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Books like Psycho: 9 series to read next

Psycho is horror and psychological horror, about madness, set in north america, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Psycho is 3 books, 1959–1990.

“Robert Bloch's 1959 novel Psycho follows the unraveling horror around an isolated motel and its unsettling proprietor, loosely inspired by real crimes of the era rather than tied to any single true case.”
from the catalogue description

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Robert Bloch's Psycho Universe
The Shining
Little Tall Island / In the Path of the Eclipse
Blue Rose (Peter Straub)
Desperation/Regulators
Exorcist
John Cleaver
Fever House
Jerusalem's Lot

Robert Bloch's Psycho UniverseSeries

seriesRobert Bloch, Chet Williamson & Killian H. Gore5 books1959

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

Start with Room is Perfect →

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 →

Little Tall Island / In the Path of the EclipseSeries

seriesStephen King4 books1989

Psychological thriller, about survival.

“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 →

Blue Rose (Peter Straub)Series

seriesPeter Straub9 books1985

Horror and mystery & detective, dark in tone, about murder investigation, set in north america and late 20th century.

“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 →

Desperation/RegulatorsSeries

seriesStephen King2 books1996

About survival.

“Stephen King published Desperation and The Regulators simultaneously in 1996, the first under his own name and the second under his Richard Bachman pseudonym.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Desperation →

ExorcistSeries

seriesWilliam Peter Blatty & Steven Piziks6 books1971

About demons.

“Other Exorcist books are tie-in and franchise material rather than further novels by Blatty himself.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Exorcist →

John CleaverSeries

seriesDan Wells8 books2009

Start with I Am Not a Serial Killer →

Fever HouseSeries

seriesKeith Rosson2 books2023

About magical artifacts.

“A sequel titled The Devil by Name was released in 2024.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Fever House →

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Eerie in tone, about vampires and grief and loss, set in our world.

“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 →

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 Psycho?: Robert Bloch's Psycho Universe — the closest match to Psycho on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Psycho?: Psycho. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Psycho.
How big is Psycho?: Psycho is 3 books, 1959–1990.
Is Psycho finished?: Yes — 3 books, 1959–1990.

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