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Books like Hellboy: 9 series to read next

Hellboy is fantasy, set in contemporary and our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Hellboy is 33 books, 1997–2023.

“In 525 BC, a fifty-thousand strong army vanished without trace in a great sandstorm in the Egyptian desert.”
from the catalogue description of The Lost Army

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Talisman
The Vampire Chronicles
Buffyverse
Lone Crow
Anna Korlov
Dark-Hunter
Vampire Huntress Legend
The World of Skulduggery Pleasant
Solomon Kane

TalismanSeries

seriesStephen King, Peter Straub & Robin Furth4 books1984

Portal fantasy.

“Stephen King and Peter Straub's The Talisman follows twelve-year-old Jack Sawyer as he crosses between our world and the Territories, a parallel realm, on a cross-country quest to save his dying mother.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Talisman →

The Vampire ChroniclesSeries

seriesAnne Rice15 books1976

Gothic, about immortality.

“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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Interview with the Vampire →

BuffyverseUniverse

universe205 books1992

Urban fantasy, tense in tone, about vampires, set in contemporary and north america.

“Into every generation a Slayer is born: one girl in all the world with the strength to stand against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Lone CrowSeries

seriesJoel Jenkins31 books2010

Fantasy.

Start with Against the Gathering Darkness →

Anna KorlovSeries

seriesKendare Blake2 books2011

About forbidden love.

“Anna Dressed in Blood and its sequel Girl of Nightmares follow Cas as his professional detachment gives way to a bond that complicates everything he thought he knew about his calling.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Anna Dressed in Blood →

Dark-HunterSeries

seriesSherrilyn Kenyon, Alethea Kontis, Carol Shaughnessy & Madaug Kenyon65 books2000

Paranormal romance.

“Kenyon began writing the series in 1986 in horror, fantasy and science fiction magazines.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Fantasy Lover →

Vampire Huntress LegendSeries

seriesL. A. Banks15 books2003

Paranormal.

“L. A. Banks's Vampire Huntress Legend opens with Minion, introducing Damali Richards, a spoken-word artist and martial artist who moonlights as a vampire hunter.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Minion →

The World of Skulduggery PleasantSeries

seriesDerek Landy38 books2007

“None require following a separate ongoing plot of their own.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Across a Dark Plain →

Solomon KaneSeries

seriesRobert E. Howard, Ramsey Campbell, C. J. Henderson, Fred Blosser, John Pocsik, Jonathan Maberry, Nancy A. Collins, Paul Di Filippo, Shaun Hamill & Steven Savile39 books1928

Sword and sorcery, set in renaissance and early modern.

“Solomon Kane is a fictional character created by the pulp-era writer Robert E. Howard.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Red Shadows →

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 Hellboy?: Talisman — the closest match to Hellboy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Hellboy?: The Lost Army. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Hellboy.
How big is Hellboy?: Hellboy is 33 books, 1997–2023.

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