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  • Cover of The Shining
    The ShiningSeries

    series · 5 books · 1977

    Horror, dark and tense in tone, about addiction and psychic powers, set in contemporary and north america.

    “Together the two form a horror duology spanning nearly forty years of real-world publication.”

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    Stephen King · standalone novel · 1974

    About revenge, set in small town and late 20th century.

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  • Cover of Hell House
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    Richard Matheson · standalone novel · 1971

    Eerie in tone.

    “Richard Matheson's haunted-house novel, later filmed as The Legend of Hell House.”

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    Robert Marasco · standalone novel · 1973

    Eerie in tone.

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  • Cover of Jerusalem's Lot
    Jerusalem's LotSeries

    series · 3 books · 1975

    About vampires and grief and loss, set in small town 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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  • Cover of Misery
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    Stephen King · standalone novel · 1987

    Thriller & suspense and psychological thriller, about survival.

    “Novelist Paul Sheldon finishes the manuscript that will finally kill off Misery Chastain, the heroine who made his career, when a snowstorm sends his car off a Colorado road.”

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