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  • Cover of Jerusalem's Lot
    Jerusalem's LotSeries

    series · 3 books · 1975

    Tense in tone, about vampires.

    “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 Pet Sematary
    Pet SemataryNovel

    Stephen King · standalone novel · 1983

    About curses.

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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.”

    from the catalogue
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  • Cover of If You Could See Me Now
    If You Could See Me NowNovel

    Peter Straub · standalone novel · 1976

    Ghost stories.

    “Coward, McCann & Geoghegan published an American edition also in June 1977.”

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  • Cover of We Have Always Lived in the Castle
    We Have Always Lived in the CastleNovel

    Shirley Jackson · standalone novel · 1962

    Literary & general, about madness, set in mid 20th century.

    “A young woman lives with her older sister and sickly uncle in their old family house, after a mysterious tragedy turns the townsfolk against them.”

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  • Cover of Her Fearful Symmetry
    Her Fearful SymmetryNovel

    Audrey Niffenegger · standalone novel · 2009

    Ghost stories, set in british isles.

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