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Books like Fear Street: 9 series to read next

Fear Street is horror, set in contemporary and north america, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Fear Street is 163 books across 14 series, 1989–2019.

“Every town has the one street kids dare each other to walk after dark.”
from the catalogue description

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Castle Rock
Jerusalem's Lot
The Shining
Little Tall Island / In the Path of the Eclipse
The Indian Lake Trilogy
Point Horror
Desperation/Regulators
Robert Bloch's Psycho Universe
John Cleaver

Castle RockSeries

seriesStephen King & Richard Chizmar16 books1978

Horror, set in contemporary and north america.

“Castle Rock is the fictional Maine town that links a cluster of otherwise separate Stephen King novels and novellas, including The Dead Zone, Cujo, The Dark Half, Needful Things, and Elevation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Nona →

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

About vampires and grief and loss.

“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 ShiningSeries

seriesStephen King5 books1977

About addiction.

“Together the two form a horror duology spanning nearly forty years of real-world publication.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Shining →

Little Tall Island / In the Path of the EclipseSeries

seriesStephen King4 books1989

Psychological thriller.

“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 →

The Indian Lake TrilogySeries

seriesStephen Graham Jones3 books2021

Horror, tense and dark in tone, about survival, set in contemporary and north america.

“Don't Fear the Reaper and The Angel of Indian Lake complete the trilogy's three-book arc, published through 2024.”
from the catalogue description

Start with My Heart Is a Chainsaw →

Point HorrorSeries

seriesR. L. Stine, Sinclair Smith, Caroline B. Cooney, Tom B. Stone, A. Finnis, Christopher Pike, Diane Hoh, Linda Cargill, Peter Lerangis, Samantha Lee, A. Bates, Carmen Adams, Lael Littke & T. Pines41 books1986

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

Start with Blind Date →

Desperation/RegulatorsSeries

seriesStephen King2 books1996

Horror, tense and dark in tone, about survival and madness, set in contemporary and north america.

“Stephen King published Desperation and The Regulators simultaneously in 1996, the first under his own name and the second under his Richard Bachman pseudonym.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Desperation →

Robert Bloch's Psycho UniverseSeries

seriesRobert Bloch, Chet Williamson & Killian H. Gore5 books1959

Horror and psychological horror, tense and dark in tone, about madness, set in north america.

Start with Room is Perfect →

John CleaverSeries

seriesDan Wells8 books2009

Start with I Am Not a Serial Killer →

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 Fear Street?: Castle Rock — the closest match to Fear Street on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Fear Street?: The New Girl. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Fear Street, which is a whole world rather than one run.
How big is Fear Street?: Fear Street is 163 books across 14 series, 1989–2019.

Books like Fear Street: 9 series to read next

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