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CellNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006
Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, dark in tone, about plague and pandemic.
“In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”
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Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
Dark in tone, about vampires, set in small town and north america.
“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 FogNovel
James Herbertstandalone novel1975
Dark in tone, about madness, set in british isles.
GrannyNovel
Anthony Horowitzstandalone novel1994
Dark in tone.
“Sure, he's rich, but his parents don't care about him.”
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The DarkNovel
James Herbertstandalone novel1980
Dark fantasy, dark in tone, about madness.
“WorldCat: It came like a malignant shadow with seductive promises of power.”
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I Am LegendNovel
Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1954
Post-apocalyptic, about vampires and last of their kind, set in 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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