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series15 books1976

completed

Horror and gothic, dark in tone, about vampires.

“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.”
from the catalogue

Start with Interview with the Vampire →

The ShiningSeries

series5 books1977

Horror, dark in tone, set in north america and contemporary.

“Together the two form a horror duology spanning nearly forty years of real-world publication.”
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Start with The Shining →

A Stir of EchoesNovel

Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1958

Horror and ghost stories, eerie in tone, set in mid 20th century.

Cassandra PalmerUniverse

universe40 books2006

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“Cassie Palmer sees dead people, reads the future, and was raised by vampires who'd have sold her to the highest bidder — and that's before the job offer.”
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Start with Touch the Dark →

includes Dorina Basarab, Dhampir, Lia and Cyrus, Mircea Basarab, Kit Marlowe, John Pritkin, Lia de Croissets

The X-FilesUniverse

universe91 books1994

Set in north america.

“Working them are two FBI agents who agree on almost nothing — Fox Mulder, who wants to believe, and Dana Scully, the pathologist sent to debunk him — and a truth that keeps receding the closer they get.”
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Start with Goblins →

includes Jonathan Maberry's X-Files Anthologies, The X-Files Young Adult Series, The X-Files Young Readers Series, The X-Files Origins

Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)Series

series100 books1996

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary and north america.

“Each book tends to follow a different member of this hidden community while slowly building a shared, continuing world.”
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Start with Bitten →

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