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Books like Johannes Cabal: 9 series to read next

Johannes Cabal is fantasy, about undead, dark and funny in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Johannes Cabal is 9 books, 2004–2016.

“Johannes Cabal the Necromancer follows an amoral necromancer who sold his soul years earlier and must now win it back from Satan through a wager, journeying through a demonic travelling carnival to collect the hundred souls required.”
from the catalogue description

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The Circle of the World
The Stress of Her Regard Universe
Dracula
Dead Days (Marcus Sedgwick)
Stephen King multiverse
The Vampire Chronicles
Discworld
Malazan
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu

The Circle of the WorldUniverse

universe29 books2006

Grimdark, set in secondary world.

“What sets it apart is the honesty of its cynicism — close, sardonic points of view, gallows humour, and a flat refusal to let anyone stay clean.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Blade Itself →

The Stress of Her Regard UniverseSeries

seriesTim Powers3 books1989

Historical fantasy.

“Tim Powers's The Stress of Her Regard reimagines the lives of Byron, Shelley, and Keats through a secret history in which they are stalked and inspired by a nephilim, a shape-shifting vampiric being that acts as a deadly muse.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Stress of Her Regard →

DraculaUniverse

universe144 books1897

Horror.

“Around that single novel a whole crypt of continuations has grown, raised by many writers across a century.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dracula →

Dead Days (Marcus Sedgwick)Series

seriesMarcus Sedgwick2 books2003

Start with The Book of Dead Days →

Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gunslinger →

The Vampire ChroniclesSeries

seriesAnne Rice15 books1976

Gothic, about immortality, set in our world and contemporary.

“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
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Start with Interview with the Vampire →

DiscworldUniverse

universe84 books1983

Set in secondary world.

“Death speaks IN SMALL CAPITALS and rides a horse called Binky.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Guards! Guards! →

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
from the catalogue description

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The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

Set in secondary world.

Start with An Essay on Free Magic: (A manuscript fragment from the Great Library of the Clayr) →

Why these

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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 Johannes Cabal?: The Circle of the World — the closest match to Johannes Cabal on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Johannes Cabal?: Johannes Cabal the Necromancer. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Johannes Cabal.
How big is Johannes Cabal?: Johannes Cabal is 9 books, 2004–2016.

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