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Books like Twin Peaks: 9 series to read next

Twin Peaks is mystery & detective, set in north america and late 20th century. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Twin Peaks is 4 books, 1990–2017.

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Blue Rose (Peter Straub)
Castle Rock
Niceville
House of Leaves
The Grin of the Dark
Dave Robicheaux
Grim Reaper mysteries
The Shining
Dies Drear Chronicles

Blue Rose (Peter Straub)Series

seriesPeter Straub9 books1985

Mystery & detective and horror, dark in tone, about murder investigation, set in late 20th century and north america.

“Koko follows a group of Vietnam veterans hunting a former comrade turned serial killer decades after the war.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Koko →

Castle RockSeries

seriesStephen King & Richard Chizmar16 books1978

Set in contemporary.

“Castle Rock is the fictional Maine town that links a cluster of otherwise separate Stephen King novels and novellas, including The Dead Zone, Cujo, The Dark Half, Needful Things, and Elevation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Nona →

NicevilleSeries

seriesCarsten Stroud3 books2012

Thriller & suspense, tense in tone, set in contemporary.

“A security camera captures the moment of his instant, inexplicable vanishing.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Niceville →

House of LeavesSeries

seriesMark Z. Danielewski2 books2000

Challenging in tone, set in contemporary.

“A bestseller, it has been translated into a number of languages, and is followed by a companion piece, The Whalestoe Letters.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with House of Leaves →

The Grin of the DarkSeries

seriesRamsey Campbell2 books2007

Psychological horror and weird fiction, about art and artists, set in contemporary.

“Once upon a time Tubby Thackeray's silent comedies were hailed as the equal of Chaplin's and Keaton's, but now his name has been deleted from the history of the cinema.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Grin of the Dark →

Dave RobicheauxSeries

seriesJames Lee Burke4 books1993

Noir.

Start with In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead →

Grim Reaper mysteriesSeries

seriesJudy Clemens5 books2009

Set in contemporary.

“After a bad car accident, Casey Maldonado hits the road and finds herself unable to shake an unwelcome companion: Death itself, which won't take her but won't leave her alone either.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Embrace the Grim Reaper →

The ShiningSeries

seriesStephen King5 books1977

Tense in tone, about psychic powers and addiction, set in contemporary.

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

Start with The Shining →

Dies Drear ChroniclesSeries

seriesVirginia Hamilton2 books1968

Mystery & detective, mysterious in tone, about family secrets, set in north america.

Start with The House of Dies Drear →

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 Twin Peaks?: Blue Rose (Peter Straub) — the closest match to Twin Peaks on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Twin Peaks?: The Secret History of Twin Peaks. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Twin Peaks.
How big is Twin Peaks?: Twin Peaks is 4 books, 1990–2017.

Books like Twin Peaks: 9 series to read next

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