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series3 books1975

Dark and tense in tone, about vampires.

“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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Pet SemataryNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel1983

Dark and eerie in tone, about curses.

InsomniaNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel1994

Eerie and tense in tone, about madness.

CellNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006

Post-apocalyptic, dark and tense in tone, about survival.

“In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”
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How to Sell a Haunted HouseNovel

Grady Hendrixstandalone novel2023

Ghost stories, tense in tone, about family secrets.

Bag of BonesNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel1998

Ghost stories, dark in tone, about madness, set in countryside & village.

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