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CellNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006

Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, dark and tense in tone.

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

Grady Hendrixstandalone novel2011

Ghost stories, eerie in tone.

“The audiobook release was narrated by Tai Sammons and Bronson Pinchot.”
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The Z WordNovel

Lindsay King-Millerstandalone novel2024

Zombie horror, tense in tone, about found family.

“Chaotic bisexual Wendy is trying to find her place in the queer community of San Lazaro, Arizona, after a bad breakup—which is particularly difficult because her ex is hooking up with some of her friends.”
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Zombie Baseball BeatdownNovel

Paolo Bacigalupistandalone novel2013

Zombie horror, adventurous in tone, about friendship, set in small town.

“While practicing for their next baseball game, thirteen-year-old friends Rabi, Miguel, and Joe discover that the nefarious activities of the Delbe, Iowa, meatpacking plant have caused cows to turn into zombies.”
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Jerusalem's LotSeries

series3 books1975

Dark and tense in tone, about vampires, 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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BromeliadSeries

series3 books1989

completed

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about transported to another world.

“The trilogy tells the story of the Nomes, a race of tiny people from another world who now live hidden among humans.”
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