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Peter Straubstandalone novel1975
Ghost stories, about family secrets, set in british isles.
“Julia was later adapted into the 1977 film Full Circle, starring Mia Farrow.”
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MelmothSeries
series9 books1820
completed
About deal with the devil and immortality.
Start with Melmoth the Wanderer →
The Lost StradivariusNovel
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Ghost stories, about curses and magical artifacts, set in british isles.
Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
About vampires, set in contemporary and small town.
“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 →
RappacciniSeries
series2 books1844
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About genetic engineering and forbidden love.
“The traditional story of a poisonous maiden has been traced back to India, and Hawthorne's version has been adopted in contemporary works.”
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The Werewolf of ParisNovel
Guy Endorestandalone novel1933
Tense in tone, about werewolves and madness.
“Some literature experts have compared this book with Dracula by Bram Stoker and they have identified it as the Dracula of werewolf fiction.”
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