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Books like Dark Worlds Saga: 9 series to read next

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

Dark Worlds Saga is 9 books, 2000–2022.

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Jerusalem's Lot
Rats
The Andromeda Strain
World War Z
John Decker Universe
The Howling
Beast House Chronicles
Survivor (J. F. Gonzalez)
Depraved

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 →

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 →

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 →

World War ZSeries

seriesMax Brooks3 books2006

About war and plague and pandemic.

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

John Decker UniverseSeries

seriesAnthony M. Strong19 books2015

Horror, set in contemporary.

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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 →

Beast House ChroniclesSeries

seriesRichard Laymon4 books1980

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

“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 →

Survivor (J. F. Gonzalez)Series

seriesJ. F. Gonzalez & Wrath James White6 books2004

Horror, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Fetish →

DepravedSeries

seriesBryan Smith5 books2009

Horror, set in contemporary and our world.

“The town needs them for their annual sacrifices...and entertainment.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Depraved →

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 Dark Worlds Saga?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to Dark Worlds Saga on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Dark Worlds Saga?: Retreat. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Dark Worlds Saga.
How big is Dark Worlds Saga?: Dark Worlds Saga is 9 books, 2000–2022.

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