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Books like They Thirst: 9 series to read next

They Thirst 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.

They Thirst is 2 books, 1981–2020.

“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.”
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Jerusalem's Lot
The Strain
Desperation/Regulators
Rats
The Passage
The Shining
Necroscope
Laura Caxton
Joe Pitt Casebooks

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 →

The StrainSeries

seriesChuck Hogan & Guillermo Del Toro3 books2009

About plague and pandemic.

“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

Start with The Strain →

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.”
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Start with Desperation →

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.”
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Start with The Rats →

The PassageSeries

seriesJustin Cronin3 books2010

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

Start with The Passage →

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 →

NecroscopeSeries

seriesBrian Lumley26 books1982

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 →

Laura CaxtonSeries

seriesDavid Wellington5 books2007

Set in our world.

Start with 13 Bullets →

Joe Pitt CasebooksSeries

seriesCharlie Huston5 books2005

Noir, about organized crime.

“Each casebook chronicles Joe Pitt's life as well as his struggles in the underground of vampyre clans of New York.”
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Start with Already Dead →

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 They Thirst?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to They Thirst on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with They Thirst?: They Thirst. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for They Thirst.
How big is They Thirst?: They Thirst is 2 books, 1981–2020.

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