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Books like Swordhand: 9 series to read next

Swordhand is horror, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Swordhand is 2 books, 2006–2008.

“Inspired by the original vampire folklore of Eastern Europe, the novel follows the story of Peter, the son of drunkard woodcutter Tomas, and his life in the seemingly ordinary village of Chust.”
from the catalogue description of My Swordhand Is Singing

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The Romancist and Novelist's Library
The Diviners
Talisman
The Vampire Chronicles
All Souls
Anna Korlov
The Stress of Her Regard Universe
Henry Sturges
The Kronos Chronicles

The Romancist and Novelist's LibrarySeries

seriesMatthew Gregory Lewis, uncredited, William Hazlitt, Ann Radcliffe, Clara Reeve, Eliza Parsons, Friedrich von Schiller, Horace Walpole, Johann Karl August Musäus, Lorenz Flammenberg, Mrs. Sheridan & Percy Bysshe Shelley16 books1764

Gothic.

Start with The Romancist and Novelist's Library: The Best Works of the Best Authors; Volume II →

The DivinersSeries

seriesLibba Bray4 books2012

About psychic powers, set in north america and early 20th century.

“The plot follows seventeen-year-old Evie O'Neill as she helps her uncle Will—curator of the Museum of American Folklore, Superstition, and the Occult—uncover the killer behind a mysterious series of murders.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Diviners →

TalismanSeries

seriesStephen King, Peter Straub & Robin Furth4 books1984

Portal fantasy, set in contemporary and north america.

“Stephen King and Peter Straub's The Talisman follows twelve-year-old Jack Sawyer as he crosses between our world and the Territories, a parallel realm, on a cross-country quest to save his dying mother.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Talisman →

The Vampire ChroniclesSeries

seriesAnne Rice15 books1976

Gothic, about immortality, set in our world and contemporary.

“Based on a short story Rice wrote around 1968, the novel centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter.”
from the catalogue description of Interview with the Vampire
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Start with Interview with the Vampire →

All SoulsSeries

seriesDeborah Harkness5 books2011

About witches and forbidden love, set in contemporary.

Start with A Discovery of Witches →

Anna KorlovSeries

seriesKendare Blake2 books2011

Ghost stories, about forbidden love, set in contemporary.

“Anna Dressed in Blood and its sequel Girl of Nightmares follow Cas as his professional detachment gives way to a bond that complicates everything he thought he knew about his calling.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Anna Dressed in Blood →

The Stress of Her Regard UniverseSeries

seriesTim Powers3 books1989

Dark fantasy, set in 19th century.

“Tim Powers's The Stress of Her Regard reimagines the lives of Byron, Shelley, and Keats through a secret history in which they are stalked and inspired by a nephilim, a shape-shifting vampiric being that acts as a deadly muse.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Stress of Her Regard →

Henry SturgesSeries

seriesSeth Grahame-Smith2 books2010

Adventurous in tone, set in 19th century and north america.

Start with Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter →

The Kronos ChroniclesSeries

seriesMarie Rutkoski3 books2008

Adventurous in tone, about magical artifacts.

“Twelve-year-old Petra, accompanied by her magical tin spider, goes to Prague hoping to retrieve the enchanted eyes the Prince of Bohemia took from her father, and is aided in her quest by a Roma boy and his sister.”
from the catalogue description of The Cabinet of Wonders

Start with The Cabinet of Wonders →

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 Swordhand?: The Romancist and Novelist's Library — the closest match to Swordhand on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Swordhand?: My Swordhand Is Singing. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Swordhand.
How big is Swordhand?: Swordhand is 2 books, 2006–2008.
Is Swordhand finished?: Yes — 2 books, 2006–2008.

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