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Books like Hellraiser: 9 series to read next

Hellraiser is horror and dark fantasy, about demons, set in contemporary, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Hellraiser is 5 books, 1991–2021.

“Clive Barker's The Hellbound Heart introduces the puzzle box that summons the Cenobites and the domestic horror story around it, later adapted into the Hellraiser film series.”
from the catalogue description

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Exorcist
Demonata
Dante Valentine
Rosemary Reilly
Jack Nightingale
Jerusalem's Lot
The Mayfair Witches Saga
The Shining
Department 18

ExorcistSeries

seriesWilliam Peter Blatty & Steven Piziks6 books1971

Set in north america.

“Other Exorcist books are tie-in and franchise material rather than further novels by Blatty himself.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Exorcist →

DemonataSeries

seriesDarren Shan10 books2005

“Lord Loss is an extreme horror fiction which transcribes the encounters of a boy, Grubbs Grady, after the shock of his family's brutal murder at the hands of demons, and his later experiences with uncle Dervish.”
from the catalogue description of Lord Loss
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Start with Lord Loss →

Dante ValentineSeries

seriesLilith Saintcrow6 books2006

Urban fantasy.

“Working for the Devil opens Lilith Saintcrow's Dante Valentine series with Dante, a necromancer-for-hire who reluctantly takes a job from the Devil himself: kill a rogue demon, Vardimal Santino, in exchange for her life.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Working for the Devil →

Rosemary ReillySeries

seriesIra Levin2 books1967

About parenthood, set in north america and big city.

“Rosemary's Baby follows a young wife in a Gothic Manhattan apartment building who grows increasingly convinced that her elderly neighbors, and even her own husband, are part of a conspiracy surrounding her pregnancy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Rosemary's Baby →

Jack NightingaleSeries

seriesStephen Leather, Alex Shaw, Andrew Fusek Peters, Conrad Jones, Lynne Waterman, Matt Hilton & Robert Waterman39 books2010

Set in contemporary.

“Stephen Leather's series follows Nightingale as people around him start dying in increasingly inexplicable ways, forcing a skeptic into treating the occult threat as real.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Nightfall →

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

About vampires and grief and loss, set in small town and north america.

“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 →

The Mayfair Witches SagaSeries

seriesAnne Rice3 books1990

Gothic, about witches, set in north america.

Start with The Witching Hour →

The ShiningSeries

seriesStephen King5 books1977

About psychic powers and addiction, set in north america.

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

Start with The Shining →

Department 18Series

seriesL. H. Maynard & M. P. N. Sims8 books2008

Horror and mystery & detective, dark and tense in tone, about demons and murder investigation, set in contemporary.

Start with Black Cathedral →

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 Hellraiser?: Exorcist — the closest match to Hellraiser on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Hellraiser?: The Hellbound Heart. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Hellraiser.
How big is Hellraiser?: Hellraiser is 5 books, 1991–2021.

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