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Books like Sinister Summer: 9 series to read next

Sinister Summer is set in contemporary and our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Sinister Summer is 5 books, 2022–2024.

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Small Spaces
Jerusalem's Lot
Seasons of Horror
Goosebumps
The Darkdeep
Bone Chillers
Bod Owens
Deadtime Stories
No Place for Monsters

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 →

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Dark 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 →

Seasons of HorrorSeries

seriesDan Simmons7 books1990

Horror, eerie in tone, set in north america.

Start with Summer of Night →

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 →

The DarkdeepSeries

seriesAlly Condie & Brendan Reichs3 books2018

Set in small town.

“Middle-schoolers Nico, Tyler, Ella, and Opal discover a hidden island in a forbidden cove that appears uninhabited, but something ancient has awakened knowing their wishes, dreams, and darkest secrets.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Darkdeep →

Bone ChillersSeries

seriesBetsy Haynes, David Bergantino, Daniel Ehrenhaft, Gene Hult, Dahlia Kosinski, Elizabeth Winfrey, Michael Burgan, Ryan Chipman & Sherry Shahan23 books1994

Horror, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Beware the Shopping Mall →

Bod OwensSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell3 books2007

Dark fantasy, about coming of age and found family, set in british isles.

“Neil Gaiman's 2008 novel won both the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and illustrator P. Craig Russell later adapted it into a two-volume graphic novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Witch's Headstone →

Deadtime StoriesSeries

seriesAnnette Cascone & Gina Cascone6 books2012

Horror, eerie in tone, set in contemporary.

“The scary old lady who lives next door has lots of buried secrets.”
from the catalogue description of Grave Secrets

Start with Grave Secrets →

No Place for MonstersSeries

seriesKory Merritt3 books2020

Set in small town.

“Levi and Kat are about to discover a very dark side to their neighborhood.”
from the catalogue description

Start with No Place for Monsters →

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 Sinister Summer?: Small Spaces — the closest match to Sinister Summer on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Sinister Summer?: Wretched Waterpark. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Sinister Summer.
How big is Sinister Summer?: Sinister Summer is 5 books, 2022–2024.

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