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Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
Eerie in tone, about vampires and grief and loss, set in north america.
“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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CellNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006
Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, about plague and pandemic, set in north america.
“In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”
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RatsSeries
series4 books1974
completed
Set in big city.
“The Rats, James Herbert's 1974 debut novel, imagines a plague of giant mutant rats overrunning London, told through a rotating cast of victims and survivors in the tradition of British disaster horror.”
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The FogNovel
James Herbertstandalone novel1975
About madness.
Desperation/RegulatorsSeries
series2 books1996
About madness, set in north america.
“Stephen King published Desperation and The Regulators simultaneously in 1996, the first under his own name and the second under his Richard Bachman pseudonym.”
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The DarkNovel
James Herbertstandalone novel1980
Dark fantasy, about madness.
“WorldCat: It came like a malignant shadow with seductive promises of power.”
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