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Peeps by Scott Westerfeld

A city-dwelling teen learns that his ‘condition’ comes with history, hunger, and a secret world hiding in plain sight. Science meets superstition as he navigates night shifts, new rules, and a mystery that bites back. Peeps is a sleek, infectious twist on the vampire myth—smart, stylish, and impossible to resist.

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In Peeps, did you enjoy ...

... a modern, city-set vampire myth with a gritty edge and social rules around infection?

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

If you dug how Cal navigates a secret vampire ecology under New York—working with Night Watch, stalking through tunnels, and managing the “peep” infection—then you’ll love how The Coldest Girl in Coldtown builds a dangerous, media-saturated vampire underworld with strict rules about infection and quarantine. Like Cal and Lace ducking through hidden spaces to uncover the truth, Tana pushes into Coldtown’s nightlife of predators, parties, and politics, where one bad bite can lock you into a world you can’t escape.

... sleuthing through a city’s hidden supernatural underbelly while piecing together a contagion-like mystery?

Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch

You enjoyed Cal’s street-level investigations—tracking exes, following parasite leads, and teaming up with Lace to map the spread—so you’ll click with Rivers of London. Probationary constable Peter Grant hunts a string of uncanny crimes through London’s alleys, bridges, and cellars, uncovering a secret magical infrastructure as methodically as Cal uncovers Night Watch’s parasite network. The casework vibe and urban spelunking will feel right at home.

... irreverent, snarky vampire hijinks that balance darkness with laugh-out-loud moments?

Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore

If Cal’s deadpan parasite factoids and gallows humor—joking about ex-girlfriends turned feral, awkward Night Watch protocols, and late-night stakeouts—made you grin, Bloodsucking Fiends doubles down on the dark chuckles. When Jody wakes up a vampire in San Francisco and ropes in hapless night-shift clerk Tommy, the tone skews witty and twisted, much like Cal’s wisecracks while hunting through NYC’s shadows.

... biology-driven horror where parasites, not magic, power the monsters?

Parasite by Mira Grant

You liked how Peeps grounded vampirism in epidemiology—Cal’s carrier status, the aversions, the clinical Night Watch briefings, and those gross-but-fascinating parasite interludes. Parasite pushes that bio-thriller angle: engineered tapeworms meant to keep people healthy start behaving very, very wrong. If unraveling the science behind the monster in Peeps hooked you, this one’s petri-dish suspense will, too.

... mixed-media dossier storytelling that drip-feeds unsettling truths?

The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich

Those creepy parasite chapter interludes in Peeps—breaking the story to feed you real-world biology and deepen the lore—mirror the dossier vibe of The Dead House. Told through diary entries, transcripts, and reports, it layers evidence the way Night Watch files might on Cal’s case, letting you piece together what really happened as the horror closes in.

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