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Books like Dead Sea: 9 series to read next

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

Dead Sea is 3 books, 2007–2019.

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The Shining
Desperation/Regulators
Jerusalem's Lot
Castle Rock
John and Dave
Little Tall Island / In the Path of the Eclipse
Rosemary Reilly
Seasons of Horror
Exorcist

The ShiningSeries

seriesStephen King5 books1977

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 →

Desperation/RegulatorsSeries

seriesStephen King2 books1996

Set in north america and small town.

“Stephen King published Desperation and The Regulators simultaneously in 1996, the first under his own name and the second under his Richard Bachman pseudonym.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Desperation →

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

About vampires and grief and loss, 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 →

Castle RockSeries

seriesStephen King & Richard Chizmar16 books1978

Set in north america and small town.

“Castle Rock is the fictional Maine town that links a cluster of otherwise separate Stephen King novels and novellas, including The Dead Zone, Cujo, The Dark Half, Needful Things, and Elevation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Nona →

John and DaveSeries

seriesDavid Wong4 books2007

Cosmic horror and humor, funny in tone.

“Jason Pargin, writing as David Wong, began the John Dies at the End series as a free horror-comedy webserial in 2001 before print publication turned it into a franchise.”
from the catalogue description

Start with John Dies at the End →

Little Tall Island / In the Path of the EclipseSeries

seriesStephen King4 books1989

Psychological thriller, set in north america.

“The first two novels share a real total solar eclipse as a pivotal, connecting event despite having otherwise unrelated plots and characters.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Home Delivery →

Rosemary ReillySeries

seriesIra Levin2 books1967

About demons and parenthood, set in north america and big city.

“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 →

Seasons of HorrorSeries

seriesDan Simmons7 books1990

Eerie in tone, set in north america.

Start with Summer of Night →

ExorcistSeries

seriesWilliam Peter Blatty & Steven Piziks6 books1971

About demons, set in 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 Dead Sea?: The Shining — the closest match to Dead Sea on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Dead Sea?: Dead Sea. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Dead Sea.
How big is Dead Sea?: Dead Sea is 3 books, 2007–2019.

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