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  • Cover of Cell
    CellNovel

    Stephen King · standalone novel · 2006

    Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, set in north america.

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

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  • Cover of Rats
    RatsSeries

    series · 4 books · 1974

    completed

    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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Rats →

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  • Cover of Jerusalem's Lot
    Jerusalem's LotSeries

    series · 3 books · 1975

    About vampires and grief and loss, 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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with 'Salem's Lot →

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  • Cover of I Am Legend
    I Am LegendNovel

    Richard Matheson · standalone novel · 1954

    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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  • Cover of The Andromeda Strain
    The Andromeda StrainSeries

    series · 2 books · 1969

    Science fiction.

    “Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Andromeda Strain →

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  • Cover of Red Rain
    Red RainNovel

    R. L. Stine · standalone novel · 2012

    Horror, dark and tense in tone, about survival, set in our world and contemporary.

    “Stine, who was inspired by the films Village of the Damned, Island of the Damned and Children of the Damned, decided to write the novel for his old audience from the 1990s.”

    from the catalogue

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