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Books like John Cleaver: 9 series to read next

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

John Cleaver is 8 books, 2009–2017.

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The Shining
Jerusalem's Lot
Desperation/Regulators
Robert Bloch's Psycho Universe
Little Tall Island / In the Path of the Eclipse
Exorcist
The Indian Lake Trilogy
Zom-B
Asylum (Madeleine Roux)

The ShiningSeries

seriesStephen King5 books1977

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

Eerie 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

About survival.

“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 →

Robert Bloch's Psycho UniverseSeries

seriesRobert Bloch, Chet Williamson & Killian H. Gore5 books1959

Horror and psychological horror, dark and tense in tone, about madness, set in north america.

Start with Room is Perfect →

Little Tall Island / In the Path of the EclipseSeries

seriesStephen King4 books1989

Psychological thriller, about survival.

“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 →

ExorcistSeries

seriesWilliam Peter Blatty & Steven Piziks6 books1971

Horror, dark in tone, about demons, set in contemporary and 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 →

The Indian Lake TrilogySeries

seriesStephen Graham Jones3 books2021

About survival.

“Don't Fear the Reaper and The Angel of Indian Lake complete the trilogy's three-book arc, published through 2024.”
from the catalogue description

Start with My Heart Is a Chainsaw →

Zom-BSeries

seriesDarren Shan12 books2012

Zombie horror and post-apocalyptic, about survival and race and racism.

“B is forced on a mad dash through the serpentine corridors of high school, making allegiances with anyone with enough gall to fight off their pursuers.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Zom-B →

Asylum (Madeleine Roux)Series

seriesMadeleine Roux8 books2013

Horror, tense in tone, about madness, set in contemporary and north america.

“For sixteen-year-old Dan Crawford, the New Hampshire College Prep program is the chance of a lifetime.”
from the catalogue description of Asylum
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Asylum →

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 Cleaver?: The Shining — the closest match to John Cleaver on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with John Cleaver?: I Am Not a Serial Killer. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for John Cleaver.
How big is John Cleaver?: John Cleaver is 8 books, 2009–2017.

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