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Books like The Merciless: 9 series to read next

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

The Merciless is 4 books, 2014–2018.

“In an effort to make friends at her new school, Sofia gets involved with a group of popular girls who dislike Brooklyn, a loner who they believe to be evil.”
from the catalogue description

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The Shining
Jerusalem's Lot
Robert Bloch's Psycho Universe
Asylum (Madeleine Roux)
John Cleaver
Desperation/Regulators
Rosemary Reilly
Little Tall Island / In the Path of the Eclipse
Castle Rock

The ShiningSeries

seriesStephen King5 books1977

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

Eerie in tone, about vampires and grief and loss.

“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 →

Robert Bloch's Psycho UniverseSeries

seriesRobert Bloch, Chet Williamson & Killian H. Gore5 books1959

Horror and psychological horror, dark and tense in tone, about madness, set in north america.

Start with Room is Perfect →

Asylum (Madeleine Roux)Series

seriesMadeleine Roux8 books2013

Horror, tense in tone, about madness, set in contemporary and north america.

“For sixteen-year-old Dan Crawford, the New Hampshire College Prep program is the chance of a lifetime.”
from the catalogue description of Asylum
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Start with Asylum →

John CleaverSeries

seriesDan Wells8 books2009

Start with I Am Not a Serial Killer →

Desperation/RegulatorsSeries

seriesStephen King2 books1996

About survival.

“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 →

Rosemary ReillySeries

seriesIra Levin2 books1967

About parenthood, set in big city.

“Rosemary's Baby follows a young wife in a Gothic Manhattan apartment building who grows increasingly convinced that her elderly neighbors, and even her own husband, are part of a conspiracy surrounding her pregnancy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Rosemary's Baby →

Little Tall Island / In the Path of the EclipseSeries

seriesStephen King4 books1989

Psychological thriller, about survival.

“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 →

Castle RockSeries

seriesStephen King & Richard Chizmar16 books1978

Horror, set in contemporary and small town.

“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 Merciless?: The Shining — the closest match to The Merciless on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Merciless?: The Merciless. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Merciless.
How big is The Merciless?: The Merciless is 4 books, 2014–2018.

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