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I Am LegendNovel
Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1954
Post-apocalyptic, about vampires and survival.
“The last human survivor of the vampire epidemic has to maintain his defences against their onslaught, while attempting to research the cause and possibly solution to the plague.”
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Falling AngelNovel
William Hjortsbergstandalone novel1978
Mystery & detective and noir, about murder investigation.
“Written in a hardboiled detective style with supernatural themes, it was adapted into the 1987 film Angel Heart.”
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Conjure WifeNovel
Fritz Leiberstandalone novel1943
Psychological horror, eerie in tone, about gender and society.
“Under the rational overlay of 20th-century civilization this sickly growth, uncultivated, unsuspected, still manages to propagate itself.”
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Lovecraft CountrySeries
series2 books2016
Cosmic horror and historical fantasy, about family secrets and race and racism.
“Matt Ruff's Lovecraft Country follows Atticus Turner, a Black Korean War veteran and science-fiction fan, and his extended family as they navigate both cosmic horror and the everyday terror of Jim Crow-era America in the 1950s.”
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The Haunting of Hill HouseNovel
Shirley Jacksonstandalone novel1959
Gothic and ghost stories, eerie in tone.
Fail-SafeNovel
Harvey Wheeler & Eugene Burdickstandalone novel1962
Thriller & suspense and techno-thriller, about war.