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Books like The Orangefield Cycle: 9 series to read next

The Orangefield Cycle is horror, set in contemporary and north america, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Orangefield Cycle is 7 books, 2001–2007.

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Jerusalem's Lot
Book of the Art
A Cold Season
Desperation/Regulators
The Indian Lake Trilogy
Europa Suite
The Mayfair Witches Saga
The Pines Trilogy
John and Dave

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Tense 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 →

Book of the ArtSeries

seriesClive Barker3 books1989

Fantasy.

“The Art was meant to be a trilogy about a hidden order guarding the boundary between our world and Quiddity, a dream-sea shared by all sleeping minds, but Clive Barker only completed two of its three volumes.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Great and Secret Show →

A Cold SeasonSeries

seriesAlison Littlewood2 books2011

Fantasy, set in british isles.

Start with A Cold Season →

Desperation/RegulatorsSeries

seriesStephen King2 books1996

Tense in tone, about madness.

“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

Tense in tone.

“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 →

Europa SuiteSeries

seriesKim Wilkins2 books2003

Fantasy.

“Giants of the Frost continues the loosely linked suite in the same vein.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Autumn Castle →

The Mayfair Witches SagaSeries

seriesAnne Rice3 books1990

Gothic and fantasy, about witches and family secrets.

Start with The Witching Hour →

The Pines TrilogySeries

seriesRobert Dunbar3 books1989

Horror, dark in tone, set in contemporary and north america.

“The boy seems to have a psychic connection to something in the dark forest, something unseen ... and evil.”
from the catalogue description of The Pines

Start with The Pines →

John and DaveSeries

seriesDavid Wong4 books2007

Humor, funny in tone.

“Jason Pargin, writing as David Wong, began the John Dies at the End series as a free horror-comedy webserial in 2001 before print publication turned it into a franchise.”
from the catalogue description

Start with John Dies at the End →

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 Orangefield Cycle?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to The Orangefield Cycle on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Orangefield Cycle?: Hornets. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Orangefield Cycle.
How big is The Orangefield Cycle?: The Orangefield Cycle is 7 books, 2001–2007.
Is The Orangefield Cycle finished?: Yes — 7 books, 2001–2007.

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