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Books like Manhattan Ghost Story: 9 series to read next

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

Manhattan Ghost Story is 3 books, 1984–2006.

“Photographer Abner Cray arrives in Manhattan to begin work on an illustrated book of the city.”
from the catalogue description of A Manhattan Ghost Story

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Blue Rose (Peter Straub)
The Shining
Castle Rock
Robert Bloch's Psycho Universe
Southern Reach Trilogy
Seasons of Horror
Boogeyman
Rosemary Reilly
Little Tall Island / In the Path of the Eclipse

Blue Rose (Peter Straub)Series

seriesPeter Straub9 books1985

Mystery & detective, dark in tone.

“Koko follows a group of Vietnam veterans hunting a former comrade turned serial killer decades after the war.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Koko →

The ShiningSeries

seriesStephen King5 books1977

Dark in tone, about psychic powers and addiction, set in contemporary.

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

Start with The Shining →

Castle RockSeries

seriesStephen King & Richard Chizmar16 books1978

Set in contemporary 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 →

Robert Bloch's Psycho UniverseSeries

seriesRobert Bloch, Chet Williamson & Killian H. Gore5 books1959

Dark in tone.

Start with Room is Perfect →

Southern Reach TrilogySeries

seriesJeff VanderMeer4 books2014

Science fiction and weird fiction, set in contemporary.

“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 →

Seasons of HorrorSeries

seriesDan Simmons7 books1990

Horror, eerie in tone, set in north america.

Start with Summer of Night →

BoogeymanSeries

seriesRichard Chizmar3 books2021

Set in contemporary.

“The grisly evidence leads police to the terrifying assumption that a serial killer is on the loose in the quiet suburb.”
from the catalogue description of Chasing the Boogeyman

Start with Chasing the Boogeyman →

Rosemary ReillySeries

seriesIra Levin2 books1967

About demons and parenthood.

“Rosemary's Baby follows a young wife in a Gothic Manhattan apartment building who grows increasingly convinced that her elderly neighbors, and even her own husband, are part of a conspiracy surrounding her pregnancy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Rosemary's Baby →

Little Tall Island / In the Path of the EclipseSeries

seriesStephen King4 books1989

Psychological thriller, dark in tone, about survival, set in contemporary.

“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 Manhattan Ghost Story?: Blue Rose (Peter Straub) — the closest match to Manhattan Ghost Story on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Manhattan Ghost Story?: A Manhattan Ghost Story. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Manhattan Ghost Story.
How big is Manhattan Ghost Story?: Manhattan Ghost Story is 3 books, 1984–2006.
Is Manhattan Ghost Story finished?: Yes — 3 books, 1984–2006.

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