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Books like Small Spaces: 9 series to read next

Small Spaces is horror and ghost stories, about survival, set in contemporary, eerie in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Small Spaces is 4 books, 2018–2022.

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Jerusalem's Lot
Goosebumps
Coraline
The Supernaturals
Southern Reach Trilogy
Deadtime Stories
Bad Girls Don't Die
Desperation/Regulators
Johnny Dixon and the Professor

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Dark in tone, about vampires and grief and loss.

“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 →

CoralineSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell2 books2002

Portal fantasy and gothic, about coming of age, set in parallel universe.

“The Guardian ranked Coraline #82 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Coraline →

The SupernaturalsSeries

seriesDavid L. Golemon2 books2011

Horror and ghost stories, eerie and tense in tone, set in contemporary and north america.

“Seven years ago, Professor Gabriel Kennedy's investigation into paranormal activity at Summer Place ended in tragedy, and destroyed his career.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Supernaturals →

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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Annihilation →

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 →

Bad Girls Don't DieSeries

seriesKatie Alender3 books2009

Paranormal.

“Alexis thought she led a typically dysfunctional high school existence.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Bad Girls Don't Die →

Desperation/RegulatorsSeries

seriesStephen King2 books1996

Dark in tone, about madness.

“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 →

Johnny Dixon and the ProfessorSeries

seriesJohn Bellairs & Brad Strickland13 books1983

Gothic.

“In each book, 12-year-old Johnny and his group of friends face and overcome evil forces usually bent on ending the world.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Curse of the Blue Figurine →

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 Small Spaces?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to Small Spaces on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Small Spaces?: Small Spaces. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Small Spaces.
How big is Small Spaces?: Small Spaces is 4 books, 2018–2022.

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