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Books like Castle Rock: 9 series to read next

Castle Rock 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.

Castle Rock is 16 books, 1978–2022.

“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.”
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Little Tall Island / In the Path of the Eclipse
The Shining
Jerusalem's Lot
Seasons of Horror
John Cleaver
Rosemary Reilly
Desperation/Regulators
Point Horror
Coraline

Little Tall Island / In the Path of the EclipseSeries

seriesStephen King4 books1989

Psychological thriller.

“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 →

The ShiningSeries

seriesStephen King5 books1977

About addiction.

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

Start with The Shining →

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

About vampires.

“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 →

Seasons of HorrorSeries

seriesDan Simmons7 books1990

Horror, eerie in tone, set in north america.

Start with Summer of Night →

John CleaverSeries

seriesDan Wells8 books2009

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

Start with I Am Not a Serial Killer →

Rosemary ReillySeries

seriesIra Levin2 books1967

About demons and parenthood, set in big city.

“Rosemary's Baby follows a young wife in a Gothic Manhattan apartment building who grows increasingly convinced that her elderly neighbors, and even her own husband, are part of a conspiracy surrounding her pregnancy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Rosemary's Baby →

Desperation/RegulatorsSeries

seriesStephen King2 books1996

Horror, tense and dark in tone, about madness and survival, set in contemporary and north america.

“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 →

Point HorrorSeries

seriesR. L. Stine, Sinclair Smith, Caroline B. Cooney, Tom B. Stone, A. Finnis, Christopher Pike, Diane Hoh, Linda Cargill, Peter Lerangis, Samantha Lee, A. Bates, Carmen Adams, Lael Littke & T. Pines41 books1986

Horror, tense in tone, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Blind Date →

CoralineSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell2 books2002

Portal fantasy and gothic, set in parallel universe.

“The Guardian ranked Coraline #82 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Coraline →

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 Castle Rock?: Little Tall Island / In the Path of the Eclipse — the closest match to Castle Rock on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Castle Rock?: Nona. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Castle Rock.
How big is Castle Rock?: Castle Rock is 16 books, 1978–2022.

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