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  • Cover of The Andromeda Strain
    The Andromeda StrainSeries

    series · 2 books · 1969

    About plague and pandemic.

    “Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Andromeda Strain →

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  • Cover of Firestarter
    FirestarterNovel

    Stephen King · standalone novel · 1980

    Thriller & suspense, about psychic powers and parenthood, set in north america.

    “WorldCat: Innocence and beauty ignite with evil and terror...”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Dune Universe
    DuneUniverse

    universe · 78 books · 1963

    Space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and other star systems.

    “The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Dune →

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    includes Dune, Dune Sequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Prequels, Background of the Dune Universe

  • Cover of Rats
    RatsSeries

    series · 4 books · 1974

    completed

    Set in british isles and big city.

    “The Rats, James Herbert's 1974 debut novel, imagines a plague of giant mutant rats overrunning London, told through a rotating cast of victims and survivors in the tradition of British disaster horror.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Rats →

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  • Cover of Cell
    CellNovel

    Stephen King · standalone novel · 2006

    Post-apocalyptic, about plague and pandemic, set in our world and north america.

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

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Stephen King multiverse
    Stephen King multiverseUniverse

    universe · 46 books · 1967

    Dark in tone.

    “The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Gunslinger →

    similar bydark+3 more

    includes The Dark Tower