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Books like V Wars: 9 series to read next

V Wars is horror, about vampires and plague and pandemic, 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.

V Wars is 137 books across 30 series, 2012–2016.

“The ice kept a secret for thirteen thousand years, and the thaw let it out.”
from the catalogue description

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Jerusalem's Lot
World War Z
The Vampire Chronicles
Anita Blake
The Strain
The Andromeda Strain
Necroscope
Rats
Shock

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Eerie in tone, about grief and loss, 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 →

World War ZSeries

seriesMax Brooks3 books2006

Zombie horror.

Start with World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War →

The Vampire ChroniclesSeries

seriesAnne Rice15 books1976

Gothic, about immortality.

“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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Start with Interview with the Vampire →

Anita BlakeSeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton & Jonathon Green42 books1993

Urban fantasy, set in north america.

“The books have sold more than six million copies; many have made The New York Times Best Seller list.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Guilty Pleasures →

The StrainSeries

seriesChuck Hogan & Guillermo Del Toro3 books2009

Set in north america.

“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 →

The Andromeda StrainSeries

seriesDaniel H. Wilson & Michael Crichton2 books1969

Science fiction, tense in tone, about plague and pandemic and survival, set in contemporary.

“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 →

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 →

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 →

ShockSeries

seriesRichard Matheson4 books1961

About madness.

Start with Shock! →

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 V Wars?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to V Wars on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with V Wars?: V Wars. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for V Wars, which is a whole world rather than one run.
How big is V Wars?: V Wars is 137 books across 30 series, 2012–2016.

Why these

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