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Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
Tense 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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NecroscopeSeries
series26 books1982
completed
Tense in tone, about vampires.
“Harry turns that gift against Thibor Ferenczy, a vampire buried since the Middle Ages, and against Ferenczy's agent Boris Dragosani, a Soviet spy who has learned to tear secrets from corpses in pursuit of world domination.”
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Dawn of the MummyNovel
Mark L'estrangestandalone novel2020
Horror, set in contemporary.
Anita BlakeSeries
series42 books1993
Urban fantasy, tense in tone, about vampires, set in north america.
“The books have sold more than six million copies; many have made The New York Times Best Seller list.”
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Ghost MusicNovel
Graham Mastertonstandalone novel2008
Eerie in tone, about revenge.
“The dead can't punish those who killed them, but they can enlist the aid of the living to seek revenge ...”
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Make Me a MonsterNovel
Kalynn Bayronstandalone novel2025
Eerie in tone, about grief and loss and family secrets.
“As a newly certified mortician's assistant at her parents' funeral home, her days are not for the faint of heart.”
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