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Books like Great Lakes Horror: 9 series to read next

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

Great Lakes Horror is 3 books, 2023–2025.

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Jerusalem's Lot
Castle Rock
The Supernaturals
Spooksville
Little Tall Island / In the Path of the Eclipse
Seasons of Horror
Desperation/Regulators
Goosebumps
Small Spaces

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Dark 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 →

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 →

The SupernaturalsSeries

seriesDavid L. Golemon2 books2011

Horror and ghost stories, tense and eerie in tone, set in contemporary and north america.

“Seven years ago, Professor Gabriel Kennedy's investigation into paranormal activity at Summer Place ended in tragedy, and destroyed his career.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Supernaturals →

SpooksvilleSeries

seriesChristopher Pike24 books1995

Horror, set in contemporary and north america.

“Although intended for a younger audience than his adult and young adult literature, they contain some violence and may be considered unsuitable for younger children.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Secret Path →

Little Tall Island / In the Path of the EclipseSeries

seriesStephen King4 books1989

Psychological thriller, dark in tone.

“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 →

Seasons of HorrorSeries

seriesDan Simmons7 books1990

Horror, eerie in tone, set in north america.

Start with Summer of Night →

Desperation/RegulatorsSeries

seriesStephen King2 books1996

Dark in tone, 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 →

GoosebumpsUniverse

universe234 books1992

“Each book is its own self-contained nightmare, narrated by an ordinary boy or girl whose ordinary street has quietly turned against them — and every one snaps shut on a twist that pulls the rug out one last time before the lights come up.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Revenge of the Living Dummy →

Small SpacesSeries

seriesKatherine Arden4 books2018

Start with Small Spaces →

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 Great Lakes Horror?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to Great Lakes Horror on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Great Lakes Horror?: Hemlock Island. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Great Lakes Horror.
How big is Great Lakes Horror?: Great Lakes Horror is 3 books, 2023–2025.

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