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Books like John and Dave: 9 series to read next

John and Dave is horror and cosmic horror, set in contemporary and north america, funny in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

John and Dave is 4 books, 2007–2022.

“Jason Pargin, writing as David Wong, began the John Dies at the End series as a free horror-comedy webserial in 2001 before print publication turned it into a franchise.”
from the catalogue description

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The Shining
Jerusalem's Lot
Desperation/Regulators
Southern Reach Trilogy
Asylum (Madeleine Roux)
John Cleaver
Castle Rock
Enoch Coffin
Little Tall Island / In the Path of the Eclipse

The ShiningSeries

seriesStephen King5 books1977

Tense in tone, about psychic powers and addiction.

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

Start with The Shining →

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Tense in tone, about vampires and grief and loss.

“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 →

Desperation/RegulatorsSeries

seriesStephen King2 books1996

Tense in tone.

“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 →

Southern Reach TrilogySeries

seriesJeff VanderMeer4 books2014

Science fiction and weird fiction.

“In 2013, Paramount Pictures bought the movie rights for the series, and a film adaptation of Annihilation was made with Alex Garland as writer-director.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Annihilation →

Asylum (Madeleine Roux)Series

seriesMadeleine Roux8 books2013

Tense in tone.

“For sixteen-year-old Dan Crawford, the New Hampshire College Prep program is the chance of a lifetime.”
from the catalogue description of Asylum
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Start with Asylum →

John CleaverSeries

seriesDan Wells8 books2009

Tense in tone.

Start with I Am Not a Serial Killer →

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 →

Enoch CoffinSeries

seriesJeffrey Thomas & W. H. Pugmire13 books2013

Weird fiction.

Start with Beneath Arkham →

Little Tall Island / In the Path of the EclipseSeries

seriesStephen King4 books1989

Psychological thriller, tense 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 →

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 John and Dave?: The Shining — the closest match to John and Dave on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with John and Dave?: John Dies at the End. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for John and Dave.
How big is John and Dave?: John and Dave is 4 books, 2007–2022.

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