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CellNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006
Post-apocalyptic and dystopia, about plague and pandemic, set in north america.
“In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”
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DreamcatcherNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel2001
Alien invasion, about friendship, set in north america.
“According to the author in his afterword, the working title was Cancer.”
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Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
Eerie in tone, about vampires, set in small town and north america.
“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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PhantomsNovel
Dean R. Koontzstandalone novel1983
Set in north america and small town.
“In order to defeat it and save humanity, they must outwit it.”
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The DescentNovel
Jeff Longstandalone novel1999
Set in underground & caves.
RatsSeries
series4 books1974
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.”
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Start with The Rats →