Series

Books like Oxrun Universe: 9 series to read next

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

Oxrun Universe is 43 books, 1977–1995.

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Jerusalem's Lot
The Shining
Castle Rock
Seasons of Horror
Night
Little Tall Island / In the Path of the Eclipse
Shadows
A Cold Season
Fear Street

seriesStephen King3 books1975

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

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 →

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 →

Little Tall Island / In the Path of the EclipseSeries

seriesStephen King4 books1989

Psychological thriller.

“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 →

ShadowsSeries

seriesCharles L. Grant & T. E. D. Klein13 books1978

“The short stories appearing in the Shadows largely dispensed with traditional Gothic settings, and had very little physical violence.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Shadows →

A Cold SeasonSeries

seriesAlison Littlewood2 books2011

Set in british isles.

Start with A Cold Season →

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 →

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 Universe?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to Oxrun Universe on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Oxrun Universe?: Oxrun Universe is 43 books, 1977–1995.
Is Oxrun Universe finished?: Yes — 43 books, 1977–1995.

Why these

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