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Books like Deadtime Stories: 9 series to read next

Deadtime Stories is horror, set in contemporary, eerie in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Deadtime Stories is 6 books, from 2012.

“The scary old lady who lives next door has lots of buried secrets.”
from the catalogue description of Grave Secrets

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Small Spaces
Jerusalem's Lot
Coraline
Goosebumps
Johnny Dixon and the Professor
The Shining
Seasons of Horror
A Cold Season
Bad Girls Don't Die

Small SpacesSeries

seriesKatherine Arden4 books2018

Horror and ghost stories, eerie and tense in tone, about survival, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Small Spaces →

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Dark 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 →

CoralineSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell2 books2002

Portal fantasy and gothic, about coming of age, set in parallel universe.

“The Guardian ranked Coraline #82 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Coraline →

GoosebumpsUniverse

universe234 books1992

Horror, set in contemporary and our world.

“Each book is its own self-contained nightmare, narrated by an ordinary boy or girl whose ordinary street has quietly turned against them — and every one snaps shut on a twist that pulls the rug out one last time before the lights come up.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Revenge of the Living Dummy →

Johnny Dixon and the ProfessorSeries

seriesJohn Bellairs & Brad Strickland13 books1983

Gothic.

“In each book, 12-year-old Johnny and his group of friends face and overcome evil forces usually bent on ending the world.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Curse of the Blue Figurine →

The ShiningSeries

seriesStephen King5 books1977

Dark in tone, about psychic powers and addiction.

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

Start with The Shining →

Seasons of HorrorSeries

seriesDan Simmons7 books1990

Horror, eerie in tone, set in north america.

Start with Summer of Night →

A Cold SeasonSeries

seriesAlison Littlewood2 books2011

Dark in tone, set in british isles.

Start with A Cold Season →

Bad Girls Don't DieSeries

seriesKatie Alender3 books2009

Paranormal.

“Alexis thought she led a typically dysfunctional high school existence.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Bad Girls Don't Die →

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 Deadtime Stories?: Small Spaces — the closest match to Deadtime Stories on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Deadtime Stories?: Grave Secrets. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Deadtime Stories.
How big is Deadtime Stories?: Deadtime Stories is 6 books, from 2012.

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