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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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World War ZSeries
series3 books2006
Post-apocalyptic, about war and plague and pandemic.
Start with World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War →
CellNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006
Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, tense in tone, about plague and pandemic.
“In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”
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The FogNovel
James Herbertstandalone novel1975
Tense in tone, about madness, set in british isles.
The Andromeda StrainSeries
series2 books1969
Science fiction, tense in tone, about plague and pandemic.
“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
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The DarkNovel
James Herbertstandalone novel1980
Dark fantasy, tense in tone, about madness.
“WorldCat: It came like a malignant shadow with seductive promises of power.”
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