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Books like Wilderness: 9 series to read next

Wilderness is horror, about survival, set in north america and 19th century, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Wilderness is 5 books, 1996–2009.

“The King family is besieged in their cabin by underground creatures out of legend.”
from the catalogue description of Mountain Nightmare

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The Passage
Little Tall Island / In the Path of the Eclipse
Desperation/Regulators
Reverend Jedidiah Mercer
Jerusalem's Lot
The Strain
They Thirst
The 5th Wave
The Shining

The PassageSeries

seriesJustin Cronin3 books2010

Post-apocalyptic, about vampires, set in near future.

Start with The Passage →

Little Tall Island / In the Path of the EclipseSeries

seriesStephen King4 books1989

Psychological thriller.

“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 →

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.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Desperation →

Reverend Jedidiah MercerSeries

seriesJoe R. Lansdale10 books1986

Zombie horror, set in small town.

“Soon the dead will rise and seek human flesh and the Reverend finds himself right in the middle of it.”
from the catalogue description of Dead in the West

Start with Dead in the West →

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

About vampires and 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 vampires and 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 →

They ThirstSeries

seriesRobert R. McCammon2 books1981

About vampires, set in big city.

“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.”
from the catalogue description

Start with They Thirst →

The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Alien invasion and post-apocalyptic, about aliens.

“Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The 5th Wave →

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 →

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 Wilderness?: The Passage — the closest match to Wilderness on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Wilderness?: Mountain Nightmare. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Wilderness.
How big is Wilderness?: Wilderness is 5 books, 1996–2009.

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