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series3 books1975

About vampires and grief and loss, 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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The Andromeda StrainSeries

series2 books1969

Science fiction, about plague and pandemic.

“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
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FirestarterNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel1980

Science fiction and thriller & suspense, about psychic powers and parenthood.

“WorldCat: Innocence and beauty ignite with evil and terror...”
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MiseryNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel1987

Thriller & suspense and psychological thriller, 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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Castle RockSeries

series16 books1978

Set in small town.

“Castle Rock is the fictional Maine town that links a cluster of otherwise separate Stephen King novels and novellas, including The Dead Zone, Cujo, The Dark Half, Needful Things, and Elevation.”
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CellNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006

Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, about plague and pandemic, set in our world.

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