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  • Cover of H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
    H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

    universe · 65 books · 1898

    Alien invasion.

    “No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The War of the Worlds →

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    includes The War of the Worlds

  • Cover of Stephen King multiverse
    Stephen King multiverseUniverse

    universe · 46 books · 1967

    Dark in tone.

    “The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Gunslinger →

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    includes The Dark Tower

  • Cover of The Andromeda Strain
    The Andromeda StrainSeries

    series · 2 books · 1969

    About plague and pandemic, set in contemporary.

    “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 →

    similar bysurvivaltensescience fiction+3 more

  • Cover of I Am Legend
    I Am LegendNovel

    Richard Matheson · standalone novel · 1954

    Post-apocalyptic, about vampires and last of their kind, set in mid 20th century.

    “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.”

    from the catalogue

    similar bysurvivalour worldhorrordarktensescience fiction

  • Cover of Jerusalem's Lot
    Jerusalem's LotSeries

    series · 3 books · 1975

    About vampires, 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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with 'Salem's Lot →

    similar byour worldhorrordarktense+1 more

  • Cover of Night
    NightUniverse

    universe · 134 books · 2006

    Set in contemporary.

    “Jonathan Maberry's Night is one dark country stitched from horror and hard science, where a weaponized pathogen and an old nightmare called Doctor Nine turn out to haunt the same map.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Broken Lands →

    similar by+7 more

    includes Rot & Ruin, Joe Ledger, Dead of Night (Maberry), Pine Deep, Joe Ledger / Rot and Ruin, The Sam Hunter Case Files