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Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
Eerie in tone, about vampires and grief and loss, set in 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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VitalsNovel
Greg Bearstandalone novel2002
Science fiction.
“Fueled by a wealth of research, an overdose of self-confidence, and the money of influential patrons to whom he makes outrageous promises, Hal experiments with organisms living in the hot thermal plumes in the ocean depths.”
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In the Night RoomNovel
Peter Straubstandalone novel2004
Psychological horror, about identity and madness.
HideawayNovel
Dean R. Koontzstandalone novel1992
Psychological thriller, about psychic powers.
“After being resuscitated from clinical death, a man finds himself telepathically linked with a psychopathic serial murderer who has also been resuscitated from clinical death; and the psychopath decides to target the man and his family.”
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CellNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006
Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, about survival and plague and pandemic.
“In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”
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The WolfenNovel
Whitley Strieberstandalone novel1978
About werewolves and shapeshifters.