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If You Could See Me NowNovel
Peter Straubstandalone novel1976
Gothic, set in north america.
“Coward, McCann & Geoghegan published an American edition also in June 1977.”
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Her Fearful SymmetryNovel
Audrey Niffeneggerstandalone novel2009
Gothic, set in british isles.
Pet SemataryNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1983
About curses, set in north america and small town.
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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Dead LinesNovel
Greg Bearstandalone novel2004
Science fiction, about madness, set in north america.
“Recent news of his best friend's fatal heart attack has now come as another devastating blow.”
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Make Me a MonsterNovel
Kalynn Bayronstandalone novel2025
About undead.
“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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