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Books like The Crow: 9 series to read next

The Crow is dark fantasy and superhero, about revenge, set in our world, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Crow is 8 books, 1996–2001.

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Necroscope
Jerusalem's Lot
Dante Valentine
Book of the Art
The Vampire Chronicles
The World of Skulduggery Pleasant
Deep Time
Sandman Slim
Blood Opera

NecroscopeSeries

seriesBrian Lumley26 books1982

About vampires.

“Harry turns that gift against Thibor Ferenczy, a vampire buried since the Middle Ages, and against Ferenczy's agent Boris Dragosani, a Soviet spy who has learned to tear secrets from corpses in pursuit of world domination.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Necroscope →

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Eerie in tone, about vampires, set in small town.

“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 →

Dante ValentineSeries

seriesLilith Saintcrow6 books2006

About demons.

“Working for the Devil opens Lilith Saintcrow's Dante Valentine series with Dante, a necromancer-for-hire who reluctantly takes a job from the Devil himself: kill a rogue demon, Vardimal Santino, in exchange for her life.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Working for the Devil →

Book of the ArtSeries

seriesClive Barker3 books1989

Eerie in tone.

“The Art was meant to be a trilogy about a hidden order guarding the boundary between our world and Quiddity, a dream-sea shared by all sleeping minds, but Clive Barker only completed two of its three volumes.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Great and Secret Show →

The Vampire ChroniclesSeries

seriesAnne Rice15 books1976

Gothic, about vampires and immortality.

“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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Interview with the Vampire →

The World of Skulduggery PleasantSeries

seriesDerek Landy38 books2007

Adventurous in tone.

“None require following a separate ongoing plot of their own.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Across a Dark Plain →

Deep TimeSeries

seriesCaitlín R. Kiernan18 books2000

Eerie in tone.

Reading order →

Sandman SlimSeries

seriesRichard Kadrey15 books2009

Urban fantasy, dark in tone, set in contemporary and our world.

“Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim follows James Stark, a magician who spent eleven years trapped fighting in Hell before escaping back to a Los Angeles that isn't much friendlier, looking for revenge against the circle that sent him there.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Sandman Slim →

Blood OperaSeries

seriesTanith Lee3 books1992

About vampires and family secrets, set in british isles.

Start with Dark Dance →

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 Crow?: Necroscope — the closest match to The Crow on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Crow?: Quoth the Crow. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Crow.
How big is The Crow?: The Crow is 8 books, 1996–2001.

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