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Books like Erich Zann: 9 series to read next

Erich Zann is horror and cosmic horror, about music, set in early 20th century, eerie in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Erich Zann is 3 books, 1922–2016.

“A student renting a room befriends another resident of the house, a German viol-player who exhibits an incredible facility.”
from the catalogue description of The Music of Erich Zann

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Penguin Classics Lovecraft
The Grin of the Dark
H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus Collection
H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus
Southern Reach Trilogy
Fungi from Yuggoth
John Silence
Annotated H. P. Lovecraft
John and Dave

Penguin Classics LovecraftSeries

seriesH. P. Lovecraft3 books1999

Dark in tone, set in our world and north america.

“The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories is Penguin Classics' first omnibus edition of works by seminal 20th-century American author H. P. Lovecraft.”
from the catalogue description of The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories

Start with The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories →

The Grin of the DarkSeries

seriesRamsey Campbell2 books2007

Psychological horror, about art and artists, set in our world and contemporary.

“Once upon a time Tubby Thackeray's silent comedies were hailed as the equal of Chaplin's and Keaton's, but now his name has been deleted from the history of the cinema.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Grin of the Dark →

H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus CollectionSeries

seriesH. P. Lovecraft4 books2016

Dark in tone, set in our world.

Start with H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Omnibus, Volume I: 1917-1926 →

H. P. Lovecraft OmnibusSeries

seriesH. P. Lovecraft2 books1985

Dark in tone, set in our world.

Start with The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 2: Dagon and Other Macabre Tales →

Southern Reach TrilogySeries

seriesJeff VanderMeer4 books2014

Science fiction, set in our world and contemporary.

“In 2013, Paramount Pictures bought the movie rights for the series, and a film adaptation of Annihilation was made with Alex Garland as writer-director.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Annihilation →

Fungi from YuggothSeries

seriesH. P. Lovecraft1 book1943

Dark in tone, about aliens, set in otherworld.

“Fungi from Yuggoth is a sequence of 36 sonnets by cosmic horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Fungi from Yuggoth →

John SilenceSeries

seriesAlgernon Blackwood & Jonathan Bacon12 books1908

Horror, eerie in tone, set in early 20th century.

Start with Ancient Sorceries →

Annotated H. P. LovecraftSeries

seriesH. P. Lovecraft2 books1997

Dark in tone, set in our world.

“Now readers have an opportunity to scrutinize and further appreciate the greatness of Lovecraft's strange genius as Lovecraft scholar S. T. Joshi annotates, for the first time, some of Lovecraft's most famous tales.”
from the catalogue description of The Annotated H. P. Lovecraft

Start with The Annotated H. P. Lovecraft →

John and DaveSeries

seriesDavid Wong4 books2007

Humor, funny in tone, set in contemporary and north america.

“Jason Pargin, writing as David Wong, began the John Dies at the End series as a free horror-comedy webserial in 2001 before print publication turned it into a franchise.”
from the catalogue description

Start with John Dies at the End →

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 Erich Zann?: Penguin Classics Lovecraft — the closest match to Erich Zann on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Erich Zann?: The Music of Erich Zann. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Erich Zann.
How big is Erich Zann?: Erich Zann is 3 books, 1922–2016.

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