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Books like Clickers: 9 series to read next

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

Clickers is 5 books, 2000–2022.

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Jerusalem's Lot
John Decker Universe
The Andromeda Strain
Beast House Chronicles
Rats
World War Z
Dark Worlds Saga
Meg / Loch Universe
The Howling

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Eerie in tone, 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 →

John Decker UniverseSeries

seriesAnthony M. Strong19 books2015

Horror, set in contemporary.

Reading order →

The Andromeda StrainSeries

seriesDaniel H. Wilson & Michael Crichton2 books1969

Science fiction, about plague and pandemic.

“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Andromeda Strain →

Beast House ChroniclesSeries

seriesRichard Laymon4 books1980

Splatterpunk.

“Richard Laymon's Beast House Chronicles began with his 1980 debut novel The Cellar, a splatterpunk horror story built around the Beast House, a haunted property hiding something far worse than a ghost.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Cellar →

RatsSeries

seriesJames Herbert4 books1974

Set in british isles and big city.

“The Rats, James Herbert's 1974 debut novel, imagines a plague of giant mutant rats overrunning London, told through a rotating cast of victims and survivors in the tradition of British disaster horror.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Rats →

World War ZSeries

seriesMax Brooks3 books2006

Post-apocalyptic, about war and plague and pandemic.

Start with World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War →

Dark Worlds SagaSeries

seriesJ. F. Gonzalez, Brian Keene, Mark Williams, Stephen Kozeniewski & Wile E. Young9 books2000

Horror, set in contemporary.

Start with Retreat →

Meg / Loch UniverseSeries

seriesSteve Alten11 books1997

Science fiction.

Reading order →

The HowlingSeries

seriesGary Brandner3 books1977

About werewolves.

“The Howling, Gary Brandner's 1977 novel, sets a woman recovering from trauma against a small California town that turns out to be sheltering a colony of werewolves.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Howling →

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 Clickers?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to Clickers on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Clickers?: Clickers. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Clickers.
How big is Clickers?: Clickers is 5 books, 2000–2022.

Books like Clickers: 9 series to read next

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