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Books like John Decker: 9 series to read next

John Decker is horror, set in contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

John Decker is 17 books, 2015–2025.

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John Decker Universe
Jerusalem's Lot
Jeremy Logan
Anita Blake
Effective Engineering Solutions
Little Tall Island / In the Path of the Eclipse
The Pines Trilogy
Castle Rock
Point Horror

John Decker UniverseSeries

seriesAnthony M. Strong19 books2015

Horror, set in contemporary.

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Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

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 →

Jeremy LoganSeries

seriesLincoln Child6 books2007

Thriller & suspense, tense in tone, set in contemporary.

“Lincoln Child's Jeremy Logan series follows an investigator through cases where science and the seemingly supernatural collide, opening with Deep Storm, set at a deep-sea drilling platform that may have uncovered the lost city of Atlantis.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Deep Storm →

Anita BlakeSeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton & Jonathon Green42 books1993

About vampires.

“The books have sold more than six million copies; many have made The New York Times Best Seller list.”
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Start with Guilty Pleasures →

Effective Engineering SolutionsSeries

seriesDouglas Preston & Lincoln Child37 books1995

Mystery & detective and thriller & suspense, tense in tone, about murder investigation, set in contemporary and north america.

“Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child wrote it as a standalone techno-thriller in 2000; it later fed into their separate Gideon Crew series rather than getting a direct sequel of its own.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Ice Limit →

Little Tall Island / In the Path of the EclipseSeries

seriesStephen King4 books1989

Psychological thriller.

“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 →

The Pines TrilogySeries

seriesRobert Dunbar3 books1989

Horror, dark in tone, set in contemporary and north america.

“The boy seems to have a psychic connection to something in the dark forest, something unseen ... and evil.”
from the catalogue description of The Pines

Start with The Pines →

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 →

Point HorrorSeries

seriesR. L. Stine, Sinclair Smith, Caroline B. Cooney, Tom B. Stone, A. Finnis, Christopher Pike, Diane Hoh, Linda Cargill, Peter Lerangis, Samantha Lee, A. Bates, Carmen Adams, Lael Littke & T. Pines41 books1986

Start with Blind Date →

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 Decker?: John Decker Universe — the closest match to John Decker on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with John Decker?: Soul Catcher. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for John Decker.
How big is John Decker?: John Decker is 17 books, 2015–2025.

Books like John Decker: 9 series to read next

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