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series3 books1975

Tense in tone, about grief and loss, 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 Vampire ChroniclesSeries

series15 books1976

completed

Gothic, about immortality.

“Based on a short story Rice wrote around 1968, the novel centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter.”
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BiteNovel

Richard Laymonstandalone novel1996

Tense in tone, about survival and forbidden love.

“Sam's in the closet, with a hammer in one hand and a wooden stake in the other.”
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FledglingNovel

Octavia E. Butlerstandalone novel2005

Science fiction, about identity and race and racism, set in north america.

White Is for WitchingNovel

Helen Oyeyemistandalone novel2009

Gothic and ghost stories, about family secrets, set in british isles.

“Combining elements of ghost, vampire, and haunted house stories, White Is for Witching concerns a twin named Miranda and her relationship with the sentient, xenophobic house she inhabits.”
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Hunger (Whitley Strieber)Series

series3 books1981

Horror, dark in tone, about vampires, set in our world and contemporary.

“Whitley Strieber's The Hunger centers on Miriam Blaylock, a beautiful, wealthy vampire who takes human lovers and transforms them into vampire-human hybrids, feeding off them across centuries.”
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