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Books like Shock: 9 series to read next

Shock is horror and science fiction, about madness, set in our world, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Shock is 4 books, 1961–1970.

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Jerusalem's Lot
The Shining
Southern Reach Trilogy
Unnerving (Jennifer DiMarco)
Desperation/Regulators
Richard Matheson: Collected Stories
Rosemary Reilly
The Andromeda Strain
They Got Out

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

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 →

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 →

Southern Reach TrilogySeries

seriesJeff VanderMeer4 books2014

Weird fiction.

“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 →

Unnerving (Jennifer DiMarco)Series

seriesJennifer Dimarco, uncredited & Brianne DiMarco7 books2019

Horror, dark and eerie in tone, about madness, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Monstrosity →

Desperation/RegulatorsSeries

seriesStephen King2 books1996

Set in small town.

“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 →

Richard Matheson: Collected StoriesSeries

seriesRichard Matheson4 books1989

Set in mid 20th century.

Start with Richard Matheson: Collected Stories Volume One →

Rosemary ReillySeries

seriesIra Levin2 books1967

About demons and parenthood, set in big city.

“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 Andromeda StrainSeries

seriesDaniel H. Wilson & Michael Crichton2 books1969

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 →

They Got OutSeries

seriesC. A. Gleason5 books2021

Horror and science fiction, dark and tense in tone, about survival, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with They Got Out: A Sci-Fi and Horror Collection →

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 Shock?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to Shock on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Shock?: Shock!. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Shock.
How big is Shock?: Shock is 4 books, 1961–1970.
Is Shock finished?: Yes — 4 books, 1961–1970.

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