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Books like The Devouring: 9 series to read next

The Devouring is horror, about survival, 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 Devouring is 3 books, 2008–2010.

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Jerusalem's Lot
Desperation/Regulators
Demonata
Rats
Zom-B
The Strain
They Thirst
The Extreme Horror Series
The Enemy (Charlie Higson)

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

About vampires and grief and loss, set in small town and north america.

“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 →

Desperation/RegulatorsSeries

seriesStephen King2 books1996

About madness, set in north america and small town.

“Stephen King published Desperation and The Regulators simultaneously in 1996, the first under his own name and the second under his Richard Bachman pseudonym.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Desperation →

DemonataSeries

seriesDarren Shan10 books2005

Horror and dark fantasy, dark and tense in tone, about demons, set in contemporary.

“Lord Loss is an extreme horror fiction which transcribes the encounters of a boy, Grubbs Grady, after the shock of his family's brutal murder at the hands of demons, and his later experiences with uncle Dervish.”
from the catalogue description of Lord Loss
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Lord Loss →

RatsSeries

seriesJames Herbert4 books1974

Set in british isles and big city.

“The Rats, James Herbert's 1974 debut novel, imagines a plague of giant mutant rats overrunning London, told through a rotating cast of victims and survivors in the tradition of British disaster horror.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Rats →

Zom-BSeries

seriesDarren Shan12 books2012

Zombie horror and post-apocalyptic, about race and racism.

“B is forced on a mad dash through the serpentine corridors of high school, making allegiances with anyone with enough gall to fight off their pursuers.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Zom-B →

The StrainSeries

seriesChuck Hogan & Guillermo Del Toro3 books2009

About vampires and plague and pandemic, set in north america.

“When a Boeing 777 lands at JFK Airport with nearly everyone aboard dead, CDC epidemiologist Ephraim Goodweather is called in and instead uncovers a vampiric plague beginning to spread through New York City.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Strain →

They ThirstSeries

seriesRobert R. McCammon2 books1981

About vampires, set in north america and big city.

“In Robert R. McCammon's They Thirst, an ancient vampire prince arrives in Los Angeles and, in a matter of nights, begins turning the city into a stronghold for the undead, with Disneyland as an eerie staging ground for his conquest.”
from the catalogue description

Start with They Thirst →

The Extreme Horror SeriesSeries

seriesLee Mountford3 books2017

Splatterpunk.

“A chance to get away from the hustle-and-bustle of city life, and experience the peaceful tranquility of nature.”
from the catalogue description of Horror in the Woods

Start with Horror in the Woods →

The Enemy (Charlie Higson)Series

seriesCharlie Higson7 books2009

Post-apocalyptic and zombie horror, set in british isles and big city.

“The Enemy opens Charlie Higson's seven-book YA horror series, set in London after a mysterious sickness turns every adult into a voracious, flesh-hungry threat and leaves children to fend for themselves in a city gone feral.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Enemy →

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 Devouring?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to The Devouring on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Devouring?: The Devouring. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Devouring.
How big is The Devouring?: The Devouring is 3 books, 2008–2010.

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