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  • Cover of Anita Blake
    Anita BlakeSeries

    series · 42 books · 1993

    Urban fantasy, about vampires, set in north america.

    “The books have sold more than six million copies; many have made The New York Times Best Seller list.”

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    Start with Guilty Pleasures →

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  • Cover of Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)
    Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)Series

    series · 100 books · 1996

    Urban fantasy, set in north america.

    “Each book tends to follow a different member of this hidden community while slowly building a shared, continuing world.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Bitten →

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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 The Andromeda Strain
    The Andromeda StrainSeries

    series · 2 books · 1969

    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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Andromeda Strain →

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  • Cover of The Shining
    The ShiningSeries

    series · 5 books · 1977

    About psychic powers and addiction, set in north america.

    “Together the two form a horror duology spanning nearly forty years of real-world publication.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Shining →

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  • Cover of Buffyverse
    BuffyverseUniverse

    universe · 205 books · 1992

    Urban fantasy, about vampires, set in north america.

    “Into every generation a Slayer is born: one girl in all the world with the strength to stand against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Buffy the Vampire Slayer →

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