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Peter Straubstandalone novel1979
Ghost stories, about grief and loss and revenge.
Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
Tense in tone, about vampires, set in contemporary 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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The Stepford WivesNovel
Ira Levinstandalone novel1972
Satire, about gender and society and robots.
“As her friends slowly transform, Joanna realizes the horrific truth.”
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The TommyknockersNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1987
Science fiction, about aliens, set in contemporary.
A Head Full of GhostsNovel
Paul Tremblaystandalone novel2015
Psychological horror, about madness and faith and religion, set in contemporary.
“The plot involves a Massachusetts family under financial and emotional strain while their fourteen-year-old daughter, Marjorie Barrett, exhibits signs of severe mental illness.”
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Desperation/RegulatorsSeries
series2 books1996
Tense in tone, about madness, set in contemporary.
“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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Start with Desperation →