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series3 books1975

Eerie in tone, about grief and loss, 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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Start with 'Salem's Lot →

Anita BlakeSeries

series42 books1993

Urban fantasy, tense and dark in tone, about vampires, set in contemporary and 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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Start with Guilty Pleasures →

The Morganville VampiresSeries

series40 books2006

completed

Paranormal, set in small town.

“The novels feature Claire Danvers, a student at Texas Prairie University, and her housemates in the vampire-controlled city of Morganville, Texas.”
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Start with Glass Houses →

BuffyverseUniverse

universe205 books1992

Urban fantasy, tense in tone, about vampires, set in contemporary and north america.

“Into every generation a Slayer is born: one girl in all the world with the strength to stand against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness.”
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Start with Buffy the Vampire Slayer →

includes Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Slayer (Kiersten White), Buffy: The Next Generation, Buffy Prequels

Dead CitySeries

series3 books2012

Zombie horror, set in big city.

“Seventh-grader Molly has always been an outsider, even at New York City's elite Metropolitan Institute of Science and Technology, but that changes when she is recruited to join the Omegas, a secret group that polices and protects zombies.”
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The StrainSeries

series3 books2009

About survival and plague and pandemic.

“When a Boeing 777 lands at JFK Airport with nearly everyone aboard dead, CDC epidemiologist Ephraim Goodweather is called in and instead uncovers a vampiric plague beginning to spread through New York City.”
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Start with The Strain →

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