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Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
Tense in tone, about vampires, set in small town and north america.
“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, tense in tone, about plague and pandemic.
“In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”
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The FogNovel
James Herbertstandalone novel1975
Tense in tone, set in british isles.
The DarkNovel
James Herbertstandalone novel1980
Dark fantasy, tense in tone.
“WorldCat: It came like a malignant shadow with seductive promises of power.”
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RatsSeries
series4 books1974
completed
Tense in tone, set in british isles and big city.
“The Rats, James Herbert's 1974 debut novel, imagines a plague of giant mutant rats overrunning London, told through a rotating cast of victims and survivors in the tradition of British disaster horror.”
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HauntedNovel
Chuck Palahniukstandalone novel2005
Literary & general.
“Each story is followed by a chapter of the main narrative, as told by a character in that narrative, and ties back into the main story in some way.”
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