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Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
Tense in tone, about vampires, 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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CellNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006
Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, tense in tone, about plague and pandemic.
“In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”
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The FogNovel
James Herbertstandalone novel1975
Tense in tone, about madness, set in british isles.
The DarkNovel
James Herbertstandalone novel1980
Dark fantasy, tense in tone, about madness.
“WorldCat: It came like a malignant shadow with seductive promises of power.”
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I Am LegendNovel
Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1954
Post-apocalyptic, about vampires and last of their kind, set in mid 20th century.
“The last human survivor of the vampire epidemic has to maintain his defences against their onslaught, while attempting to research the cause and possibly solution to the plague.”
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RatsSeries
series4 books1974
completed
Tense in tone, 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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Start with The Rats →