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series2 books1967

completed

Tense in tone, about demons and parenthood, set in north america.

“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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Start with Rosemary's Baby →

The ShiningSeries

series5 books1977

Tense in tone, about psychic powers and addiction, set in north america.

“Together the two form a horror duology spanning nearly forty years of real-world publication.”
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Books of BloodSeries

series10 books1984

“Known primarily for writing stage plays beforehand, Barker gained a wider audience and fanbase through this anthology series, leading to a successful career as a novelist.”
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Start with Books of Blood, Volume I →

FrankensteinUniverse

universe128 books1818

Horror.

“Light a candle against the November dark and consider what a single spark, rightly applied to dead matter, might wake.”
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Start with Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus →

includes Frankenstein's Children, New Adventures of Frankenstein, The Quest of Frankenstein, Frankenstein (Lou Mougin), Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, Jean-Claude Carrière's Frankenstein, The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein, Robert J. Myers' Frankenstein

David AshSeries

series3 books1988

completed

Ghost stories, set in british isles.

“David Ash is a professional skeptic, a paranormal investigator who makes his living debunking hauntings until a case in an old English house convinces him something genuinely malicious is at work.”
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Start with Haunted →

The InfluenceNovel

Ramsey Campbellstandalone novel1988

About family secrets.

“A young girl begins to take on the characteristics of her departed grandmother, an evil and oppressive woman.”
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