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Books like Blood Opera: 9 series to read next

Blood Opera is horror and dark fantasy, about vampires, set in contemporary, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Blood Opera is 3 books, 1992–1994.

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Jerusalem's Lot
The Mayfair Witches Saga
The Vampire Chronicles
Necroscope
The Shining
The Strain
They Thirst
A Cold Season
Anita Blake

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.”
from the catalogue description

Start with 'Salem's Lot →

The Mayfair Witches SagaSeries

seriesAnne Rice3 books1990

About witches, set in north america.

Start with The Witching Hour →

The Vampire ChroniclesSeries

seriesAnne Rice15 books1976

Horror and gothic, dark in tone, about vampires and immortality, set in contemporary and our world.

“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.”
from the catalogue description of Interview with the Vampire
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Interview with the Vampire →

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.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Necroscope →

The ShiningSeries

seriesStephen King5 books1977

About psychic powers and addiction, set in north america.

“Together the two form a horror duology spanning nearly forty years of real-world publication.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Shining →

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 →

A Cold SeasonSeries

seriesAlison Littlewood2 books2011

Set in small town.

Start with A Cold Season →

Anita BlakeSeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton & Jonathon Green42 books1993

Urban fantasy, set in north america.

“The books have sold more than six million copies; many have made The New York Times Best Seller list.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Guilty Pleasures →

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 Blood Opera?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to Blood Opera on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Blood Opera?: Dark Dance. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Blood Opera.
How big is Blood Opera?: Blood Opera is 3 books, 1992–1994.
Is Blood Opera finished?: Yes — 3 books, 1992–1994.

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