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Books like The Last Ghost: 9 series to read next

The Last Ghost is ghost stories, set in contemporary and our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Last Ghost is 3 books, 2017–2022.

“Now, no one remembers her hardworking life and her grand dreams--but she remembers.”
from the catalogue description of The Last to See Me

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Anna Korlov
Jerusalem's Lot
Southern Reach Trilogy
Fifth Child
Castle Rock
Okiku
Shadows
The Vampire Chronicles
Crane's View

Anna KorlovSeries

seriesKendare Blake2 books2011

About forbidden love.

“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 →

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Dark and tense in tone, about vampires.

“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 →

Southern Reach TrilogySeries

seriesJeff VanderMeer4 books2014

Science fiction and weird fiction, about madness.

“In 2013, Paramount Pictures bought the movie rights for the series, and a film adaptation of Annihilation was made with Alex Garland as writer-director.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Annihilation →

Fifth ChildSeries

seriesDoris Lessing2 books1988

Literary & general, about parenthood.

Start with The Fifth Child →

Castle RockSeries

seriesStephen King & Richard Chizmar16 books1978

Horror, set in contemporary and north america.

“Castle Rock is the fictional Maine town that links a cluster of otherwise separate Stephen King novels and novellas, including The Dead Zone, Cujo, The Dark Half, Needful Things, and Elevation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Nona →

OkikuSeries

seriesRin Chupeco2 books2014

Dark in tone, set in east asia.

“Okiku has wandered the world for centuries, freeing the innocent ghosts of the murdered-dead and taking the lives of killers, until she meets Tark, who needs to be freed from demonic malevolence.”
from the catalogue description of The Girl from the Well

Start with The Girl from the Well →

ShadowsSeries

seriesCharles L. Grant & T. E. D. Klein13 books1978

“The short stories appearing in the Shadows largely dispensed with traditional Gothic settings, and had very little physical violence.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Shadows →

The Vampire ChroniclesSeries

seriesAnne Rice15 books1976

Gothic, dark in tone, 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 →

Crane's ViewSeries

seriesJonathan Carroll3 books1998

Literary & general and fantasy.

Start with Kissing the Beehive →

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 Last Ghost?: Anna Korlov — the closest match to The Last Ghost on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Last Ghost?: The Last to See Me. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Last Ghost.
How big is The Last Ghost?: The Last Ghost is 3 books, 2017–2022.

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