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Books like The Slime Beast: 9 series to read next

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

The Slime Beast is 2 books, 1976–2015.

“Lowson wants to capture it alive, his companions want to kill it before it kills anyone else.”
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Jerusalem's Lot
Rats
The Andromeda Strain
Slugs
World War Z
Beast House Chronicles
Laura Caxton
Infected
Desperation/Regulators

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

About vampires and grief and loss, set in small town and north america.

“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 →

RatsSeries

seriesJames Herbert4 books1974

Set in big city.

“The Rats, James Herbert's 1974 debut novel, imagines a plague of giant mutant rats overrunning London, told through a rotating cast of victims and survivors in the tradition of British disaster horror.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Rats →

The Andromeda StrainSeries

seriesDaniel H. Wilson & Michael Crichton2 books1969

About plague and pandemic.

“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Andromeda Strain →

SlugsSeries

seriesShaun Hutson2 books1982

Horror, dark in tone, set in contemporary and our world.

“Shaun Hutson is a British novelist in the horror and crime genres.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Slugs →

World War ZSeries

seriesMax Brooks3 books2006

Zombie horror and post-apocalyptic, about war.

Start with World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War →

Beast House ChroniclesSeries

seriesRichard Laymon4 books1980

Splatterpunk, set in north america.

“Richard Laymon's Beast House Chronicles began with his 1980 debut novel The Cellar, a splatterpunk horror story built around the Beast House, a haunted property hiding something far worse than a ghost.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Cellar →

Laura CaxtonSeries

seriesDavid Wellington5 books2007

About vampires.

Start with 13 Bullets →

InfectedSeries

seriesScott Sigler3 books2008

Alien invasion, about plague and pandemic, set in north america.

“Seeds of unknown origin contaminate some humans who turn into paranoiac psychopaths.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Infected →

Desperation/RegulatorsSeries

seriesStephen King2 books1996

About madness, set in north america and small town.

“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 →

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 Slime Beast?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to The Slime Beast on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Slime Beast?: The Slime Beast. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Slime Beast.
How big is The Slime Beast?: The Slime Beast is 2 books, 1976–2015.
Is The Slime Beast finished?: Yes — 2 books, 1976–2015.

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