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Books like Friday the 13th: 9 series to read next

Friday the 13th is horror, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Friday the 13th is 20 books, 1982–2026.

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

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Eerie in tone, about vampires.

“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 →

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 ShiningSeries

seriesStephen King5 books1977

About psychic powers and addiction.

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

Start with The Shining →

Robert Bloch's Psycho UniverseSeries

seriesRobert Bloch, Chet Williamson & Killian H. Gore5 books1959

Psychological horror, about madness.

Start with Room is Perfect →

Castle RockSeries

seriesStephen King & Richard Chizmar16 books1978

Horror, 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 Indian Lake TrilogySeries

seriesStephen Graham Jones3 books2021

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

“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 →

The HowlingSeries

seriesGary Brandner3 books1977

About werewolves.

“The Howling, Gary Brandner's 1977 novel, sets a woman recovering from trauma against a small California town that turns out to be sheltering a colony of werewolves.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Howling →

NecroscopeSeries

seriesBrian Lumley26 books1982

About vampires.

“Harry turns that gift against Thibor Ferenczy, a vampire buried since the Middle Ages, and against Ferenczy's agent Boris Dragosani, a Soviet spy who has learned to tear secrets from corpses in pursuit of world domination.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Necroscope →

Desperation/RegulatorsSeries

seriesStephen King2 books1996

About madness.

“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 →

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 Friday the 13th?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to Friday the 13th on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Friday the 13th?: Friday the 13th. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Friday the 13th.
How big is Friday the 13th?: Friday the 13th is 20 books, 1982–2026.

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