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Books like Killer Crabs: 9 series to read next

Killer Crabs is horror. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Killer Crabs is 12 books, 1976–2019.

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Jerusalem's Lot
Rats
Castle Rock
The Howling
Little Tall Island / In the Path of the Eclipse
Stephen King multiverse
Seasons of Horror
Slugs
The Andromeda Strain

seriesStephen King3 books1975

About vampires and grief and loss, set in small town and north america.

“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 →

RatsSeries

seriesJames Herbert4 books1974

Set in big city.

“The Rats, James Herbert's 1974 debut novel, imagines a plague of giant mutant rats overrunning London, told through a rotating cast of victims and survivors in the tradition of British disaster horror.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Rats →

Castle RockSeries

seriesStephen King & Richard Chizmar16 books1978

Set in north america and small town.

“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 →

The HowlingSeries

seriesGary Brandner3 books1977

About werewolves.

“The Howling, Gary Brandner's 1977 novel, sets a woman recovering from trauma against a small California town that turns out to be sheltering a colony of werewolves.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Howling →

Little Tall Island / In the Path of the EclipseSeries

seriesStephen King4 books1989

Psychological thriller, set in north america.

“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 →

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 →

Seasons of HorrorSeries

seriesDan Simmons7 books1990

Eerie in tone, set in north america.

Start with Summer of Night →

SlugsSeries

seriesShaun Hutson2 books1982

Horror, dark in tone, set in contemporary and our world.

“Shaun Hutson is a British novelist in the horror and crime genres.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Slugs →

The Andromeda StrainSeries

seriesDaniel H. Wilson & Michael Crichton2 books1969

Science fiction, about plague and pandemic.

“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Andromeda Strain →

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 Killer Crabs?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to Killer Crabs on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Killer Crabs?: Night of the Crabs. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Killer Crabs.
How big is Killer Crabs?: Killer Crabs is 12 books, 1976–2019.
Is Killer Crabs finished?: Yes — 12 books, 1976–2019.

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