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Books like Freak Show: 9 series to read next

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

Freak Show is 22 books, 1992–2014.

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Jerusalem's Lot
Deep Time
House of Leaves
Castle Rock
The Mayfair Witches Saga
Seasons of Horror
Enoch Coffin
Books of Blood
Niceville

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Tense in tone, about vampires, set in small town and our world.

“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 →

Deep TimeSeries

seriesCaitlín R. Kiernan18 books2000

Dark fantasy.

Reading order →

House of LeavesSeries

seriesMark Z. Danielewski2 books2000

Literary & general, challenging in tone, about madness.

“A bestseller, it has been translated into a number of languages, and is followed by a companion piece, The Whalestoe Letters.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with House of Leaves →

Castle RockSeries

seriesStephen King & Richard Chizmar16 books1978

Set in small town.

“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 Mayfair Witches SagaSeries

seriesAnne Rice3 books1990

Gothic and fantasy, about witches and family secrets.

Start with The Witching Hour →

Seasons of HorrorSeries

seriesDan Simmons7 books1990

Horror, eerie in tone, set in north america.

Start with Summer of Night →

Enoch CoffinSeries

seriesJeffrey Thomas & W. H. Pugmire13 books2013

Cosmic horror, about madness, set in our world.

Start with Beneath Arkham →

Books of BloodSeries

seriesClive Barker10 books1984

Set in our world.

“Known primarily for writing stage plays beforehand, Barker gained a wider audience and fanbase through this anthology series, leading to a successful career as a novelist.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Books of Blood, Volume I →

NicevilleSeries

seriesCarsten Stroud3 books2012

Mystery & detective and thriller & suspense, about murder investigation, set in small town.

“A security camera captures the moment of his instant, inexplicable vanishing.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Niceville →

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 Freak Show?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to Freak Show on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Freak Show?: Athens, GA. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Freak Show.
How big is Freak Show?: Freak Show is 22 books, 1992–2014.

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