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Books like The Strain: 9 series to read next

The Strain is horror, about vampires and survival, 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 Strain is 3 books, 2009–2011.

“When a Boeing 777 lands at JFK Airport with nearly everyone aboard dead, CDC epidemiologist Ephraim Goodweather is called in and instead uncovers a vampiric plague beginning to spread through New York City.”
from the catalogue description

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Jerusalem's Lot
They Thirst
Desperation/Regulators
The Shining
The Passage
Rats
Peeps
The Indian Lake Trilogy
Infected

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Eerie in tone, about grief and loss, set in small town and 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 →

They ThirstSeries

seriesRobert R. McCammon2 books1981

Horror, dark and tense in tone, about vampires and survival, set in contemporary and north america.

“In Robert R. McCammon's They Thirst, an ancient vampire prince arrives in Los Angeles and, in a matter of nights, begins turning the city into a stronghold for the undead, with Disneyland as an eerie staging ground for his conquest.”
from the catalogue description

Start with They Thirst →

Desperation/RegulatorsSeries

seriesStephen King2 books1996

About madness, set in 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 →

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 →

The PassageSeries

seriesJustin Cronin3 books2010

Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, set in near future.

Start with The Passage →

RatsSeries

seriesJames Herbert4 books1974

Set in british isles.

“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 →

PeepsSeries

seriesScott Westerfeld2 books2005

Science fiction.

“The apocalyptic threat to the world that begins in Peeps continues in The Last Days, which features some of the same characters.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Peeps →

The Indian Lake TrilogySeries

seriesStephen Graham Jones3 books2021

Set in small town.

“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 →

InfectedSeries

seriesScott Sigler3 books2008

Science fiction and alien invasion, about aliens.

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

Start with Infected →

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 Strain?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to The Strain on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Strain?: The Strain. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Strain.
How big is The Strain?: The Strain is 3 books, 2009–2011.

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