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Books like Frankenstein Adaptations: 9 series to read next

Frankenstein Adaptations is horror, set in 19th century and europe. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Frankenstein Adaptations is 14 books, 1968–2011.

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Frankenstein
Melmoth
The Invisible Man
The Vampire Chronicles
Dracula
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Castle Rock
The Romancist and Novelist's Library

FrankensteinUniverse

universe128 books1818

Horror.

“Light a candle against the November dark and consider what a single spark, rightly applied to dead matter, might wake.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus →

MelmothSeries

seriesCharles Maturin & Honoré de Balzac9 books1820

Eerie in tone, about deal with the devil and immortality.

Start with Melmoth the Wanderer →

The Invisible ManSeries

seriesH. G. Wells, Malvina G. Vogel & T. S. Gregory6 books1897

Set in british isles.

“The Invisible Man is H. G. Wells's 1897 science fiction novel about Griffin, a scientist who works out how to make living tissue invisible and tests the process on himself, only to discover he has no way to reverse it.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Invisible in London →

The Vampire ChroniclesSeries

seriesAnne Rice15 books1976

About vampires and 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
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Start with Interview with the Vampire →

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 british isles.

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

The Island of Dr. MoreauSeries

seriesMegan Shepherd, H. G. Wells, Brad Linaweaver, Brian W. Aldiss, Fred Olen Ray, Heather O'Neill, Jonathan Maberry, Robert Hoskins, Ron Goulart & Silvia Moreno-Garcia12 books1896

Science fiction, set in 19th century.

“Taken together, the group traces one unsettling premise across more than a century of speculative fiction rather than forming a single ongoing story.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Island of Dr. Moreau →

Castle RockSeries

seriesStephen King & Richard Chizmar16 books1978

Set in north america and contemporary.

“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 →

The Romancist and Novelist's LibrarySeries

seriesMatthew Gregory Lewis, uncredited, William Hazlitt, Ann Radcliffe, Clara Reeve, Eliza Parsons, Friedrich von Schiller, Horace Walpole, Johann Karl August Musäus, Lorenz Flammenberg, Mrs. Sheridan & Percy Bysshe Shelley16 books1764

Gothic, set in europe.

Start with The Romancist and Novelist's Library: The Best Works of the Best Authors; Volume II →

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 Frankenstein Adaptations?: Frankenstein — the closest match to Frankenstein Adaptations on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Frankenstein Adaptations?: Frankenstein. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Frankenstein Adaptations.
How big is Frankenstein Adaptations?: Frankenstein Adaptations is 14 books, 1968–2011.

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