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Books like Demonata: 9 series to read next

Demonata is horror and dark fantasy, about demons, set in contemporary, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Demonata is 10 books, 2005–2009.

“Lord Loss is an extreme horror fiction which transcribes the encounters of a boy, Grubbs Grady, after the shock of his family's brutal murder at the hands of demons, and his later experiences with uncle Dervish.”
from the catalogue description of Lord Loss
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Zom-B
Jerusalem's Lot
The Enemy (Charlie Higson)
Rats
Dante Valentine
The Devouring
Little Tall Island / In the Path of the Eclipse
Nina Kane / The Stars Never Rise
The Half Bad Trilogy

Zom-BSeries

seriesDarren Shan12 books2012

Zombie horror and post-apocalyptic, about race and racism.

“B is forced on a mad dash through the serpentine corridors of high school, making allegiances with anyone with enough gall to fight off their pursuers.”
from the catalogue description
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Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Eerie 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 →

The Enemy (Charlie Higson)Series

seriesCharlie Higson7 books2009

Post-apocalyptic and zombie horror, set in big city.

“The Enemy opens Charlie Higson's seven-book YA horror series, set in London after a mysterious sickness turns every adult into a voracious, flesh-hungry threat and leaves children to fend for themselves in a city gone feral.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Enemy →

RatsSeries

seriesJames Herbert4 books1974

Set in big city.

“The Rats, James Herbert's 1974 debut novel, imagines a plague of giant mutant rats overrunning London, told through a rotating cast of victims and survivors in the tradition of British disaster horror.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Rats →

Dante ValentineSeries

seriesLilith Saintcrow6 books2006

Urban fantasy.

“Working for the Devil opens Lilith Saintcrow's Dante Valentine series with Dante, a necromancer-for-hire who reluctantly takes a job from the Devil himself: kill a rogue demon, Vardimal Santino, in exchange for her life.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Working for the Devil →

The DevouringSeries

seriesSimon Holt3 books2008

Horror, dark and tense in tone, about survival, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with The Devouring →

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 →

Nina Kane / The Stars Never RiseSeries

seriesRachel Vincent2 books2015

Fantasy, dark and tense in tone, about demons and survival, set in contemporary.

“Sixteen-year-old Nina Kane should be worrying about her immortal soul, but she's too busy trying to actually survive.”
from the catalogue description of The Stars Never Rise

Start with The Stars Never Rise →

The Half Bad TrilogySeries

seriesSally Green4 books2014

About witches.

“Sally Green's Half Bad is set in a modern Britain where witches live alongside ordinary humans, split between a persecuted Black witch minority and a dominant White witch majority.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Half Bad →

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 Demonata?: Zom-B — the closest match to Demonata on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Demonata?: Lord Loss. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Demonata.
How big is Demonata?: Demonata is 10 books, 2005–2009.

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