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Books like Tom and Granddad: 9 series to read next

Tom and Granddad is 5 books, 2007–2019.

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Jerusalem's Lot
The Andromeda Strain
Little Tall Island / In the Path of the Eclipse
Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card
World War Z
Night
Rats
Rosemary Reilly
H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Eerie in tone, about vampires, 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 →

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 →

Little Tall Island / In the Path of the EclipseSeries

seriesStephen King4 books1989

Psychological thriller, set in north america.

“The first two novels share a real total solar eclipse as a pivotal, connecting event despite having otherwise unrelated plots and characters.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Home Delivery →

Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott CardSeries

seriesOrson Scott Card9 books1979

Science fiction, set in contemporary.

“Like Card's novels, most of the stories have a science fiction or fantasy theme.”
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Start with The Changed Man →

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 →

NightUniverse

universe134 books2006

Set in contemporary.

“Jonathan Maberry's Night is one dark country stitched from horror and hard science, where a weaponized pathogen and an old nightmare called Doctor Nine turn out to haunt the same map.”
from the catalogue description

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RatsSeries

seriesJames Herbert4 books1974

Set in british isles and 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 →

Rosemary ReillySeries

seriesIra Levin2 books1967

About demons and parenthood, set in north america and big city.

“Rosemary's Baby follows a young wife in a Gothic Manhattan apartment building who grows increasingly convinced that her elderly neighbors, and even her own husband, are part of a conspiracy surrounding her pregnancy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Rosemary's Baby →

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The War of the Worlds →

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What should I read after Tom and Granddad?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to Tom and Granddad on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Tom and Granddad?: Generations. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Tom and Granddad.
How big is Tom and Granddad?: Tom and Granddad is 5 books, 2007–2019.

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