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The Vampire ChroniclesSeries
series15 books1976
completed
Set in contemporary.
“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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I Am LegendNovel
Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1954
Post-apocalyptic, about survival and last of their kind, set in mid 20th century.
“The last human survivor of the vampire epidemic has to maintain his defences against their onslaught, while attempting to research the cause and possibly solution to the plague.”
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Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
Tense in tone, set in contemporary and 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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DecemberNovel
Phil Rickmanstandalone novel1994
Ghost stories, eerie in tone, about curses, set in british isles.
“In the twelfth-century ruins of the Abbey, it is said every stone was cemented in blood.”
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Carrion ComfortNovel
Dan Simmonsstandalone novel1989
Science fiction and psychological horror, about psychic powers, set in north america.
If You Could See Me NowNovel
Peter Straubstandalone novel1976
Ghost stories, eerie in tone, set in contemporary and north america.
“Coward, McCann & Geoghegan published an American edition also in June 1977.”
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