[Libertine]

Then what do you recommend I read next?

Btw 'liked' was probably an understatement ! :-)

[Lyra]

What did you like about it? The Vampire element? The sweeping narrative?

I have also liked

* Game of Thrones (working my way through the series)
* Let the right one in

[Libertine]

I liked both elements tbh. When I started it I thought it was going to be a full on horror and that's not usually my genre of choice but I stuck with it and got sucked into it and couldn't put either book down.

I've read all the Game of Thrones books (in fact I am an incredible bore how much I go about how good they were lol)

I've started Gone Girl after a recommendation on here but I was thinking it would be good to get into another series similar to The Passage.

Or even just a book/books that people who enjoyed The Passage enjoyed!

Anyone?

[Arls01]

Have you tried Stephen King? Not his earlier mostly horror ones, but his most recent ones like "Under the Dome". I loved that. Am also a big fan of "The Passage" but haven't read the sequel yet. Is it as good?

[Interrobang]

I was going to say Let The Right One in but Lyra beat me to it. I also loved Handling the Undead and Harbour, also by John Ajvide Lindqvist.

[purplekitty]

I was thinking Let the right one i as well.
I enjoyed The Strain Trilogy but some will disagree.

[BlondieUK]

Then what do you recommend I read next?

Btw 'liked' was probably an understatement ! :-)

I liked The Twelve, but also though that it was not as good as The Passage.

Try some Leon Uris - it has the scope and drama of Stephen King, but is a bit less "shove every pop culture reference in".

[Lyra]

I was going to say Let The Right One in but Lyra beat me to it. I also loved Handling the Undead and Harbour, also by John Ajvide Lindqvist.

I liked 'Handling the Undead' but intensely disliked 'Harbour' and I'm not sure why. It could be that 'Harbour' had a different translator to the other two

I agree with the PP about Stephen King. He can be quite good. The Stand is similar in themes to The Passage

Other books I have enjoyed recently but not necessarily in the same vein are

* Skippy Dies
* The Road (very depressing though, you have been warned)
* Catch 22 (I got more out of it on the second reading)
* Ian Banks can do some great stuff - The Crow Road is one of my favourites

[purplekitty]

I liked The Twelve, but also though that it was not as good as The Passage.

I was a bit disappointed in The Twelve.

[jenooo]

I powered through both The Passage and The Twelve and have also been looking for something else good, so will try a few tips already mentioned!

If you haven't ready World War Z, it's a great book, and much less about the horror element than how it's handled all around the world. I am rereading it already. Btw the Brad Pitt movie doesn't resemble the book in the slightest, so don't let the trailer colour your opinion on it.