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series3 books1975

Dark and tense in tone, about vampires, 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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Pet SemataryNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel1983

Dark in tone, about grief and loss and curses, set in small town.

CoralineSeries

series2 books2002

Fantasy and portal fantasy, about coming of age.

“The Guardian ranked Coraline #82 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.”
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If You Could See Me NowNovel

Peter Straubstandalone novel1976

Gothic, dark in tone, about grief and loss.

“Coward, McCann & Geoghegan published an American edition also in June 1977.”
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Hell HouseNovel

Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1971

Dark and tense in tone, about madness.

“Richard Matheson's haunted-house novel, later filmed as The Legend of Hell House.”
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Lisey's StoryNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006

Psychological horror, emotional in tone, about grief and loss, set in parallel universe.

“When the widow of a successful author is targeted by a psychopath, she must make use of the ability to shift to a parallel world, which she learned from her husband.”
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