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Books like Boogeyman: 9 series to read next

Boogeyman is horror, set in north america and contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Boogeyman is 3 books, 2021–2026.

“The grisly evidence leads police to the terrifying assumption that a serial killer is on the loose in the quiet suburb.”
from the catalogue description of Chasing the Boogeyman

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Robert Bloch's Psycho Universe
The Shining
Castle Rock
Blue Rose (Peter Straub)
Niceville
Exorcist
Jerusalem's Lot
Little Tall Island / In the Path of the Eclipse
Desperation/Regulators

Robert Bloch's Psycho UniverseSeries

seriesRobert Bloch, Chet Williamson & Killian H. Gore5 books1959

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

Start with Room is Perfect →

The ShiningSeries

seriesStephen King5 books1977

About psychic powers and addiction.

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

Start with The Shining →

Castle RockSeries

seriesStephen King & Richard Chizmar16 books1978

Horror, set in north america and contemporary.

“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

Horror and mystery & detective, dark in tone, about murder investigation, set in north america and 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 →

NicevilleSeries

seriesCarsten Stroud3 books2012

Thriller & suspense.

“A security camera captures the moment of his instant, inexplicable vanishing.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Niceville →

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 →

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 →

Little Tall Island / In the Path of the EclipseSeries

seriesStephen King4 books1989

Psychological thriller, about survival.

“The first two novels share a real total solar eclipse as a pivotal, connecting event despite having otherwise unrelated plots and characters.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Home Delivery →

Desperation/RegulatorsSeries

seriesStephen King2 books1996

About survival.

“Stephen King published Desperation and The Regulators simultaneously in 1996, the first under his own name and the second under his Richard Bachman pseudonym.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Desperation →

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 Boogeyman?: Robert Bloch's Psycho Universe — the closest match to Boogeyman on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Boogeyman?: Chasing the Boogeyman. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Boogeyman.
How big is Boogeyman?: Boogeyman is 3 books, 2021–2026.

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