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Books like Arkham Horror: 9 series to read next

Arkham Horror is horror and cosmic horror, set in our world and early 20th century, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Arkham Horror is 57 books across 6 series, 2011–2026.

“Some doors in Arkham were never meant to be opened, and the town keeps opening them anyway.”
from the catalogue description

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Penguin Classics Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus
Jerusalem's Lot
H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus Collection
Annotated H. P. Lovecraft
Castle Rock
Blue Rose (Peter Straub)
Exorcist
Robert Bloch's Psycho Universe

Penguin Classics LovecraftSeries

seriesH. P. Lovecraft3 books1999

Horror and cosmic horror, dark and eerie in tone, about madness, set in early 20th century and our world.

“The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories is Penguin Classics' first omnibus edition of works by seminal 20th-century American author H. P. Lovecraft.”
from the catalogue description of The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories

Start with The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories →

H. P. Lovecraft OmnibusSeries

seriesH. P. Lovecraft2 books1985

Horror and cosmic horror, dark and eerie in tone, about madness, set in early 20th century and our world.

Start with The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 2: Dagon and Other Macabre Tales →

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

About vampires and grief and loss.

“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.”
from the catalogue description

Start with 'Salem's Lot →

H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus CollectionSeries

seriesH. P. Lovecraft4 books2016

Horror and cosmic horror, dark and eerie in tone, about madness, set in early 20th century and our world.

Start with H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Omnibus, Volume I: 1917-1926 →

Annotated H. P. LovecraftSeries

seriesH. P. Lovecraft2 books1997

Horror and cosmic horror, dark and eerie in tone, about madness, set in early 20th century and our world.

“Now readers have an opportunity to scrutinize and further appreciate the greatness of Lovecraft's strange genius as Lovecraft scholar S. T. Joshi annotates, for the first time, some of Lovecraft's most famous tales.”
from the catalogue description of The Annotated H. P. Lovecraft

Start with The Annotated H. P. Lovecraft →

Castle RockSeries

seriesStephen King & Richard Chizmar16 books1978

Horror, set in north america and small town.

“Castle Rock is the fictional Maine town that links a cluster of otherwise separate Stephen King novels and novellas, including The Dead Zone, Cujo, The Dark Half, Needful Things, and Elevation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Nona →

Blue Rose (Peter Straub)Series

seriesPeter Straub9 books1985

Set in late 20th century.

“Koko follows a group of Vietnam veterans hunting a former comrade turned serial killer decades after the war.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Koko →

ExorcistSeries

seriesWilliam Peter Blatty & Steven Piziks6 books1971

About demons.

“Other Exorcist books are tie-in and franchise material rather than further novels by Blatty himself.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Exorcist →

Robert Bloch's Psycho UniverseSeries

seriesRobert Bloch, Chet Williamson & Killian H. Gore5 books1959

Horror and psychological horror, dark and tense in tone, about madness, set in north america.

Start with Room is Perfect →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

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 Arkham Horror?: Penguin Classics Lovecraft — the closest match to Arkham Horror on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Arkham Horror?: Wrath of N'kai. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Arkham Horror, which is a whole world rather than one run.
How big is Arkham Horror?: Arkham Horror is 57 books across 6 series, 2011–2026.

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