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Books like Oxrun: 9 series to read next

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

Oxrun is 40 books, 1977–1995.

“Oxrun Station is a seemingly ordinary Connecticut suburb where Charles L. Grant's interconnected horror novels and stories quietly uncover the supernatural forces and buried secrets beneath its residents' everyday lives.”
from the catalogue description

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Jerusalem's Lot
The Shining
Oxrun Universe
Castle Rock
Seasons of Horror
Night
Blue Rose (Peter Straub)
Fear Street
Anna Korlov

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Tense in tone, about vampires.

“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 ShiningSeries

seriesStephen King5 books1977

Tense in tone, about psychic powers and addiction.

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

Start with The Shining →

Oxrun UniverseSeries

seriesCharles L. Grant43 books1977

Horror.

Reading order →

Castle RockSeries

seriesStephen King & Richard Chizmar16 books1978

Horror, 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 →

Seasons of HorrorSeries

seriesDan Simmons7 books1990

Horror, eerie in tone, set in north america.

Start with Summer of Night →

NightUniverse

universe134 books2006

Set in contemporary.

“Jonathan Maberry's Night is one dark country stitched from horror and hard science, where a weaponized pathogen and an old nightmare called Doctor Nine turn out to haunt the same map.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Blue Rose (Peter Straub)Series

seriesPeter Straub9 books1985

Mystery & detective, about murder investigation.

“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 →

Fear StreetUniverse

universe163 books1989

“Every town has the one street kids dare each other to walk after dark.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The New Girl →

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 →

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 Oxrun?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to Oxrun on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Oxrun?: The Hour of the Oxrun Dead. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Oxrun.
How big is Oxrun?: Oxrun is 40 books, 1977–1995.
Is Oxrun finished?: Yes — 40 books, 1977–1995.

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