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Books like Shadow House: 9 series to read next

Shadow House is horror and ghost stories, set in our world and contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Shadow House is 4 books, 2016–2018.

“Some houses are more than just haunted . . . they're hungry.”
from the catalogue description of The Gathering

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Jerusalem's Lot
Goosebumps
Small Spaces
Haunted Places (Boris Bacic)
Horror in Small Towns
Southern Reach Trilogy
Skeleton Man
Rats
Little Tall Island / In the Path of the Eclipse

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

About vampires and grief and loss, set in small town and north america.

“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 →

GoosebumpsUniverse

universe234 books1992

Horror, set in contemporary and our world.

“Each book is its own self-contained nightmare, narrated by an ordinary boy or girl whose ordinary street has quietly turned against them — and every one snaps shut on a twist that pulls the rug out one last time before the lights come up.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Revenge of the Living Dummy →

Small SpacesSeries

seriesKatherine Arden4 books2018

Horror and ghost stories, eerie and tense in tone, about survival, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Small Spaces →

Haunted Places (Boris Bacic)Series

seriesBoris Bacic6 books2020

Horror, eerie and tense in tone, set in contemporary and our world.

“When the newlywed couple Brad and Julia decide to move into their new home, they are ecstatic to start their new lives.”
from the catalogue description of Apartment 401

Start with Apartment 401 →

Horror in Small TownsSeries

seriesBoris Bacic5 books2020

Set in small town.

“The town of Woodberry seems perfect at first glance but, this quickly changes when he starts asking about the radio tower perched on top of the highest hill in the town.”
from the catalogue description of Radio Tower

Start with Radio Tower →

Southern Reach TrilogySeries

seriesJeff VanderMeer4 books2014

Science fiction and weird fiction, about madness.

“In 2013, Paramount Pictures bought the movie rights for the series, and a film adaptation of Annihilation was made with Alex Garland as writer-director.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Annihilation →

Skeleton ManSeries

seriesJoseph Bruchac2 books2001

Set in north america.

“Ever since the morning Molly woke up to find that her parents hadvanished, her life has become filled with terrible questions.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Skeleton Man →

RatsSeries

seriesJames Herbert4 books1974

Set in british isles.

“The Rats, James Herbert's 1974 debut novel, imagines a plague of giant mutant rats overrunning London, told through a rotating cast of victims and survivors in the tradition of British disaster horror.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Rats →

Little Tall Island / In the Path of the EclipseSeries

seriesStephen King4 books1989

Psychological thriller, set in 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 →

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 Shadow House?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to Shadow House on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Shadow House?: The Gathering. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Shadow House.
How big is Shadow House?: Shadow House is 4 books, 2016–2018.

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