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Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1954

Post-apocalyptic and horror, about survival and last of their kind.

“The last human survivor of the vampire epidemic has to maintain his defences against their onslaught, while attempting to research the cause and possibly solution to the plague.”
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The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Fantasy and urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
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Start with City of Bones →

includes The Infernal Devices, Magnus Bane, Ghosts of the Shadow Market, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, The Last Hours, The Dark Artifices, The Eldest Curses

DraculaUniverse

universe144 books1897

Horror.

“Around that single novel a whole crypt of continuations has grown, raised by many writers across a century.”
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Start with Dracula →

includes Dracula Sequence, Dracula Adaptations, Quincey Morris (Dracula spin-off), Theological College of St. Van Helsing, The Return of Dracula, Dracula's Children

Cassandra PalmerUniverse

universe40 books2006

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“Cassie Palmer sees dead people, reads the future, and was raised by vampires who'd have sold her to the highest bidder — and that's before the job offer.”
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Start with Touch the Dark →

includes Dorina Basarab, Dhampir, Mircea Basarab, Kit Marlowe, Lia de Croissets, Lia and Cyrus, John Pritkin

Jerusalem's LotSeries

series3 books1975

Horror, dark in tone, set in contemporary and 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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Start with 'Salem's Lot →

Carrion ComfortNovel

Dan Simmonsstandalone novel1989

Horror, dark in tone, about psychic powers, set in late 20th century.

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