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series3 books1975

Dark in tone, about vampires, 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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The Girl Who Loved Tom GordonNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel1999

Psychological horror, emotional in tone, about coming of age and loneliness.

“A nine year old girl becomes lost in the Maine forest while on a day hike with her family, and finds the strength to survive in her idolizing of the Red Sox closing pitcher.”
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MiseryNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel1987

Thriller & suspense and psychological thriller, dark in tone, about addiction.

“Novelist Paul Sheldon finishes the manuscript that will finally kill off Misery Chastain, the heroine who made his career, when a snowstorm sends his car off a Colorado road.”
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CellNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006

Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, dark in tone, set in our world.

“In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”
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AbandonNovel

Blake Crouchstandalone novel2023

Ghost stories and mystery & detective, about expeditions.

“One hundred and thirteen years later, two backcountry guides are hired by a leading history professor and his journalist daughter to lead them into the abandoned mining town so they can learn what happened.”
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Near the BoneNovel

Christina Henrystandalone novel2021

Dark in tone.

“Mattie can't remember a time before she and William lived alone on a mountain together.”
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