Books Like The Strain

by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan · about this book

Loved The Strain by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan? If its vampires, series and horror hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Jurassic Park, Patient Zero and Cold Storage. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside The Strain: Vampires · Series · Horror · Plague · Multiple POV

Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton

Creature Feature · Plot-Driven · Scientist Protagonist · Tense and Suspenseful · Intense

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Patient Zero
Jonathan Maberry

Horror · Plot-Driven · Intense · Conspiracy · Fast-Paced

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Cold Storage
David Koepp

Creature Feature · Body Horror · Tense and Suspenseful · Plot-Driven · Ensemble Cast

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Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman

Creature Feature · Plot-Driven · Tense and Suspenseful · Violent · Fast-Paced

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The Border
Don Winslow

Conspiracy · Intense · Tense and Suspenseful · New York City · Violent

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Without Sanction
Don Bentley

Plot-Driven · Tense and Suspenseful · Conspiracy · Intense · Fast-Paced

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MPD Psycho, Vol. 1
Eiji Otsuka, Sho-u Tajima

Body Horror · Horror · Conspiracy · Intense · Thriller

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The Pandora Room
Christopher Golden

Horror · Plot-Driven · Tense and Suspenseful · Thriller · Fast-Paced

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Kiss the Girls
James Patterson

Tense and Suspenseful · Plot-Driven · Intense · Violent · Fast-Paced

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What Stalks the Deep
T. Kingfisher

Creature Feature · Horror · Body Horror · Tense and Suspenseful · Fast-Paced

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The Devil's Hand: A Thriller
Jack Carr

Plot-Driven · Intense · Violent · Fast-Paced · Conspiracy

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The Blighted Stars
Megan E. O'Keefe

Scientist Protagonist · Conspiracy · Survival Story · Tense and Suspenseful · Multiple POV

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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Max Brooks

Horror · Intense · Ensemble Cast · Survival Story · Plot-Driven

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The Girl Who Played with Fire
Stieg Larsson

Conspiracy · Tense and Suspenseful · Fast-Paced · Intense · Violent

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The 6:20 Man
David Baldacci

New York City · Plot-Driven · Conspiracy · Tense and Suspenseful · Fast-Paced

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Dracula
Bram Stoker

Vampires · Horror · Tense and Suspenseful · Ensemble Cast · Thriller

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Boy Nobody
Allen Zadoff

Plot-Driven · New York City · Tense and Suspenseful · Fast-Paced · Conspiracy

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The Mercy of Gods
James S. A. Corey

Scientist Protagonist · Ensemble Cast · Survival Story · Intense · Series

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Between Two Fires
Christopher Buehlman

Plague · Horror · Body Horror · Intense · Violent

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Before the Devil Breaks You
Libba Bray

New York City · Ensemble Cast · Conspiracy · Horror · Multiple POV

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