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What to read after Merrick by Anne Rice: 24 titles sharing themes of Ghost, Occult & Supernatural, Paranormal, and Horror, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

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Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

The Bachman Books — Richard Bachman

The Bachman Books

Richard Bachman

Themes: Ghost • Occult & Supernatural • Paranormal

Doctor Sleep — Stephen King

Themes: Ghost • Occult & Supernatural • Paranormal

Growing Things And Other Stories — Paul Tremblay

Growing Things And Other Stories

Themes: Ghost • Occult & Supernatural • Paranormal

The Exorcist — William Peter Blatty

William Peter Blatty

Themes: Ghost • Occult & Supernatural • Paranormal

The Graveyard Book — Neil Gaiman

The Graveyard Book

Themes: Ghost • Occult & Supernatural • Paranormal

Fear — L. Ron Hubbard

Themes: Ghost • Occult & Supernatural • Paranormal

Small Horrors A Collection of Fifty Creepy Stories — Darcy Coates

Small Horrors A Collection of Fifty Creepy Stories

Themes: Ghost • Occult & Supernatural • Paranormal

The Library of the Dead — T. L. Huchu

The Library of the Dead

Themes: Ghost • Occult & Supernatural • Paranormal

The Woman in Black — Susan Hill

The Woman in Black

Themes: Ghost • Occult & Supernatural • Paranormal

A Head Full of Ghosts A Novel — Paul Tremblay

A Head Full of Ghosts A Novel

Themes: Ghost • Occult & Supernatural • Paranormal

Quarter to Midnight Fifteen Tales of Horror and Suspense — Darcy Coates

Quarter to Midnight Fifteen Tales of Horror and Suspense

Themes: Ghost • Occult & Supernatural • Paranormal

Carnacki The Ghost Finder — William Hope Hodgson

Carnacki The Ghost Finder

William Hope Hodgson

Themes: Ghost • Occult & Supernatural • Paranormal

Inheritance The Lost Bride Trilogy, Book 1 — Nora Roberts

Inheritance The Lost Bride Trilogy, Book 1

Themes: Ghost • Occult & Supernatural • Paranormal

The Hexed — Heather Graham

Themes: Ghost • Occult & Supernatural • Paranormal

The Ghost Clause — Howard Norman

The Ghost Clause

Themes: Ghost • Occult & Supernatural • Paranormal

The Hacienda — Isabel Cañas

Themes: Ghost • Occult & Supernatural • Paranormal

The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Mrs Oliphant Volume 1-Including One Novel, ‘The Complete Little Pilgrim Series, ‘ Four Novelettes, ‘t — Margaret Wilson Oliphant

The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Mrs Oliphant Volume 1-Including One Novel, ‘The Complete Little Pilgrim Series, ‘ Four Novelettes, ‘t

Margaret Wilson Oliphant

Themes: Ghost • Occult & Supernatural • Paranormal

Penny Bloods Gothic Tales of Dangerous Women — Nicole C. Dittmer

Penny Bloods Gothic Tales of Dangerous Women

Nicole C. Dittmer

Themes: Ghost • Occult & Supernatural • Paranormal

The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Helena P. Blavatsky Ten Short Stories of the Strange and Unusual Including ‘A Bewitched Life’, ‘An Unsolved Mystery’, ‘A Story of the Mystical’, ‘The Blue Lotus’ and Others — Helena P. Blavatsky

The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Helena P. Blavatsky Ten Short Stories of the Strange and Unusual Including ‘A Bewitched Life’, ‘An Unsolved Mystery’, ‘A Story of the Mystical’, ‘The Blue Lotus’ and Others

Helena P. Blavatsky

Themes: Ghost • Occult & Supernatural • Paranormal

The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of James Hain Friswell-Ghost Stories and Phantom Fancies-One Novelette ‘the King of the Gnomes,’ Ten Shor — James Hain Friswell

The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of James Hain Friswell-Ghost Stories and Phantom Fancies-One Novelette ‘the King of the Gnomes,’ Ten Shor

James Hain Friswell

Themes: Ghost • Occult & Supernatural • Paranormal

The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Mrs Oliphant Volume 3-The Complete Novel ‘The Wizard’s Son’ and One Short Story ‘The Little Dirty Ang — Margaret Wilson Oliphant

The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Mrs Oliphant Volume 3-The Complete Novel ‘The Wizard’s Son’ and One Short Story ‘The Little Dirty Ang

Margaret Wilson Oliphant

Themes: Ghost • Occult & Supernatural • Paranormal

Donn’s Hill — Caryn Larrinaga

Caryn Larrinaga

Themes: Ghost • Occult & Supernatural • Paranormal

Some Can See A Northern Michigan Asylum Novel — J. R. Erickson

Some Can See A Northern Michigan Asylum Novel

Themes: Ghost • Occult & Supernatural • Paranormal

My Work Is Not Yet Done — Thomas Ligotti

My Work Is Not Yet Done

Themes: Ghost • Occult & Supernatural • Paranormal

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for Merrick by Anne Rice — spanning Ghost, Occult & Supernatural, Paranormal and featuring authors such as Richard Bachman, Stephen King, Paul Tremblay, William Peter Blatty, and others.

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