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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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AbandonNovel
Blake Crouchstandalone novel2023
Mystery & detective, about expeditions, set in mountains.
“One hundred and thirteen years later, two backcountry guides are hired by a leading history professor and his journalist daughter to lead them into the abandoned mining town so they can learn what happened.”
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Wait Till Helen ComesNovel
Mary Downing Hahnstandalone novel1986
Horror and ghost stories, eerie and tense in tone, set in north america and contemporary.
MiseryNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1987
Thriller & suspense and psychological thriller, dark in tone, about addiction.
“Novelist Paul Sheldon finishes the manuscript that will finally kill off Misery Chastain, the heroine who made his career, when a snowstorm sends his car off a Colorado road.”
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SnowblindNovel
Christopher Goldenstandalone novel2014
Thriller & suspense, emotional in tone, about grief and loss, set in small town.
“The small New England town of Coventry is haunted by its memories of a deadly winter... in which loved ones were lost, families torn apart, and a town buried in a terrible blizzard.”
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Desperation/RegulatorsSeries
series2 books1996
Dark in tone, about madness, set in small town.
“Stephen King published Desperation and The Regulators simultaneously in 1996, the first under his own name and the second under his Richard Bachman pseudonym.”
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