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Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
Dark in tone, about vampires and grief and loss, set in small town.
“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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Southern Reach TrilogySeries
series4 books2014
Science fiction and weird fiction, about madness.
“In 2013, Paramount Pictures bought the movie rights for the series, and a film adaptation of Annihilation was made with Alex Garland as writer-director.”
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The Andromeda StrainSeries
series2 books1969
Science fiction, about plague and pandemic and survival.
“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
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CellNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006
Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, dark in tone, about survival.
“In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”
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Dead LinesNovel
Greg Bearstandalone novel2004
Science fiction and ghost stories, about grief and loss and madness.
“Recent news of his best friend's fatal heart attack has now come as another devastating blow.”
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Rose MadderNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1995
Fantasy, dark in tone, about gods.