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Books like Hell's Underground: 9 series to read next

Hell's Underground is set in our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Hell's Underground is 4 books, 2007–2010.

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Hellraiser
Demonata
The Mortal Instruments
Rosemary Reilly
Shadow Saga II (Christopher Golden)
Sandman Slim
The Book of Storms
Dante Valentine
The Devouring

HellraiserSeries

seriesClive Barker, Mark Alan Miller, Paul Kane & Peter Atkins5 books1991

Dark fantasy and horror, dark in tone, about demons, set in contemporary.

“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

Start with The Hellbound Heart →

DemonataSeries

seriesDarren Shan10 books2005

Dark fantasy and horror, dark and tense in tone, about demons, set in contemporary.

“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 →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Urban fantasy.

“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

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 →

Shadow Saga II (Christopher Golden)Series

seriesChristopher Golden7 books1994

Set in contemporary and our world.

“Christopher Golden's Shadow Saga follows Peter Octavian, a centuries-old vampire working as a private investigator in a Boston where humans live alongside a hidden population of supernatural creatures, beginning with Of Saints and Shadows.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Of Saints and Shadows →

Sandman SlimSeries

seriesRichard Kadrey15 books2009

Urban fantasy, set in big city.

“Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim follows James Stark, a magician who spent eleven years trapped fighting in Hell before escaping back to a Los Angeles that isn't much friendlier, looking for revenge against the circle that sent him there.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Sandman Slim →

The Book of StormsSeries

seriesRuth Hatfield3 books2014

Fantasy, set in contemporary and our world.

“When 11-year-old Danny O'Neill wakes the morning after a storm to find his house empty, his parents gone, and himself able to hear the thoughts of a dying tree, he has no choice but to find answers.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Book of Storms →

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 →

The DevouringSeries

seriesSimon Holt3 books2008

About survival.

Start with The Devouring →

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 Hell's Underground?: Hellraiser — the closest match to Hell's Underground on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Hell's Underground?: Scared to Death. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Hell's Underground.
How big is Hell's Underground?: Hell's Underground is 4 books, 2007–2010.

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