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Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
Tense in tone, about vampires, set in small town and north america.
“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 →
CarrionNovel
Gary Brandnerstandalone novel1986
Zombie horror, tense in tone, set in north america.
“For he possesses the most awesome sill any man can master – he can reach beyond the grave and reawaken the dear departed.”
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Pet SemataryNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1983
About grief and loss and curses, set in north america and small town.
Make Me a MonsterNovel
Kalynn Bayronstandalone novel2025
Eerie in tone, about grief and loss and family secrets.
“As a newly certified mortician's assistant at her parents' funeral home, her days are not for the faint of heart.”
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HideawayNovel
Dean R. Koontzstandalone novel1992
Thriller & suspense and psychological thriller, tense in tone, about psychic powers.
“After being resuscitated from clinical death, a man finds himself telepathically linked with a psychopathic serial murderer who has also been resuscitated from clinical death; and the psychopath decides to target the man and his family.”
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Sinister Supernatural StoriesSeries
series1 book2022
Ghost stories, eerie in tone.
Start with Screaming in the Night →