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Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
Dark in tone, about vampires, set in small town and our world.
“Stephen King's 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot follows writer Ben Mears as he returns to his childhood town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, only to discover that its residents are being turned into vampires by a newly arrived stranger.”
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Hell HouseNovel
Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1971
Dark in tone, about madness.
“Richard Matheson's haunted-house novel, later filmed as The Legend of Hell House.”
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LaterNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel2021
About coming of age and parenthood, set in our world.
“A young boy, with the power of seeing and talking with the recently deceased, and his single mother try to avoid personal and financial disasters.”
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The Girl Who Loved Tom GordonNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1999
Psychological horror, emotional in tone, about coming of age and loneliness.
“A nine year old girl becomes lost in the Maine forest while on a day hike with her family, and finds the strength to survive in her idolizing of the Red Sox closing pitcher.”
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The ShiningSeries
series5 books1977
Dark in tone, about addiction.
“Together the two form a horror duology spanning nearly forty years of real-world publication.”
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Night WingsNovel
Joseph Bruchacstandalone novel2009
Fantasy.
“Now his nightmare visions of a predatory winged creature are becoming all too real.”
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