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Hell HouseNovel

Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1971

Dark and tense in tone, about madness.

“Richard Matheson's haunted-house novel, later filmed as The Legend of Hell House.”
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The ShiningSeries

series5 books1977

Dark and tense 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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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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If You Could See Me NowNovel

Peter Straubstandalone novel1976

Gothic, dark in tone, about grief and loss.

“Coward, McCann & Geoghegan published an American edition also in June 1977.”
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The Ghost of GraylockNovel

Dan Poblockistandalone novel2012

Mystery & detective, about friendship, set in small town.

“Staying with their aunts over the summer, Neil Cady, his sister Bree, and their new friends Wesley and Eric, set out to explore Greylock Hall, an abandoned psychiatric hospital which is supposed to be haunted by the ghost of Nurse Janet.”
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Pet SemataryNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel1983

Dark in tone, about grief and loss and curses, set in small town.

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