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Books like Davey Owen: 9 series to read next

Davey Owen is horror, about vampires, set in north america and big city, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Davey Owen is 2 books, 1987–2005.

“Live Girls is Ray Garton's best-known novel, a horror title that earned a Bram Stoker Award nomination among the roughly 68 books he wrote across a long horror-fiction career.”
from the catalogue description

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Jerusalem's Lot
The Shining
Rosemary Reilly
Steve and Ghost Universe
They Thirst
The Strain
The Mayfair Witches Saga
The Vampire Chronicles
Exorcist

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

About grief and loss, set in 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 →

The ShiningSeries

seriesStephen King5 books1977

About psychic powers.

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

Start with The Shining →

Rosemary ReillySeries

seriesIra Levin2 books1967

About parenthood.

“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 →

Steve and Ghost UniverseSeries

seriesPoppy Z. Brite & Caitlín R. Kiernan10 books1987

Horror, dark and eerie in tone, set in north america and late 20th century.

Start with Goldengrove Unleaving →

They ThirstSeries

seriesRobert R. McCammon2 books1981

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

“In Robert R. McCammon's They Thirst, an ancient vampire prince arrives in Los Angeles and, in a matter of nights, begins turning the city into a stronghold for the undead, with Disneyland as an eerie staging ground for his conquest.”
from the catalogue description

Start with They Thirst →

The StrainSeries

seriesChuck Hogan & Guillermo Del Toro3 books2009

About plague and pandemic.

“When a Boeing 777 lands at JFK Airport with nearly everyone aboard dead, CDC epidemiologist Ephraim Goodweather is called in and instead uncovers a vampiric plague beginning to spread through New York City.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Strain →

The Mayfair Witches SagaSeries

seriesAnne Rice3 books1990

Gothic and fantasy, about witches and family secrets.

Start with The Witching Hour →

The Vampire ChroniclesSeries

seriesAnne Rice15 books1976

Gothic, about immortality.

“Based on a short story Rice wrote around 1968, the novel centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter.”
from the catalogue description of Interview with the Vampire
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Start with Interview with the Vampire →

ExorcistSeries

seriesWilliam Peter Blatty & Steven Piziks6 books1971

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

“Other Exorcist books are tie-in and franchise material rather than further novels by Blatty himself.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Exorcist →

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 Davey Owen?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to Davey Owen on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Davey Owen?: Live Girls. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Davey Owen.
How big is Davey Owen?: Davey Owen is 2 books, 1987–2005.
Is Davey Owen finished?: Yes — 2 books, 1987–2005.

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