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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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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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They ThirstSeries
series2 books1981
Dark in tone, about vampires.
“In Robert R. McCammon's They Thirst, an ancient vampire prince arrives in Los Angeles and, in a matter of nights, begins turning the city into a stronghold for the undead, with Disneyland as an eerie staging ground for his conquest.”
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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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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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The Girl Who Loved Tom GordonNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1999
Psychological horror, about coming of age and loneliness, set in mountains.
“A nine year old girl becomes lost in the Maine forest while on a day hike with her family, and finds the strength to survive in her idolizing of the Red Sox closing pitcher.”
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