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    Pet SemataryNovel

    Stephen King · standalone novel · 1983

    About curses, set in small town.

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    Christina Henry · standalone novel · 2025

    Horror, dark and eerie in tone, about grief and loss and family secrets, set in contemporary and north america.

    “On an otherwise ordinary street in Chicago, there is a house.”

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  • Cover of Lisey's Story
    Lisey's StoryNovel

    Stephen King · standalone novel · 2006

    Emotional in tone, set in parallel universe.

    “When the widow of a successful author is targeted by a psychopath, she must make use of the ability to shift to a parallel world, which she learned from her husband.”

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  • Cover of Jerusalem's Lot
    Jerusalem's LotSeries

    series · 3 books · 1975

    Tense in tone, about vampires, set in small town and our world.

    “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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  • Cover of A Head Full of Ghosts
    A Head Full of GhostsNovel

    Paul Tremblay · standalone novel · 2015

    About demons and faith and religion.

    “The plot involves a Massachusetts family under financial and emotional strain while their fourteen-year-old daughter, Marjorie Barrett, exhibits signs of severe mental illness.”

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  • Cover of The Shining
    The ShiningSeries

    series · 5 books · 1977

    Tense in tone, about psychic powers and addiction.

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

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    Start with The Shining →

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