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series3 books1975

Horror, dark and tense in tone, 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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Bod OwensSeries

series3 books2007

Dark 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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FledglingNovel

Octavia E. Butlerstandalone novel2005

Science fiction, dark in tone, about identity and race and racism.

Companions of the NightNovel

Vivian Vande Veldestandalone novel1995

Tense in tone, about monster hunting.

“When sixteen-year-old Kerry Nowicki helps a young man escape from a group of men who claim he is a vampire, she finds herself faced with some bizarre and dangerous choices.”
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Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)Series

series100 books1996

Urban fantasy.

“Each book tends to follow a different member of this hidden community while slowly building a shared, continuing world.”
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Dark CompanionNovel

Marta Acostastandalone novel2012

Gothic, about coming of age and family secrets.

“Brought back to life and orphaned at the age of six, Jane Williams grows up in a series of foster homes and wins a scholarship to the exclusive Birch Grove Academy, where dark secrets abound.”
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