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series3 books1975

Dark in tone, set in contemporary and 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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The Blood of the VampireNovel

Florence Marryatstandalone novel1897

Dark in tone, about identity and race and racism.

“The protagonist, Harriet Brandt, is a mixed-race psychic vampire who kills unintentionally.”
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The Werewolf of ParisNovel

Guy Endorestandalone novel1933

Dark in tone, about werewolves and madness.

“Some literature experts have compared this book with Dracula by Bram Stoker and they have identified it as the Dracula of werewolf fiction.”
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The Haunted HotelNovel

Wilkie Collinsstandalone novel1878

Ghost stories, about murder investigation.

“Lord Montbarry breaks off his engagement to Agnes Lockwood and marries the Countess Narona, with whom he lives in a Venetian palace.”
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I Am LegendNovel

Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1954

Post-apocalyptic, about last of their kind, set in our world and mid 20th century.

“The last human survivor of the vampire epidemic has to maintain his defences against their onslaught, while attempting to research the cause and possibly solution to the plague.”
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Doctors Wear ScarletNovel

Simon Ravenstandalone novel1960

Mystery & detective, about murder investigation, set in mid 20th century and mediterranean.

“What happened to Richard Fountain, successful archaeologist?”
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