Series
Books like Best New Horror: 9 series to read next
Best New Horror is horror, set in our world and contemporary, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
Best New Horror is 52 books, 1990–2021.
“In addition to the short stories, each edition includes a retrospective essay by the editors.”
from the catalogue description
- Books of Blood
- Jerusalem's Lot
- The Shining
- Unnerving (Jennifer DiMarco)
- Shadows
- The Year's Best Horror Stories
- Masques
- Shock
- Borderlands (Monteleone anthologies)
- Books of BloodSeries
seriesClive Barker10 books1984
Horror, dark in tone, set in our world and contemporary.
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- Jerusalem's LotSeries
seriesStephen King3 books1975
Horror, dark and eerie in tone, about grief and loss and vampires, set in our world and contemporary.
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- The ShiningSeries
seriesStephen King5 books1977
About addiction.
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seriesJennifer Dimarco, uncredited & Brianne DiMarco7 books2019
Horror, dark and eerie in tone, about madness, set in our world and contemporary.
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- ShadowsSeries
seriesCharles L. Grant & T. E. D. Klein13 books1978
Horror, eerie in tone, set in our world and contemporary.
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seriesKarl Edward Wagner, Gerald W. Page, Richard Davis, Ron Weighell & T. E. D. Klein23 books1972
Horror, dark and eerie in tone, set in our world and contemporary.
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- MasquesSeries
seriesJ. N. Williamson & Gary A. Braunbeck6 books1984
Horror, dark and eerie in tone, set in our world and contemporary.
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- ShockSeries
seriesRichard Matheson4 books1961
Horror and science fiction, dark and tense in tone, about madness, set in our world and contemporary.
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seriesThomas F. Monteleone, Elizabeth E. Monteleone & Olivia F. Monteleone7 books1990
Horror and weird fiction, dark and eerie in tone, set in our world and contemporary.
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Read next in Best New Horror
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 Best New Horror?
- Books of Blood — the closest match to Best New Horror on what it is about, not on what sells.
- Where do I start with Best New Horror?
- Best New Horror. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Best New Horror.
- How big is Best New Horror?
- Best New Horror is 52 books, 1990–2021.