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Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
Eerie in tone, about vampires and grief and loss.
“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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CellNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006
Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, about plague and pandemic.
“In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”
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FunlandNovel
Richard Laymonstandalone novel1989
Horror and splatterpunk, dark and tense in tone, about survival, set in contemporary and our world.
“Set in the resort community of Boleta Bay, a violent gang of unknown assailants is assaulting the guests of the titular amusement park.”
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Desperation/RegulatorsSeries
series2 books1996
About madness.
“Stephen King published Desperation and The Regulators simultaneously in 1996, the first under his own name and the second under his Richard Bachman pseudonym.”
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Sleeping BeautiesNovel
Stephen King & Owen Kingstandalone novel2017
Science fiction, about plague and pandemic and gender and society.
MiseryNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1987
Thriller & suspense and psychological thriller, about addiction.
“Novelist Paul Sheldon finishes the manuscript that will finally kill off Misery Chastain, the heroine who made his career, when a snowstorm sends his car off a Colorado road.”
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