Series
Books like Shadows: 9 series to read next
Shadows is horror, set in contemporary and our world, eerie in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
Shadows is 13 books, 1978–1991.
“The short stories appearing in the Shadows largely dispensed with traditional Gothic settings, and had very little physical violence.”
from the catalogue description
- Jerusalem's Lot
- The Shining
- Unnerving (Jennifer DiMarco)
- Greystone Bay
- The Grin of the Dark
- Masques
- A Cold Season
- Books of Blood
- Borderlands (Monteleone anthologies)
- Jerusalem's LotSeries
seriesStephen King3 books1975
About vampires, set in north america.
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- The ShiningSeries
seriesStephen King5 books1977
About psychic powers and addiction, set in north america.
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seriesJennifer Dimarco, uncredited & Brianne DiMarco7 books2019
Horror, eerie and dark in tone, about madness, set in contemporary and our world.
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- Greystone BaySeries
seriesCharles L. Grant & Chelsea Quinn Yarbro5 books1985
Horror, eerie in tone, set in contemporary and our world.
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- The Grin of the DarkSeries
seriesRamsey Campbell2 books2007
Mysterious in tone, about art and artists.
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- MasquesSeries
seriesJ. N. Williamson & Gary A. Braunbeck6 books1984
Horror, eerie and dark in tone, set in contemporary and our world.
matchedcontemporaryhorrorour worldeeriedark
- A Cold SeasonSeries
seriesAlison Littlewood2 books2011
Set in british isles.
matchedcontemporaryeeriehorrordarksmall townfantasy
- Books of BloodSeries
seriesClive Barker10 books1984
Horror, dark in tone, set in contemporary and our world.
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seriesThomas F. Monteleone, Elizabeth E. Monteleone & Olivia F. Monteleone7 books1990
Horror and weird fiction, eerie and dark in tone, set in contemporary and our world.
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Read next in Shadows
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 Shadows?
- Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to Shadows on what it is about, not on what sells.
- Where do I start with Shadows?
- Shadows. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Shadows.
- How big is Shadows?
- Shadows is 13 books, 1978–1991.