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Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1954

Post-apocalyptic, about vampires and survival.

“The last human survivor of the vampire epidemic has to maintain his defences against their onslaught, while attempting to research the cause and possibly solution to the plague.”
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FrankensteinUniverse

universe128 books1818

Horror.

“Light a candle against the November dark and consider what a single spark, rightly applied to dead matter, might wake.”
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Start with Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus →

includes Frankenstein (Lou Mougin), Frankenstein's Children, Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, The Quest of Frankenstein, Jean-Claude Carrière's Frankenstein, Robert J. Myers' Frankenstein, New Adventures of Frankenstein, The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein

FirestarterNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel1980

Tense in tone, about psychic powers, set in north america and contemporary.

“WorldCat: Innocence and beauty ignite with evil and terror...”
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The Island of Dr. MoreauSeries

series12 books1896

Set in 19th century.

“Taken together, the group traces one unsettling premise across more than a century of speculative fiction rather than forming a single ongoing story.”
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Start with The Island of Dr. Moreau →

Twilight ZoneUniverse

universe40 books1960

Set in our world.

“Picture, if you will, an ordinary person on an ordinary afternoon: a tired salesman, a frightened child, a man who wants only to be left alone.”
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Start with Stories from the Twilight Zone →

includes Twilight Zone Collections, Twilight Zone Anthologies, Twilight Zone Scripts (Richard Matheson), Twilight Zone Scripts (Rod Serling), The Twilight Zone Novels, Twilight Zone Doubles

RatsSeries

series4 books1974

completed

Dark and tense in tone, about survival, set in contemporary.

“The Rats, James Herbert's 1974 debut novel, imagines a plague of giant mutant rats overrunning London, told through a rotating cast of victims and survivors in the tradition of British disaster horror.”
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Start with The Rats →

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