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Books like The Madman's Daughter: 9 series to read next

The Madman's Daughter is set in 19th century. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Madman's Daughter is 3 books, 2013–2015.

“Dr. Moreau's daughter, Juliet, travels to her estranged father's island, only to encounter murder, medical horrors, and a love triangle.”
from the catalogue description

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The Island of Dr. Moreau
Dracula
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Romancist and Novelist's Library
Frankenstein
The Dispossessed
The Invisible Man
Belladonna
Castle Rock

The Island of Dr. MoreauSeries

seriesMegan Shepherd, H. G. Wells, Brad Linaweaver, Brian W. Aldiss, Fred Olen Ray, Heather O'Neill, Jonathan Maberry, Robert Hoskins, Ron Goulart & Silvia Moreno-Garcia12 books1896

Science fiction, set in 19th century.

“Taken together, the group traces one unsettling premise across more than a century of speculative fiction rather than forming a single ongoing story.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Island of Dr. Moreau →

DraculaUniverse

universe144 books1897

Horror.

“Around that single novel a whole crypt of continuations has grown, raised by many writers across a century.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dracula →

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeSeries

seriesRobert Louis Stevenson, Tim Major, Aage Salling, A. G. Eyre, Alan MacDonald, Anthony O'Neill, C. Kingsley Williams, Donald M. McFarlan, Edward D. Hoch, Erik Hvid, Horace J. Elias, Joan Cameron, John Escott, Kate McMullan, Kathleen Olmstead, Kim Newman, Lisa Morton, Louis K. Lowy, Marilyn Pettit, Michael Lawrence, Mitsu Yamamoto, Nick Lane, Pauline Francis, Philip Page, Raymond Harris, Robert Bridges, Rosemary Border, Simon Adorian, T. Ernesto Bethancourt & Tina Berning33 books1886

Set in 19th century and british isles.

Start with Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde →

The Romancist and Novelist's LibrarySeries

seriesMatthew Gregory Lewis, uncredited, William Hazlitt, Ann Radcliffe, Clara Reeve, Eliza Parsons, Friedrich von Schiller, Horace Walpole, Johann Karl August Musäus, Lorenz Flammenberg, Mrs. Sheridan & Percy Bysshe Shelley16 books1764

Gothic, set in europe.

Start with The Romancist and Novelist's Library: The Best Works of the Best Authors; Volume II →

FrankensteinUniverse

universe128 books1818

Horror.

“Light a candle against the November dark and consider what a single spark, rightly applied to dead matter, might wake.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus →

The DispossessedSeries

seriesPage Morgan3 books2013

Set in big city.

“Ingrid Waverly was forced to leave her life in London with her mother and her younger sister, Gabby.”
from the catalogue description of The Beautiful and the Cursed

Start with The Beautiful and the Cursed →

The Invisible ManSeries

seriesH. G. Wells, Malvina G. Vogel & T. S. Gregory6 books1897

Science fiction, set in 19th century and british isles.

“The Invisible Man is H. G. Wells's 1897 science fiction novel about Griffin, a scientist who works out how to make living tissue invisible and tests the process on himself, only to discover he has no way to reverse it.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Invisible in London →

BelladonnaSeries

seriesAdalyn Grace4 books2022

Set in secondary world.

“Set in a haunted, death-adjacent version of the era, it follows an orphaned heiress entangled with Death itself as she investigates the murders and mysteries surrounding her inherited estate.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Belladonna →

Castle RockSeries

seriesStephen King & Richard Chizmar16 books1978

Set in north america and contemporary.

“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 →

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 Madman's Daughter?: The Island of Dr. Moreau — the closest match to The Madman's Daughter on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Madman's Daughter?: The Madman's Daughter. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Madman's Daughter.
How big is The Madman's Daughter?: The Madman's Daughter is 3 books, 2013–2015.

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