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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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Anita BlakeSeries

series42 books1993

Urban fantasy, tense in tone, 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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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.

NecroscopeSeries

series26 books1982

completed

Tense in tone, about undead.

“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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