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series3 books1975

Eerie in tone, about vampires and grief and loss.

“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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CarrieNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel1974

Psychological horror, about psychic powers and revenge, set in late 20th century.

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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CellNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006

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

“In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”
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Heart-Shaped BoxNovel

Joe Hillstandalone novel2007

Ghost stories, about revenge.

Desperation/RegulatorsSeries

series2 books1996

About survival and madness.

“Stephen King published Desperation and The Regulators simultaneously in 1996, the first under his own name and the second under his Richard Bachman pseudonym.”
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