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HornsNovel
Joe Hillstandalone novel2010
Dark fantasy, about revenge, set in north america and small town.
Rosemary ReillySeries
series2 books1967
completed
About parenthood, set in north america and big city.
“Rosemary's Baby follows a young wife in a Gothic Manhattan apartment building who grows increasingly convinced that her elderly neighbors, and even her own husband, are part of a conspiracy surrounding her pregnancy.”
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Start with Rosemary's Baby →
MirrorNovel
Graham Mastertonstandalone novel1988
Dark fantasy, eerie in tone, set in north america.
“The antique mirror witnesses the gruesome murder of an eight-year-old child-star on the cusp of fame.”
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Desperation/RegulatorsSeries
series2 books1996
About survival and madness, set in north america and small town.
“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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Start with Desperation →
PandaemoniumNovel
Christopher Brookmyrestandalone novel2009
About survival.
“A group of teenagers on retreat encounter what appear to be forces of hell accidentally unleashed by a secret military experiment gone wrong.”
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ExorcistSeries
series6 books1971
Set in north america.
“Other Exorcist books are tie-in and franchise material rather than further novels by Blatty himself.”
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Start with The Exorcist →