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series3 books1975

Eerie in tone, about grief and loss, set in small town and our world.

“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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Anita BlakeSeries

series42 books1993

Urban fantasy.

“The books have sold more than six million copies; many have made The New York Times Best Seller list.”
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BuffyverseUniverse

universe205 books1992

Urban fantasy.

“Into every generation a Slayer is born: one girl in all the world with the strength to stand against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness.”
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includes Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, Slayer (Kiersten White), Buffy: The Next Generation, Buffy Prequels

The ShiningSeries

series5 books1977

About psychic powers and addiction.

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

series3 books2009

About survival and plague and pandemic.

“When a Boeing 777 lands at JFK Airport with nearly everyone aboard dead, CDC epidemiologist Ephraim Goodweather is called in and instead uncovers a vampiric plague beginning to spread through New York City.”
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They ThirstSeries

series2 books1981

About survival, set in big city.

“In Robert R. McCammon's They Thirst, an ancient vampire prince arrives in Los Angeles and, in a matter of nights, begins turning the city into a stronghold for the undead, with Disneyland as an eerie staging ground for his conquest.”
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