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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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Start with Dracula →

includes Dracula Sequence, The Return of Dracula, Theological College of St. Van Helsing, Dracula's Children, Dracula Adaptations, Quincey Morris (Dracula spin-off)

Jerusalem's LotSeries

series3 books1975

Horror, dark in tone, 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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Start with 'Salem's Lot →

The ShiningSeries

series5 books1977

Horror, dark and tense in tone, set in north america.

“Together the two form a horror duology spanning nearly forty years of real-world publication.”
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Start with The Shining →

The Vampire ChroniclesSeries

series15 books1976

completed

Horror and gothic, dark in tone, about immortality.

“Based on a short story Rice wrote around 1968, the novel centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter.”
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Start with Interview with the Vampire →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Fantasy and urban fantasy.

“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
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Start with City of Bones →

includes Magnus Bane, Ghosts of the Shadow Market, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, The Infernal Devices, The Eldest Curses, The Dark Artifices

The Dresden FilesSeries

series56 books2000

Urban fantasy, about wizards, set in north america.

“The novels are narrated from the first-person perspective of Harry Dresden, a private detective and wizard, as he investigates supernatural disturbances in contemporary Chicago.”
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Start with Welcome to the Jungle →

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