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The ShiningSeries
series5 books1977
Dark 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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Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
Dark 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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CarrieNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1974
Psychological horror, about psychic powers and revenge, set in small town.
InsomniaNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1994
About madness and grief and loss, set in small town.
Hell HouseNovel
Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1971
Dark in tone, about madness.
“Richard Matheson's haunted-house novel, later filmed as The Legend of Hell House.”
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White SmokeNovel
Tiffany D. Jacksonstandalone novel2021
About family secrets, set in small town.
“The phantoms of her old life keep haunting her, but a move with her newly blended family from their small California beach town to the embattled Midwestern city of Cedarville might be the fresh start she needs.”
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