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series3 books1975

Horror, about vampires, set in contemporary and 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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The Mayfair Witches SagaSeries

series3 books1990

completed

Horror, eerie in tone, about family secrets, set in contemporary.

Start with The Witching Hour →

The Vampire ChroniclesSeries

series15 books1976

completed

Horror, about vampires, set in our world and contemporary.

“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.”
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Start with Interview with the Vampire →

The Lost Bride TrilogySeries

series3 books2023

Ghost stories, about curses and family secrets, set in contemporary.

“Inheritance opens Nora Roberts's Lost Bride trilogy, following a woman who inherits a Maine house entangled with a generations-old family curse and the restless spirit of a bride who never got to live in it.”
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Rosemary ReillySeries

series2 books1967

completed

Horror, tense in tone, about demons and parenthood.

“Rosemary's Baby follows a young wife in a Gothic Manhattan apartment building who grows increasingly convinced that her elderly neighbors, and even her own husband, are part of a conspiracy surrounding her pregnancy.”
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Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)Series

series100 books1996

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary and our world.

“Each book tends to follow a different member of this hidden community while slowly building a shared, continuing world.”
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Start with Bitten →

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