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What it is about
- Dexter Morgan
- Forensic scientists
- Serial murderers
- Serial murders
- Vigilantes
- Serial killer
Where it happens
- Miami (Fla.)
- Florida
Ages
- Adult
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Why: Both are thriller books about vigilantes.
- Thriller
- Vigilantes
What both books share
- thriller
Darkly Dreaming Dexter: "Fiction, thrillers, suspense" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre)
Orphan X: "Fiction, thrillers, general" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre) - vigilantes
Darkly Dreaming Dexter: "Vigilantes -- Fiction." (Library of Congress)
Orphan X: "Vigilantes -- Fiction" (Library of Congress)
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Why: Both are thriller books about serial murders.
What both books share
- thriller
Darkly Dreaming Dexter: "Fiction, thrillers, suspense" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre)
The Terminal List: "Fiction, thrillers, general" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre) - serial murders
Darkly Dreaming Dexter: "Serial murders" (OL subject); "Serial murders, fiction" (OL subject); "Serial murders -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
The Terminal List: "Serial murders, fiction" (OL subject); "serial murder" (WD main subject)
- thriller
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Why: Both are thriller books.
What both books share
- thriller
Darkly Dreaming Dexter: "Fiction, thrillers, suspense" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre)
The Silent Patient: "Fiction, thrillers" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers, general" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense" (OL subject)
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What they share, at a glance
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| Orphan X | shared | not shared | shared | not shared |
| The Terminal List | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Silent Patient | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Dark Matter | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Step on a Crack | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Gray Man | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Killing Floor | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Misery | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Jurassic Park | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Dead Zone | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Run for Your Life | shared | not shared | not shared | shared |
| One Shot | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
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Darkly Dreaming Dexter: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- Series
- It is book 1 of the Dexter series. Source: penguinrandomhouse.com, checked November 6, 2026.
Dexter ... Darkly Dreaming Dexter
- Next in the series
- Book 2 is Dearly Devoted Dexter. Source: penguinrandomhouse.com, checked November 6, 2026.
Darkly Dreaming Dexter ... Dearly Devoted Dexter
Where does Darkly Dreaming Dexter sit in its series? See the reading order.
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