Series
Books like The Adversary Cycle: 9 series to read next
The Adversary Cycle is horror, about demons, set in our world and contemporary, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
The Adversary Cycle is 12 books, 1981–2020.
- Jerusalem's Lot
- Rosemary Reilly
- Demonata
- Exorcist
- The Shining
- Hellraiser
- Necroscope
- Desperation/Regulators
- The Vampire Chronicles
- Jerusalem's LotSeries
seriesStephen King3 books1975
About grief and loss, set in small town.
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- Rosemary ReillySeries
seriesIra Levin2 books1967
About parenthood, set in big city.
matchedhorrordemonstensenorth america
- ExorcistSeries
seriesWilliam Peter Blatty & Steven Piziks6 books1971
Horror, dark in tone, about demons, set in contemporary and north america.
matchedhorrordemonscontemporarydarknorth america
- The ShiningSeries
seriesStephen King5 books1977
About addiction.
matchedhorrordarkcontemporarytensenorth americapsychic powers
- HellraiserSeries
seriesClive Barker, Mark Alan Miller, Paul Kane & Peter Atkins5 books1991
Horror and dark fantasy, dark in tone, about demons, set in contemporary.
matchedhorrordemonscontemporarydarkdark fantasy
- NecroscopeSeries
seriesBrian Lumley26 books1982
About undead.
matchedhorrordarkcontemporarytensevampires
- Desperation/RegulatorsSeries
seriesStephen King2 books1996
About madness, set in small town.
matchedhorrordarkcontemporarytensenorth americasurvival
- The Vampire ChroniclesSeries
seriesAnne Rice15 books1976
About immortality.
matcheddarkcontemporaryhorrorour worldvampiresgothic
Read next in The Adversary Cycle
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 The Adversary Cycle?
- Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to The Adversary Cycle on what it is about, not on what sells.
- Where do I start with The Adversary Cycle?
- The Keep. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Adversary Cycle.
- How big is The Adversary Cycle?
- The Adversary Cycle is 12 books, 1981–2020.












