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Books like Okiku: 9 series to read next

Okiku is horror and ghost stories, set in contemporary and east asia, eerie in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Okiku is 2 books, 2014–2015.

“Okiku has wandered the world for centuries, freeing the innocent ghosts of the murdered-dead and taking the lives of killers, until she meets Tark, who needs to be freed from demonic malevolence.”
from the catalogue description of The Girl from the Well

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Anna Korlov
Jerusalem's Lot
Sinister Supernatural Stories
Lockwood & Co.
Demonata
Ghosts, Spirits and Specters
Dante Valentine
John and Dave
The Shining

Anna KorlovSeries

seriesKendare Blake2 books2011

About forbidden love.

“Anna Dressed in Blood and its sequel Girl of Nightmares follow Cas as his professional detachment gives way to a bond that complicates everything he thought he knew about his calling.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Anna Dressed in Blood →

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Tense in tone, about vampires, 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 →

Sinister Supernatural StoriesSeries

seriesR. E. Sargent & Steven Pajak1 book2022

Start with Screaming in the Night →

Lockwood & Co.Series

seriesJonathan Stroud6 books2013

Fantasy, about monster hunting, set in british isles and big city.

Start with The Screaming Staircase →

DemonataSeries

seriesDarren Shan10 books2005

Dark fantasy, tense in tone.

“Lord Loss is an extreme horror fiction which transcribes the encounters of a boy, Grubbs Grady, after the shock of his family's brutal murder at the hands of demons, and his later experiences with uncle Dervish.”
from the catalogue description of Lord Loss
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Start with Lord Loss →

Ghosts, Spirits and SpectersSeries

seriesuncredited & Xtina Marie2 books2019

Horror and ghost stories, eerie and dark in tone, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Ghosts, Spirits and Specters: Volume 1 →

Dante ValentineSeries

seriesLilith Saintcrow6 books2006

Urban fantasy, tense in tone.

“Working for the Devil opens Lilith Saintcrow's Dante Valentine series with Dante, a necromancer-for-hire who reluctantly takes a job from the Devil himself: kill a rogue demon, Vardimal Santino, in exchange for her life.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Working for the Devil →

John and DaveSeries

seriesDavid Wong4 books2007

Cosmic horror and humor, funny in tone, set in north america.

“Jason Pargin, writing as David Wong, began the John Dies at the End series as a free horror-comedy webserial in 2001 before print publication turned it into a franchise.”
from the catalogue description

Start with John Dies at the End →

The ShiningSeries

seriesStephen King5 books1977

Tense in tone, about psychic powers and addiction, set in north america.

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

Start with The Shining →

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 Okiku?: Anna Korlov — the closest match to Okiku on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Okiku?: The Girl from the Well. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Okiku.
How big is Okiku?: Okiku is 2 books, 2014–2015.

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