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Books like Point Horror: 9 series to read next

Point Horror is horror, set in contemporary and our world, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Point Horror is 41 books, 1986–2005.

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Jerusalem's Lot
Little Tall Island / In the Path of the Eclipse
Castle Rock
The Shining
John Cleaver
The Howling
Rosemary Reilly
The Indian Lake Trilogy
Robert Bloch's Psycho Universe

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

About vampires and grief and loss.

“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 →

Little Tall Island / In the Path of the EclipseSeries

seriesStephen King4 books1989

Horror and psychological thriller, tense and dark in tone, about survival, set in contemporary and north america.

“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 →

Castle RockSeries

seriesStephen King & Richard Chizmar16 books1978

Horror, set in contemporary and 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 →

The ShiningSeries

seriesStephen King5 books1977

About addiction.

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

Start with The Shining →

John CleaverSeries

seriesDan Wells8 books2009

Start with I Am Not a Serial Killer →

The HowlingSeries

seriesGary Brandner3 books1977

About werewolves.

“The Howling, Gary Brandner's 1977 novel, sets a woman recovering from trauma against a small California town that turns out to be sheltering a colony of werewolves.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Howling →

Rosemary ReillySeries

seriesIra Levin2 books1967

About 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 →

The Indian Lake TrilogySeries

seriesStephen Graham Jones3 books2021

Horror, tense and dark in tone, about survival, set in contemporary and north america.

“Don't Fear the Reaper and The Angel of Indian Lake complete the trilogy's three-book arc, published through 2024.”
from the catalogue description

Start with My Heart Is a Chainsaw →

Robert Bloch's Psycho UniverseSeries

seriesRobert Bloch, Chet Williamson & Killian H. Gore5 books1959

Horror and psychological horror, tense and dark in tone, about madness, set in north america.

Start with Room is Perfect →

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 Point Horror?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to Point Horror on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Point Horror?: Blind Date. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Point Horror.
How big is Point Horror?: Point Horror is 41 books, 1986–2005.

Books like Point Horror: 9 series to read next

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