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Books like Stranger Things (TV series): 9 series to read next

Stranger Things (TV series) is science fiction, set in north america and small town. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Stranger Things (TV series) is 29 books, 2019–2026.

“The tie-in novels and story collections extend that world with original stories and character-focused side stories rather than simply retelling the show's episodes.”
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Castle Rock
The X-Files
Seasons of Horror
Stephen King multiverse
Green Town
Kairos
Johnny Dixon and the Professor
Fear Street
The Island of Dr. Moreau

Castle RockSeries

seriesStephen King & Richard Chizmar16 books1978

Horror, set in north america and 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 X-FilesUniverse

universe91 books1994

Set in north america.

“Working them are two FBI agents who agree on almost nothing — Fox Mulder, who wants to believe, and Dana Scully, the pathologist sent to debunk him — and a truth that keeps receding the closer they get.”
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Seasons of HorrorSeries

seriesDan Simmons7 books1990

Horror, eerie in tone, set in north america.

Start with Summer of Night →

Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gunslinger →

Green TownSeries

seriesRay Bradbury31 books1946

Literary & general, reflective in tone, set in mid 20th century.

“Written more than four decades apart, the two novels share Bradbury's recurring setting and nostalgic, myth-making tone rather than a single continuous plot.”
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Start with End of Summer →

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

Reading order →

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.”
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Start with The Curse of the Blue Figurine →

Fear StreetUniverse

universe163 books1989

Horror, set in north america.

“Every town has the one street kids dare each other to walk after dark.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The New Girl →

The Island of Dr. MoreauSeries

seriesMegan Shepherd, H. G. Wells, Brad Linaweaver, Brian W. Aldiss, Fred Olen Ray, Heather O'Neill, Jonathan Maberry, Robert Hoskins, Ron Goulart & Silvia Moreno-Garcia12 books1896

Set in 19th century.

“Taken together, the group traces one unsettling premise across more than a century of speculative fiction rather than forming a single ongoing story.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Island of Dr. Moreau →

Why these

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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.

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What should I read after Stranger Things (TV series)?: Castle Rock — the closest match to Stranger Things (TV series) on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Stranger Things (TV series)?: Suspicious Minds. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Stranger Things (TV series).
How big is Stranger Things (TV series)?: Stranger Things (TV series) is 29 books, 2019–2026.

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