Series
Books like The Shining: 9 series to read next
The Shining is horror, about psychic powers and addiction, set in north america, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
The Shining is 5 books, 1977–2017.
“Together the two form a horror duology spanning nearly forty years of real-world publication.”
from the catalogue description
- Jerusalem's Lot
- Desperation/Regulators
- Little Tall Island / In the Path of the Eclipse
- Robert Bloch's Psycho Universe
- John Cleaver
- The Indian Lake Trilogy
- The Strain
- They Thirst
- Castle Rock
- Jerusalem's LotSeries
seriesStephen King3 books1975
Horror, dark and tense in tone, about vampires and grief and loss, set in contemporary and north america.
matchedcontemporarydarktensehorrornorth americasmall townvampiresgrief and loss
- Desperation/RegulatorsSeries
seriesStephen King2 books1996
About survival.
matchedcontemporarydarktensehorrornorth americamadnesssmall town
seriesStephen King4 books1989
Psychological thriller, about survival.
matcheddarktensecontemporarynorth americahorror
seriesRobert Bloch, Chet Williamson & Killian H. Gore5 books1959
Horror and psychological horror, dark and tense in tone, about madness, set in north america.
matchedhorrordarktensenorth americamadnesspsychological horror
- The Indian Lake TrilogySeries
seriesStephen Graham Jones3 books2021
About survival.
matchedcontemporarydarktensehorrornorth americasmall town
- The StrainSeries
seriesChuck Hogan & Guillermo Del Toro3 books2009
About survival and plague and pandemic.
matchedcontemporarydarktensehorrornorth americavampires
- They ThirstSeries
seriesRobert R. McCammon2 books1981
About survival, set in big city.
matchedcontemporarydarktensehorrornorth americavampires
- Castle RockSeries
seriesStephen King & Richard Chizmar16 books1978
Horror, set in contemporary and north america.
matchedcontemporarynorth americahorrorsmall town
Read next in The Shining
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 Shining?
- Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to The Shining on what it is about, not on what sells.
- Where do I start with The Shining?
- The Shining. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Shining.
- How big is The Shining?
- The Shining is 5 books, 1977–2017.