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Books like No Place for Monsters: 9 series to read next

No Place for Monsters is set in contemporary and our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

No Place for Monsters is 3 books, 2020–2024.

“Levi and Kat are about to discover a very dark side to their neighborhood.”
from the catalogue description

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Jerusalem's Lot
The Darkdeep
Small Spaces
Bod Owens
Johnny Dixon and the Professor
A Cold Season
Fright Watch
Talisman
Castle Rock

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Tense in tone, about vampires and grief and loss, set in 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 →

The DarkdeepSeries

seriesAlly Condie & Brendan Reichs3 books2018

Fantasy, about friendship, set in contemporary and small town.

“Middle-schoolers Nico, Tyler, Ella, and Opal discover a hidden island in a forbidden cove that appears uninhabited, but something ancient has awakened knowing their wishes, dreams, and darkest secrets.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Darkdeep →

Small SpacesSeries

seriesKatherine Arden4 books2018

Tense in tone.

Start with Small Spaces →

Bod OwensSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell3 books2007

Dark fantasy, bittersweet in tone, about found family, set in british isles.

“Neil Gaiman's 2008 novel won both the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and illustrator P. Craig Russell later adapted it into a two-volume graphic novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Witch's Headstone →

Johnny Dixon and the ProfessorSeries

seriesJohn Bellairs & Brad Strickland13 books1983

Gothic, set in north america.

“In each book, 12-year-old Johnny and his group of friends face and overcome evil forces usually bent on ending the world.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Curse of the Blue Figurine →

A Cold SeasonSeries

seriesAlison Littlewood2 books2011

Set in british isles.

Start with A Cold Season →

Fright WatchSeries

seriesLorien Lawrence3 books2020

Set in north america.

“Something strange is happening on Goodie Lane . . .”
from the catalogue description of The Stitchers

Start with The Stitchers →

TalismanSeries

seriesStephen King, Peter Straub & Robin Furth4 books1984

Portal fantasy, set in north america.

“Stephen King and Peter Straub's The Talisman follows twelve-year-old Jack Sawyer as he crosses between our world and the Territories, a parallel realm, on a cross-country quest to save his dying mother.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Talisman →

Castle RockSeries

seriesStephen King & Richard Chizmar16 books1978

Set in 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 →

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.

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What should I read after No Place for Monsters?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to No Place for Monsters on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with No Place for Monsters?: No Place for Monsters. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for No Place for Monsters.
How big is No Place for Monsters?: No Place for Monsters is 3 books, 2020–2024.

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