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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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The Vampire ChroniclesSeries

series15 books1976

completed

Gothic, about vampires and immortality.

“Based on a short story Rice wrote around 1968, the novel centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter.”
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If You Could See Me NowNovel

Peter Straubstandalone novel1976

Gothic and ghost stories, about grief and loss, set in north america.

“Coward, McCann & Geoghegan published an American edition also in June 1977.”
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DraculaUniverse

universe144 books1897

Horror.

“Around that single novel a whole crypt of continuations has grown, raised by many writers across a century.”
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includes Dracula Sequence, Dracula's Children, The Return of Dracula, Dracula Adaptations, Theological College of St. Van Helsing

Rosemary ReillySeries

series2 books1967

completed

Tense in tone, about demons and parenthood, set in north america.

“Rosemary's Baby follows a young wife in a Gothic Manhattan apartment building who grows increasingly convinced that her elderly neighbors, and even her own husband, are part of a conspiracy surrounding her pregnancy.”
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CellNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006

Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, tense in tone, about survival.

“In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”
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