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Books like The Lurkers: 9 series to read next

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

The Lurkers is 3 books, 2012–2023.

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Jerusalem's Lot
Rats
Castle Rock
Desperation/Regulators
The Indian Lake Trilogy
Suburban Gothic Universe
The Howling
Beast House Chronicles
Little Tall Island / In the Path of the Eclipse

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

About vampires and grief and loss, set in 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 →

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 →

Castle RockSeries

seriesStephen King & Richard Chizmar16 books1978

Set in 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 →

Desperation/RegulatorsSeries

seriesStephen King2 books1996

About madness, set in north america.

“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 →

The Indian Lake TrilogySeries

seriesStephen Graham Jones3 books2021

Set in north america.

“Don't Fear the Reaper and The Angel of Indian Lake complete the trilogy's three-book arc, published through 2024.”
from the catalogue description

Start with My Heart Is a Chainsaw →

Suburban Gothic UniverseSeries

seriesBryan Smith & Brian Keene17 books2007

Horror, set in contemporary.

Reading order →

The HowlingSeries

seriesGary Brandner3 books1977

About werewolves.

“The Howling, Gary Brandner's 1977 novel, sets a woman recovering from trauma against a small California town that turns out to be sheltering a colony of werewolves.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Howling →

Beast House ChroniclesSeries

seriesRichard Laymon4 books1980

Set in north america.

“Richard Laymon's Beast House Chronicles began with his 1980 debut novel The Cellar, a splatterpunk horror story built around the Beast House, a haunted property hiding something far worse than a ghost.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Cellar →

Little Tall Island / In the Path of the EclipseSeries

seriesStephen King4 books1989

Psychological thriller, set in north america.

“The first two novels share a real total solar eclipse as a pivotal, connecting event despite having otherwise unrelated plots and characters.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Home Delivery →

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 Lurkers?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to The Lurkers on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Lurkers?: The Lurkers. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Lurkers.
How big is The Lurkers?: The Lurkers is 3 books, 2012–2023.

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