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Books like The Vampire Chronicles: 9 series to read next

The Vampire Chronicles is horror and gothic, about vampires, set in our world, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Vampire Chronicles is 15 books, 1976–2018.

“Based on a short story Rice wrote around 1968, the novel centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter.”
from the catalogue description of Interview with the Vampire
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Jerusalem's Lot
Den of Shadows (Amelia Atwater-Rhodes)
The Mayfair Witches Saga
The Last Werewolf
The Shining
Necroscope
Anita Blake
Blood Opera
The Last Vampire (Christopher Pike)

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Tense in tone, set in small town.

“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 →

Den of Shadows (Amelia Atwater-Rhodes)Series

seriesAmelia Atwater-Rhodes9 books1999

Start with In the Forests of the Night →

The Mayfair Witches SagaSeries

seriesAnne Rice3 books1990

About family secrets.

Start with The Witching Hour →

The Last WerewolfSeries

seriesGlen Duncan3 books2011

About werewolves.

“For two hundred years he has wandered the world, enslaved by his lunatic appetites and tormented by the memory of his first and most monstrous crime.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Last Werewolf →

The ShiningSeries

seriesStephen King5 books1977

Tense in tone, about addiction.

“Together the two form a horror duology spanning nearly forty years of real-world publication.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Shining →

NecroscopeSeries

seriesBrian Lumley26 books1982

Tense in tone, about undead.

“Harry turns that gift against Thibor Ferenczy, a vampire buried since the Middle Ages, and against Ferenczy's agent Boris Dragosani, a Soviet spy who has learned to tear secrets from corpses in pursuit of world domination.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Necroscope →

Anita BlakeSeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton & Jonathon Green42 books1993

Urban fantasy, tense in tone.

“The books have sold more than six million copies; many have made The New York Times Best Seller list.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Guilty Pleasures →

Blood OperaSeries

seriesTanith Lee3 books1992

About family secrets.

Start with Dark Dance →

The Last Vampire (Christopher Pike)Series

seriesChristopher Pike9 books1994

“As the story begins, Alisa arrives at the office of a man named Michael who lied to her, invited her.”
from the catalogue description of The Last Vampire
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Start with The Last Vampire →

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 Vampire Chronicles?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to The Vampire Chronicles on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Vampire Chronicles?: Interview with the Vampire. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Vampire Chronicles.
How big is The Vampire Chronicles?: The Vampire Chronicles is 15 books, 1976–2018.
Is The Vampire Chronicles finished?: Yes — 15 books, 1976–2018.

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