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Books like Forgotten Lore: 9 series to read next

Forgotten Lore is horror, 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.

Forgotten Lore is 3 books, 2023–2025.

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Jerusalem's Lot
Weird Women
Carnacki
The Collected Fiction of William Hope Hodgson
Dracula
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Anita Blake
Poe: The Raven Edition
The Turn of the Screw

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Tense in tone, about grief and loss, 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 →

Weird WomenSeries

seriesLeslie S. Klinger & Lisa Morton2 books2020

Weird fiction.

Start with Weird Women: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers: 1852-1923 →

CarnackiUniverse

universe102 books1909

Set in early 20th century.

“The card arrives without preamble: dinner at 472 Cheyne Walk, and afterward the tale.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder →

The Collected Fiction of William Hope HodgsonSeries

seriesWilliam Hope Hodgson6 books1907

Weird fiction, about survival, set in at sea.

Start with The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" and Other Nautical Adventures →

DraculaUniverse

universe144 books1897

Horror.

“Around that single novel a whole crypt of continuations has grown, raised by many writers across a century.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dracula →

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeSeries

seriesRobert Louis Stevenson, Tim Major, Aage Salling, A. G. Eyre, Alan MacDonald, Anthony O'Neill, C. Kingsley Williams, Donald M. McFarlan, Edward D. Hoch, Erik Hvid, Horace J. Elias, Joan Cameron, John Escott, Kate McMullan, Kathleen Olmstead, Kim Newman, Lisa Morton, Louis K. Lowy, Marilyn Pettit, Michael Lawrence, Mitsu Yamamoto, Nick Lane, Pauline Francis, Philip Page, Raymond Harris, Robert Bridges, Rosemary Border, Simon Adorian, T. Ernesto Bethancourt & Tina Berning33 books1886

Set in 19th century and british isles.

Start with Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde →

Anita BlakeSeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton & Jonathon Green42 books1993

Urban fantasy, tense in tone, set in contemporary.

“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 →

Poe: The Raven EditionSeries

seriesEdgar Allan Poe6 books1835

Horror, dark in tone, set in 19th century and our world.

Start with The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 1 (Raven Edition) →

The Turn of the ScrewSeries

seriesHenry James, Michael Hastings & Rebecca Lenkiewicz3 books1898

Gothic, set in 19th century and british isles.

“A stage adaptation of James's original text also exists.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Turn of the Screw →

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 Forgotten Lore?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to Forgotten Lore on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Forgotten Lore?: A Cast of Crows. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Forgotten Lore.
How big is Forgotten Lore?: Forgotten Lore is 3 books, 2023–2025.

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