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series3 books1975

Eerie in tone, about vampires and grief and loss, set in 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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CellNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006

Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, about plague and pandemic.

“In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”
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Rose MadderNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel1995

Fantasy.

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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The ShiningSeries

series5 books1977

About psychic powers and addiction.

“Together the two form a horror duology spanning nearly forty years of real-world publication.”
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Beast House ChroniclesSeries

series4 books1980

completed

Splatterpunk.

“Richard Laymon's Beast House Chronicles began with his 1980 debut novel The Cellar, a splatterpunk horror story built around the Beast House, a haunted property hiding something far worse than a ghost.”
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