gift against Thibor Ferenczy, a vampire buried since the Middle Ages, and against Ferenczy's agent Boris Dragosani, a Soviet spy who has learned to tear secrets from corpses in pursuit of world domination.”
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Start with Necroscope →

The Vampire ChroniclesSeries

seriesAnne Rice15 books1976

Gothic, about immortality.

“Based on a short story Rice wrote around 1968, the novel centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter.”
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Start with Interview with the Vampire →

The Stress of Her Regard UniverseSeries

seriesTim Powers3 books1989

Historical fantasy and dark fantasy.

“Tim Powers's The Stress of Her Regard reimagines the lives of Byron, Shelley, and Keats through a secret history in which they are stalked and inspired by a nephilim, a shape-shifting vampiric being that acts as a deadly muse.”
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Start with The Stress of Her Regard →

Small ChangeSeries

seriesJo Walton4 books2006

Science fiction and thriller & suspense, about totalitarianism.

“As the series begins, Britain itself slides toward fascism.”
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Start with Farthing →

Blood OperaSeries

seriesTanith Lee3 books1992

Dark fantasy, about family secrets.

Start with Dark Dance →

The Milkweed TriptychSeries

seriesIan Tregillis3 books2010

Historical fantasy.

Start with Bitter Seeds →

The StrainSeries

seriesChuck Hogan & Guillermo Del Toro3 books2009

About survival and plague and pandemic, set in north america.

“When a Boeing 777 lands at JFK Airport with nearly everyone aboard dead, CDC epidemiologist Ephraim Goodweather is called in and instead uncovers a vampiric plague beginning to spread through New York City.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Strain →

They ThirstSeries

seriesRobert R. McCammon2 books1981

About survival, set in north america.

“In Robert R. McCammon's They Thirst, an ancient vampire prince arrives in Los Angeles and, in a matter of nights, begins turning the city into a stronghold for the undead, with Disneyland as an eerie staging ground for his conquest.”
from the catalogue description

Start with They Thirst →

Why these

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Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Anno Dracula?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to Anno Dracula on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Anno Dracula?: Anno Dracula. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Anno Dracula.
How big is Anno Dracula?: Anno Dracula is 17 books, 1992–2019.

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