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Books like Skeleton Man: 9 series to read next

Skeleton Man is horror, about survival, set in north america and contemporary, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Skeleton Man is 2 books, 2001–2006.

“Ever since the morning Molly woke up to find that her parents hadvanished, her life has become filled with terrible questions.”
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Jerusalem's Lot
The Shining
Desperation/Regulators
The Strain
Coraline
They Thirst
The Indian Lake Trilogy
Rosemary Reilly
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 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.”
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Start with 'Salem's Lot →

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.”
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Start with The Shining →

Desperation/RegulatorsSeries

seriesStephen King2 books1996

About madness, 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.”
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Start with Desperation →

The StrainSeries

seriesChuck Hogan & Guillermo Del Toro3 books2009

About vampires and plague and pandemic.

“When a Boeing 777 lands at JFK Airport with nearly everyone aboard dead, CDC epidemiologist Ephraim Goodweather is called in and instead uncovers a vampiric plague beginning to spread through New York City.”
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Start with The Strain →

CoralineSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell2 books2002

Fantasy and portal fantasy, set in parallel universe.

“The Guardian ranked Coraline #82 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.”
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Start with Coraline →

They ThirstSeries

seriesRobert R. McCammon2 books1981

About vampires, set in big city.

“In Robert R. McCammon's They Thirst, an ancient vampire prince arrives in Los Angeles and, in a matter of nights, begins turning the city into a stronghold for the undead, with Disneyland as an eerie staging ground for his conquest.”
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Start with They Thirst →

The Indian Lake TrilogySeries

seriesStephen Graham Jones3 books2021

Set in small town.

“Don't Fear the Reaper and The Angel of Indian Lake complete the trilogy's three-book arc, published through 2024.”
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Start with My Heart Is a Chainsaw →

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.”
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Start with Rosemary's Baby →

Little Tall Island / In the Path of the EclipseSeries

seriesStephen King4 books1989

Psychological thriller.

“The first two novels share a real total solar eclipse as a pivotal, connecting event despite having otherwise unrelated plots and characters.”
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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 Skeleton Man?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to Skeleton Man on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Skeleton Man?: Skeleton Man. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Skeleton Man.
How big is Skeleton Man?: Skeleton Man is 2 books, 2001–2006.

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