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series3 books1975

Tense in tone, 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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The Andromeda StrainSeries

series2 books1969

Science fiction, tense in tone, about plague and pandemic.

“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
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Zombie NovelsSeries

series2 books2011

Post-apocalyptic, tense in tone.

“Allison Hewitt and five colleagues are trapped together at their bookstore when the zombie outbreak hits, and she records events on her blog.”
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Start with Allison Hewitt Is Trapped →

CellNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006

Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, tense in tone, about plague and pandemic.

“In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”
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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 Joe Ledger, Dead of Night (Maberry), Rot & Ruin, Pine Deep, Joe Ledger / Rot and Ruin, The Sam Hunter Case Files

John and DaveSeries

series4 books2007

Cosmic horror.

“Jason Pargin, writing as David Wong, began the John Dies at the End series as a free horror-comedy webserial in 2001 before print publication turned it into a franchise.”
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Start with John Dies at the End →

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