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Books like Pretty When She Dies: 9 series to read next

Pretty When She Dies is set in contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Pretty When She Dies is 4 books, 2008–2013.

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Jerusalem's Lot
Anita Blake
Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)
The Shining
Necroscope
The Andromeda Strain
Shadow Saga II (Christopher Golden)
Vampire Huntress Legend
Buffyverse

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Eerie in tone, about grief and loss, set in small town.

“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 →

Anita BlakeSeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton & Jonathon Green42 books1993

Urban fantasy.

“The books have sold more than six million copies; many have made The New York Times Best Seller list.”
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Start with Guilty Pleasures →

Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)Series

seriesKelley Armstrong & Seanan McGuire100 books1996

Urban fantasy.

“Each book tends to follow a different member of this hidden community while slowly building a shared, continuing world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Paranormal Romance Blues →

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 →

NecroscopeSeries

seriesBrian Lumley26 books1982

Horror, tense and dark in tone, about undead and vampires, set in contemporary.

“Harry turns that gift against Thibor Ferenczy, a vampire buried since the Middle Ages, and against Ferenczy's agent Boris Dragosani, a Soviet spy who has learned to tear secrets from corpses in pursuit of world domination.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Necroscope →

The Andromeda StrainSeries

seriesDaniel H. Wilson & Michael Crichton2 books1969

Science fiction, about plague and pandemic.

“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Andromeda Strain →

Shadow Saga II (Christopher Golden)Series

seriesChristopher Golden7 books1994

Set in contemporary and our world.

“Christopher Golden's Shadow Saga follows Peter Octavian, a centuries-old vampire working as a private investigator in a Boston where humans live alongside a hidden population of supernatural creatures, beginning with Of Saints and Shadows.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Of Saints and Shadows →

Vampire Huntress LegendSeries

seriesL. A. Banks15 books2003

Urban fantasy.

“L. A. Banks's Vampire Huntress Legend opens with Minion, introducing Damali Richards, a spoken-word artist and martial artist who moonlights as a vampire hunter.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Minion →

BuffyverseUniverse

universe205 books1992

Urban fantasy.

“Into every generation a Slayer is born: one girl in all the world with the strength to stand against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness.”
from the catalogue description

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Why these

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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 Pretty When She Dies?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to Pretty When She Dies on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Pretty When She Dies?: Pretty When She Dies. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Pretty When She Dies.
How big is Pretty When She Dies?: Pretty When She Dies is 4 books, 2008–2013.

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