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Books like Darkness Creeping: 9 series to read next

Darkness Creeping is horror, set in our world and contemporary, dark and eerie in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Darkness Creeping is 3 books, 1993–2007.

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Unnerving (Jennifer DiMarco)
Jerusalem's Lot
Shock
The Grin of the Dark
Southern Reach Trilogy
The Shining
Enoch Coffin
Borderlands (Monteleone anthologies)
Books of Blood

Unnerving (Jennifer DiMarco)Series

seriesJennifer Dimarco, uncredited & Brianne DiMarco7 books2019

Horror, dark and eerie in tone, about madness, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Monstrosity →

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Tense in tone, about vampires, 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 →

ShockSeries

seriesRichard Matheson4 books1961

Science fiction, tense in tone.

Start with Shock! →

The Grin of the DarkSeries

seriesRamsey Campbell2 books2007

Psychological horror, mysterious in tone, about art and artists.

“Once upon a time Tubby Thackeray's silent comedies were hailed as the equal of Chaplin's and Keaton's, but now his name has been deleted from the history of the cinema.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Grin of the Dark →

Southern Reach TrilogySeries

seriesJeff VanderMeer4 books2014

Science fiction.

“In 2013, Paramount Pictures bought the movie rights for the series, and a film adaptation of Annihilation was made with Alex Garland as writer-director.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Annihilation →

The ShiningSeries

seriesStephen King5 books1977

Tense in tone, 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 →

Enoch CoffinSeries

seriesJeffrey Thomas & W. H. Pugmire13 books2013

Cosmic horror, set in north america.

Start with Beneath Arkham →

Borderlands (Monteleone anthologies)Series

seriesThomas F. Monteleone, Elizabeth E. Monteleone & Olivia F. Monteleone7 books1990

Horror and weird fiction, dark and eerie in tone, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Borderlands →

Books of BloodSeries

seriesClive Barker10 books1984

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

“Known primarily for writing stage plays beforehand, Barker gained a wider audience and fanbase through this anthology series, leading to a successful career as a novelist.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Books of Blood, Volume I →

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 Darkness Creeping?: Unnerving (Jennifer DiMarco) — the closest match to Darkness Creeping on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Darkness Creeping?: Neal Shusterman's Darkness Creeping: Tales to Trouble Your Sleep. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Darkness Creeping.
How big is Darkness Creeping?: Darkness Creeping is 3 books, 1993–2007.

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