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series3 books1975

About vampires and grief and loss, set in small town.

“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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Start with 'Salem's Lot →

NightUniverse

universe134 books2006

Set in contemporary.

“Jonathan Maberry's Night is one dark country stitched from horror and hard science, where a weaponized pathogen and an old nightmare called Doctor Nine turn out to haunt the same map.”
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Start with Broken Lands →

includes Pine Deep, Dead of Night (Maberry), Joe Ledger, Rot & Ruin, The Sam Hunter Case Files, Joe Ledger / Rot and Ruin

GoosebumpsUniverse

universe234 books1992

“Each book is its own self-contained nightmare, narrated by an ordinary boy or girl whose ordinary street has quietly turned against them — and every one snaps shut on a twist that pulls the rug out one last time before the lights come up.”
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Start with Revenge of the Living Dummy →

includes Goosebumps HorrorLand, Goosebumps Series 2000, Goosebumps SlappyWorld, Give Yourself Goosebumps, Goosebumps: Hall of Horrors, Goosebumps Most Wanted, Tales to Give You Goosebumps, Goosebumps The Movie

John Decker UniverseSeries

series19 books2015

Horror, set in contemporary.

Start with Soul Catcher →

The Better Off Dead SeriesSeries

series10 books2019

Horror, dark in tone, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with If I Die Before I Wake: Tales of Karma and Fear →

Point HorrorSeries

series41 books1986

Start with Blind Date →

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