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Books like The McFall Family: 9 series to read next

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

The McFall Family is 3 books, 2002–2013.

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The Shining
Jerusalem's Lot
Castle Rock
Tillman Hayward / Lee Harwell
A Cold Season
Cedar Hill
Night
Blue Rose (Peter Straub)
Seasons of Horror

The ShiningSeries

seriesStephen King5 books1977

Tense in tone, about psychic powers and addiction.

“Together the two form a horror duology spanning nearly forty years of real-world publication.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Shining →

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Tense in tone, about vampires, set in our world.

“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 →

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 →

Tillman Hayward / Lee HarwellSeries

seriesPeter Straub4 books2010

Horror, set in contemporary and north america.

“Old friends try to come to grips with the darkness of the past--a secret ritual that left behind a gruesomely dismembered body--and find themselves face-to-face with the evil they helped create.”
from the catalogue description of A Dark Matter

Start with A Dark Matter →

A Cold SeasonSeries

seriesAlison Littlewood2 books2011

Fantasy, set in british isles.

Start with A Cold Season →

Cedar HillSeries

seriesGary A. Braunbeck26 books1989

Horror, set in contemporary.

Start with Coffin County →

NightUniverse

universe134 books2006

Set in contemporary.

“Jonathan Maberry's Night is one dark country stitched from horror and hard science, where a weaponized pathogen and an old nightmare called Doctor Nine turn out to haunt the same map.”
from the catalogue description

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Blue Rose (Peter Straub)Series

seriesPeter Straub9 books1985

Mystery & detective, about murder investigation, set in late 20th century.

“Koko follows a group of Vietnam veterans hunting a former comrade turned serial killer decades after the war.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Koko →

Seasons of HorrorSeries

seriesDan Simmons7 books1990

Horror, eerie in tone, set in north america.

Start with Summer of Night →

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 McFall Family?: The Shining — the closest match to The McFall Family on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The McFall Family?: The Red Church. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The McFall Family.
How big is The McFall Family?: The McFall Family is 3 books, 2002–2013.

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