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Octavia E. Butlerstandalone novel2005

Science fiction and fantasy, about identity and race and racism.

series3 books1975

Tense in tone, about grief and loss, set in small town.

“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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Start with 'Salem's Lot →

The Vampire ChroniclesSeries

series15 books1976

completed

Gothic, about immortality.

“Based on a short story Rice wrote around 1968, the novel centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter.”
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Start with Interview with the Vampire →

ValentineSeries

series6 books1984

Dark in tone, about vampires, set in contemporary and our world.

“S. P. Somtow's Valentine sequence begins with Vampire Junction, centered on Timmy Valentine, a child rock star who is secretly a 2,000-year-old vampire performing to sold-out arenas.”
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Start with Vampire Junction →

Bod OwensSeries

series3 books2007

Fantasy, about coming of age, set in british isles.

“Neil Gaiman's 2008 novel won both the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and illustrator P. Craig Russell later adapted it into a two-volume graphic novel.”
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Start with The Witch's Headstone →

Anita BlakeSeries

series42 books1993

Urban fantasy, tense in tone.

“The books have sold more than six million copies; many have made The New York Times Best Seller list.”
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Start with Guilty Pleasures →

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