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series3 books1975

Dark in tone, about vampires and grief and loss, set in our world.

“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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CarrieNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel1974

Psychological horror, about psychic powers and revenge, set in late 20th century.

Castle RockSeries

series16 books1978

Horror, set in small town and contemporary.

“Castle Rock is the fictional Maine town that links a cluster of otherwise separate Stephen King novels and novellas, including The Dead Zone, Cujo, The Dark Half, Needful Things, and Elevation.”
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InsomniaNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel1994

Eerie in tone, about madness and grief and loss.

Billy SummersNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel2021

About assassins and identity.

Desperation/RegulatorsSeries

series2 books1996

Dark in tone, about survival and madness.

“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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