Series

Books like DarkSF: 9 series to read next

DarkSF is 9 books, 2007–2019.

Dracula
The Invisible Man
Frankenstein
The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Turn of the Screw
Jerusalem's Lot
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Shining
Stephen King multiverse

universe144 books1897

Horror.

“Around that single novel a whole crypt of continuations has grown, raised by many writers across a century.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dracula →

The Invisible ManSeries

seriesH. G. Wells, Malvina G. Vogel & T. S. Gregory6 books1897

Science fiction, set in british isles and 19th century.

“The Invisible Man is H. G. Wells's 1897 science fiction novel about Griffin, a scientist who works out how to make living tissue invisible and tests the process on himself, only to discover he has no way to reverse it.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Invisible in London →

FrankensteinUniverse

universe128 books1818

Horror.

“Light a candle against the November dark and consider what a single spark, rightly applied to dead matter, might wake.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus →

The Island of Dr. MoreauSeries

seriesMegan Shepherd, H. G. Wells, Brad Linaweaver, Brian W. Aldiss, Fred Olen Ray, Heather O'Neill, Jonathan Maberry, Robert Hoskins, Ron Goulart & Silvia Moreno-Garcia12 books1896

Science fiction, set in 19th century.

“Taken together, the group traces one unsettling premise across more than a century of speculative fiction rather than forming a single ongoing story.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Island of Dr. Moreau →

The Turn of the ScrewSeries

seriesHenry James, Michael Hastings & Rebecca Lenkiewicz3 books1898

Gothic, set in british isles and 19th century.

“A stage adaptation of James's original text also exists.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Turn of the Screw →

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Dark in tone, about vampires, set in contemporary and small town.

“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 →

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeSeries

seriesRobert Louis Stevenson, Tim Major, Aage Salling, A. G. Eyre, Alan MacDonald, Anthony O'Neill, C. Kingsley Williams, Donald M. McFarlan, Edward D. Hoch, Erik Hvid, Horace J. Elias, Joan Cameron, John Escott, Kate McMullan, Kathleen Olmstead, Kim Newman, Lisa Morton, Louis K. Lowy, Marilyn Pettit, Michael Lawrence, Mitsu Yamamoto, Nick Lane, Pauline Francis, Philip Page, Raymond Harris, Robert Bridges, Rosemary Border, Simon Adorian, T. Ernesto Bethancourt & Tina Berning33 books1886

Set in 19th century and british isles.

Start with Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde →

The ShiningSeries

seriesStephen King5 books1977

Dark and tense in tone, set in north america and contemporary.

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

Start with The Shining →

Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gunslinger →

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 DarkSF?: Dracula — the closest match to DarkSF on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with DarkSF?: This Shoal of Space. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for DarkSF.
How big is DarkSF?: DarkSF is 9 books, 2007–2019.

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