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Books like Dracula Excerpts: 9 series to read next

Dracula Excerpts is horror and gothic, about vampires, set in 19th century, eerie in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Dracula Excerpts is 22 books, 1903–2023.

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Jerusalem's Lot
The Vampire Chronicles
The Stress of Her Regard Universe
Necroscope
Henry Sturges
The Woman in Black
The Strain
They Thirst
The Real Saga of Mina Harker

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Dark in tone, set in contemporary and small town.

“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 Vampire ChroniclesSeries

seriesAnne Rice15 books1976

Dark in tone, about immortality, set in our world and contemporary.

“Based on a short story Rice wrote around 1968, the novel centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter.”
from the catalogue description of Interview with the Vampire
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Interview with the Vampire →

The Stress of Her Regard UniverseSeries

seriesTim Powers3 books1989

Historical fantasy and dark fantasy, dark in tone.

“Tim Powers's The Stress of Her Regard reimagines the lives of Byron, Shelley, and Keats through a secret history in which they are stalked and inspired by a nephilim, a shape-shifting vampiric being that acts as a deadly muse.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Stress of Her Regard →

NecroscopeSeries

seriesBrian Lumley26 books1982

Dark in tone, about undead, set in contemporary.

“Harry turns that gift against Thibor Ferenczy, a vampire buried since the Middle Ages, and against Ferenczy's agent Boris Dragosani, a Soviet spy who has learned to tear secrets from corpses in pursuit of world domination.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Necroscope →

Henry SturgesSeries

seriesSeth Grahame-Smith2 books2010

Historical fantasy and fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in north america.

Start with Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter →

The Woman in BlackSeries

seriesSusan Hill, Martyn Waites & Stephen Mallatratt3 books1983

Ghost stories, about grief and loss, set in small town.

“A television film adaptation with a screenplay by Nigel Kneale, was produced in 1989.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Woman in Black →

The StrainSeries

seriesChuck Hogan & Guillermo Del Toro3 books2009

Dark in tone, about survival, set in north america and contemporary.

“When a Boeing 777 lands at JFK Airport with nearly everyone aboard dead, CDC epidemiologist Ephraim Goodweather is called in and instead uncovers a vampiric plague beginning to spread through New York City.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Strain →

They ThirstSeries

seriesRobert R. McCammon2 books1981

Dark in tone, set in north america and big city.

“In Robert R. McCammon's They Thirst, an ancient vampire prince arrives in Los Angeles and, in a matter of nights, begins turning the city into a stronghold for the undead, with Disneyland as an eerie staging ground for his conquest.”
from the catalogue description

Start with They Thirst →

The Real Saga of Mina HarkerSeries

seriesElaine Bergstrom2 books1994

Dark in tone, about forbidden love.

“The evil Count Dracula came to her in the night - a demon lover - opening a vein in his chest and pressing her lips to the wound.”
from the catalogue description of Mina

Start with Mina →

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 Dracula Excerpts?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to Dracula Excerpts on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Dracula Excerpts?: Jonathan Harker's Journal. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Dracula Excerpts.
How big is Dracula Excerpts?: Dracula Excerpts is 22 books, 1903–2023.
Is Dracula Excerpts finished?: Yes — 22 books, 1903–2023.

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