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Books like The Dead Among Us: 9 series to read next

The Dead Among Us is set in contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Dead Among Us is 3 books, 2012–2017.

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Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)
Jerusalem's Lot
Anita Blake
The Hollows
The Dresden Files
The Jeremiah Hunt Chronicles
Shadow Saga II (Christopher Golden)
Demon Road
The Andromeda Strain

Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)Series

seriesKelley Armstrong & Seanan McGuire100 books1996

Paranormal.

“Each book tends to follow a different member of this hidden community while slowly building a shared, continuing world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Paranormal Romance Blues →

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Eerie in tone, about vampires and grief and loss, 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 →

Anita BlakeSeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton & Jonathon Green42 books1993

About vampires.

“The books have sold more than six million copies; many have made The New York Times Best Seller list.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Guilty Pleasures →

The HollowsSeries

seriesKim Harrison39 books2004

Urban fantasy, about witches and demons, set in contemporary and north america.

Start with The Turn →

The Dresden FilesSeries

seriesJim Butcher & Mark Powers (comics)56 books2000

Set in big city.

“The novels are narrated from the first-person perspective of Harry Dresden, a private detective and wizard, as he investigates supernatural disturbances in contemporary Chicago.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Fistful of Warlocks →

The Jeremiah Hunt ChroniclesSeries

seriesJoseph Nassise3 books2011

Set in big city.

“Desperate to reclaim what he has lost, Hunt finally turns to the supernatural for justice.”
from the catalogue description of Eyes to See

Start with Eyes to See →

Shadow Saga II (Christopher Golden)Series

seriesChristopher Golden7 books1994

Set in contemporary and our world.

“Christopher Golden's Shadow Saga follows Peter Octavian, a centuries-old vampire working as a private investigator in a Boston where humans live alongside a hidden population of supernatural creatures, beginning with Of Saints and Shadows.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Of Saints and Shadows →

Demon RoadSeries

seriesDerek Landy3 books2015

“The creator of the number one bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series returns with the story of a girl on the run from everything she loves ... and the monsters that await her.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Demon Road →

The Andromeda StrainSeries

seriesDaniel H. Wilson & Michael Crichton2 books1969

Science fiction, about plague and pandemic.

“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Andromeda Strain →

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 Dead Among Us?: Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong) — the closest match to The Dead Among Us on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Dead Among Us?: When Dead Ain't Dead Enough. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Dead Among Us.
How big is The Dead Among Us?: The Dead Among Us is 3 books, 2012–2017.

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