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series3 books1975

Dark in tone, about vampires and grief and loss.

“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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GoosebumpsUniverse

universe234 books1992

Horror, set in contemporary and our world.

“Each book is its own self-contained nightmare, narrated by an ordinary boy or girl whose ordinary street has quietly turned against them — and every one snaps shut on a twist that pulls the rug out one last time before the lights come up.”
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includes Goosebumps HorrorLand, Goosebumps Series 2000, Goosebumps Most Wanted, Give Yourself Goosebumps, Goosebumps: Hall of Horrors, Goosebumps SlappyWorld, Tales to Give You Goosebumps, Goosebumps TV Series

The ShiningSeries

series5 books1977

Dark in tone, about psychic powers and addiction.

“Together the two form a horror duology spanning nearly forty years of real-world publication.”
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CoralineSeries

series2 books2002

Fantasy and portal fantasy, about coming of age, set in parallel universe.

“The Guardian ranked Coraline #82 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.”
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Start with Coraline →

Rosemary ReillySeries

series2 books1967

completed

About demons and parenthood, set in big city.

“Rosemary's Baby follows a young wife in a Gothic Manhattan apartment building who grows increasingly convinced that her elderly neighbors, and even her own husband, are part of a conspiracy surrounding her pregnancy.”
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Dead LinesNovel

Greg Bearstandalone novel2004

Science fiction, dark in tone, about grief and loss and madness.

“Recent news of his best friend's fatal heart attack has now come as another devastating blow.”
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