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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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Jerusalem's LotSeries

series3 books1975

Dark 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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Song of KaliNovel

Dan Simmonsstandalone novel1985

Dark in tone, about madness and faith and religion, set in south asia.

American GodsSeries

series10 books1999

Fantasy and mythic fantasy, about gods.

“Gaiman's 2005 novel Anansi Boys is set in the same mythological world and shares the trickster god Mr. Nancy, but follows a different protagonist and story, making it a loose companion rather than a direct sequel.”
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DraculaUniverse

universe144 books1897

Horror.

“Around that single novel a whole crypt of continuations has grown, raised by many writers across a century.”
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includes The Return of Dracula, Dracula Sequence, Dracula's Children, Dracula Adaptations, Theological College of St. Van Helsing

Nobody TrueNovel

James Herbertstandalone novel2003

Ghost stories, tense in tone, about murder investigation.

“Returning from an out-of-body experience only to discover that he has been murdered, James True suspects the work of a serial killer who has been terrorizing the city and sets out in spirit form to discover the truth.”
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