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series3 books1975

About vampires and 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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Anita BlakeSeries

series42 books1993

About vampires, 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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NecroscopeSeries

series26 books1982

completed

About vampires.

“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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CarrionNovel

Gary Brandnerstandalone novel1986

Zombie horror, set in north america.

“For he possesses the most awesome sill any man can master – he can reach beyond the grave and reawaken the dear departed.”
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Make Me a MonsterNovel

Kalynn Bayronstandalone novel2025

Eerie in tone, about grief and loss and family secrets.

“As a newly certified mortician's assistant at her parents' funeral home, her days are not for the faint of heart.”
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Felix CastorSeries

series7 books2006

About demons, set in british isles.

“Mike Carey's Felix Castor novels follow a freelance exorcist working London's supernatural underside, taking paying jobs to banish ghosts and bind demons in a city where the dead don't always stay quiet.”
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