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series4 books1984

Fantasy and portal fantasy, set in contemporary and north america.

“Stephen King and Peter Straub's The Talisman follows twelve-year-old Jack Sawyer as he crosses between our world and the Territories, a parallel realm, on a cross-country quest to save his dying mother.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Talisman →

Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

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

Start with The Gunslinger →

includes The Dark Tower

The Mayfair Witches SagaSeries

series3 books1990

completed

Gothic and horror, about witches and family secrets.

Start with The Witching Hour →

The Vampire ChroniclesSeries

series15 books1976

completed

Horror and gothic, about immortality, set in our world.

“Based on a short story Rice wrote around 1968, the novel centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter.”
from the catalogue

Start with Interview with the Vampire →

ShadowlandNovel

Peter Straubstandalone novel1980

Horror, about wizards, set in countryside & village.

“WorldCat: Two apprentices studying under a master magician spend a season residing in a dark house located in the deep recesses of the Vermont forest.”
from the catalogue

Book of the ArtSeries

series3 books1989

Horror.

“The Art was meant to be a trilogy about a hidden order guarding the boundary between our world and Quiddity, a dream-sea shared by all sleeping minds, but Clive Barker only completed two of its three volumes.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Great and Secret Show →

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