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Books like Department 18: 9 series to read next

Department 18 is horror and mystery & detective, 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.

Department 18 is 8 books, 2008–2025.

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Jerusalem's Lot
Exorcist
Rosemary Reilly
Demonata
Hellraiser
Eve Duncan Forensics Thrillers
Rats
Anita Blake
Last Days (Brian Evenson)

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 →

ExorcistSeries

seriesWilliam Peter Blatty & Steven Piziks6 books1971

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 →

Rosemary ReillySeries

seriesIra Levin2 books1967

About 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 →

DemonataSeries

seriesDarren Shan10 books2005

Dark fantasy.

“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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Lord Loss →

HellraiserSeries

seriesClive Barker, Mark Alan Miller, Paul Kane & Peter Atkins5 books1991

Dark fantasy.

“Clive Barker's The Hellbound Heart introduces the puzzle box that summons the Cenobites and the domestic horror story around it, later adapted into the Hellraiser film series.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Hellbound Heart →

Eve Duncan Forensics ThrillersSeries

seriesIris Johansen2 books2009

Thriller & suspense.

“Publisher: When a Georgia senator's daughter is found dead and drained of blood, Eve Duncan enters the world of a twisted psychopath ... someone whose thirst for blood is only growing stronger.”
from the catalogue description of Blood Game

Start with Blood Game →

RatsSeries

seriesJames Herbert4 books1974

About survival, set in british isles and 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 →

Anita BlakeSeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton & Jonathon Green42 books1993

Urban fantasy, about vampires, set in north america.

“The books have sold more than six million copies; many have made The New York Times Best Seller list.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Guilty Pleasures →

Last Days (Brian Evenson)Series

seriesBrian Evenson2 books2009

Horror, dark in tone, set in our world and contemporary.

Start with Last Days →

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 Department 18?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to Department 18 on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Department 18?: Black Cathedral. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Department 18.
How big is Department 18?: Department 18 is 8 books, 2008–2025.

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