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series3 books1975

Dark in tone, about vampires, set in small town and 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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CellNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006

Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, dark in tone, set in our world.

“In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”
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DreamcatcherNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel2001

Science fiction and alien invasion, about aliens and friendship.

“According to the author in his afterword, the working title was Cancer.”
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MiseryNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel1987

Thriller & suspense and psychological thriller, dark in tone, about addiction.

“Novelist Paul Sheldon finishes the manuscript that will finally kill off Misery Chastain, the heroine who made his career, when a snowstorm sends his car off a Colorado road.”
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Desperation/RegulatorsSeries

series2 books1996

Dark in tone, about madness, set in small town.

“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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The StrainSeries

series3 books2009

Dark in tone, about vampires and plague and pandemic.

“When a Boeing 777 lands at JFK Airport with nearly everyone aboard dead, CDC epidemiologist Ephraim Goodweather is called in and instead uncovers a vampiric plague beginning to spread through New York City.”
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