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  • Cover of Anita Blake
    Anita BlakeSeries

    series · 42 books · 1993

    Tense in tone, about vampires.

    “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 Jerusalem's Lot
    Jerusalem's LotSeries

    series · 3 books · 1975

    Horror, tense in tone, about vampires, 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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with 'Salem's Lot →

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  • Cover of Deacon Chalk: Occult Bounty-Hunter
    Deacon Chalk: Occult Bounty-HunterSeries

    series · 7 books · 2011

    Urban fantasy, set in contemporary and our world.

    Start with That Thing at the Zoo →

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  • Cover of Dante Valentine
    Dante ValentineSeries

    series · 6 books · 2006

    Tense in tone, about demons.

    “Working for the Devil opens Lilith Saintcrow's Dante Valentine series with Dante, a necromancer-for-hire who reluctantly takes a job from the Devil himself: kill a rogue demon, Vardimal Santino, in exchange for her life.”

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    Start with Working for the Devil →

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  • Cover of Felix Castor
    Felix CastorSeries

    series · 7 books · 2006

    Tense in tone, about demons, set in british isles and big city.

    “Mike Carey's Felix Castor novels follow a freelance exorcist working London's supernatural underside, taking paying jobs to banish ghosts and bind demons in a city where the dead don't always stay quiet.”

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    Start with The Devil You Know →

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

    series · 100 books · 1996

    Urban fantasy and paranormal, set in contemporary and our world.

    “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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