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CarrieNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1974
Psychological horror, about psychic powers and revenge, set in contemporary.
ExorcistSeries
series6 books1971
About demons, set in contemporary.
“Other Exorcist books are tie-in and franchise material rather than further novels by Blatty himself.”
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Start with The Exorcist →
Reverend Jedidiah MercerSeries
series10 books1986
Westerns and zombie horror, tense in tone, set in small town.
“Soon the dead will rise and seek human flesh and the Reverend finds himself right in the middle of it.”
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Start with Dead in the West →
RevivalNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel2014
About madness, set in contemporary.
The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
Dystopia and science fiction, about totalitarianism, set in near future.
“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
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Hell HouseNovel
Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1971
Ghost stories, tense in tone, about madness, set in contemporary.
“Richard Matheson's haunted-house novel, later filmed as The Legend of Hell House.”
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