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series3 books1975

Tense in tone, about grief and loss, 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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The Vampire ChroniclesSeries

series15 books1976

completed

Gothic, about immortality.

“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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NecroscopeSeries

series26 books1982

completed

Tense in tone.

“Harry turns that gift against Thibor Ferenczy, a vampire buried since the Middle Ages, and against Ferenczy's agent Boris Dragosani, a Soviet spy who has learned to tear secrets from corpses in pursuit of world domination.”
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White Is for WitchingNovel

Helen Oyeyemistandalone novel2009

Gothic and ghost stories, about family secrets, set in british isles.

“Combining elements of ghost, vampire, and haunted house stories, White Is for Witching concerns a twin named Miranda and her relationship with the sentient, xenophobic house she inhabits.”
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Make Me a MonsterNovel

Kalynn Bayronstandalone novel2025

About grief and loss and family secrets.

“As a newly certified mortician's assistant at her parents' funeral home, her days are not for the faint of heart.”
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Sinister Supernatural StoriesSeries

series1 book2022

Ghost stories.

Start with Screaming in the Night →

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