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Books like Special X: 9 series to read next

Special X is 9 books, 1984–2006.

Exorcist
Robert Bloch's Psycho Universe
Blue Rose (Peter Straub)
Finders Keepers (Stephen King)
Little Tall Island / In the Path of the Eclipse
Castle Rock
The Shining
John Cleaver
Desperation/Regulators

seriesWilliam Peter Blatty & Steven Piziks6 books1971

About demons.

“Other Exorcist books are tie-in and franchise material rather than further novels by Blatty himself.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Exorcist →

Robert Bloch's Psycho UniverseSeries

seriesRobert Bloch, Chet Williamson & Killian H. Gore5 books1959

Horror and psychological horror, dark and tense in tone, about madness, set in north america.

Start with Room is Perfect →

Blue Rose (Peter Straub)Series

seriesPeter Straub9 books1985

Horror and mystery & detective, dark in tone, about murder investigation, set in north america and late 20th century.

“Koko follows a group of Vietnam veterans hunting a former comrade turned serial killer decades after the war.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Koko →

Finders Keepers (Stephen King)Series

seriesStephen King7 books2014

Mystery & detective and thriller & suspense, tense in tone, about murder investigation, set in contemporary and north america.

“The mix of true-crime procedural instincts and creeping horror is a hallmark of King's later work with the character.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Outsider →

Little Tall Island / In the Path of the EclipseSeries

seriesStephen King4 books1989

Psychological thriller, about survival.

“The first two novels share a real total solar eclipse as a pivotal, connecting event despite having otherwise unrelated plots and characters.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Home Delivery →

Castle RockSeries

seriesStephen King & Richard Chizmar16 books1978

Set in small town.

“Castle Rock is the fictional Maine town that links a cluster of otherwise separate Stephen King novels and novellas, including The Dead Zone, Cujo, The Dark Half, Needful Things, and Elevation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Nona →

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.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Shining →

John CleaverSeries

seriesDan Wells8 books2009

Start with I Am Not a Serial Killer →

Desperation/RegulatorsSeries

seriesStephen King2 books1996

About survival, 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 →

Why these

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What should I read after Special X?: Exorcist — the closest match to Special X on what it is about, not on what sells.
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How big is Special X?: Special X is 9 books, 1984–2006.

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