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Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
About vampires and grief and loss, 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.”
from the catalogue
Start with 'Salem's Lot →
ResurrectionNovel
Tim Curranstandalone novel2009
Horror, set in contemporary and our world.
CellNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006
Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, about plague and pandemic, set in north america.
“In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”
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World War ZSeries
series3 books2006
Post-apocalyptic, about war and plague and pandemic.
Start with World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War →
The Living DeadSeries
series13 books1974
Horror and zombie horror, set in contemporary.
Start with Night of the Living Dead →
The LabyrinthUniverse
universe48 books2001
Horror, dark in tone, set in contemporary.
“Here the walls between apocalypses are thin, and the same old hungers press against all of them.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Rising →
includes The Rising (Brian Keene), Earthworm Gods, Lehorn's Hollow, The Lost Level