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Books like Depraved: 9 series to read next

Depraved is horror, set in contemporary and our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Depraved is 5 books, 2009–2024.

“The town needs them for their annual sacrifices...and entertainment.”
from the catalogue description

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Jerusalem's Lot
The Extreme Horror Series
The Howling
Beast House Chronicles
Rats
Little Tall Island / In the Path of the Eclipse
World War Z
The Shining
Slugs

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Eerie in tone, about vampires and grief and loss, set in 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 Extreme Horror SeriesSeries

seriesLee Mountford3 books2017

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

“A chance to get away from the hustle-and-bustle of city life, and experience the peaceful tranquility of nature.”
from the catalogue description of Horror in the Woods

Start with Horror in the Woods →

The HowlingSeries

seriesGary Brandner3 books1977

About werewolves.

“The Howling, Gary Brandner's 1977 novel, sets a woman recovering from trauma against a small California town that turns out to be sheltering a colony of werewolves.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Howling →

Beast House ChroniclesSeries

seriesRichard Laymon4 books1980

Set in north america.

“Richard Laymon's Beast House Chronicles began with his 1980 debut novel The Cellar, a splatterpunk horror story built around the Beast House, a haunted property hiding something far worse than a ghost.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Cellar →

RatsSeries

seriesJames Herbert4 books1974

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 →

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 →

World War ZSeries

seriesMax Brooks3 books2006

Zombie horror and post-apocalyptic, about war.

Start with World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War →

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 →

SlugsSeries

seriesShaun Hutson2 books1982

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

“Shaun Hutson is a British novelist in the horror and crime genres.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Slugs →

Why these

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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 Depraved?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to Depraved on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Depraved?: Depraved. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Depraved.
How big is Depraved?: Depraved is 5 books, 2009–2024.

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