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series3 books1975

Eerie in tone, about grief and loss, set in 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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The ShiningSeries

series5 books1977

About psychic powers and addiction.

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

Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1954

Post-apocalyptic, about survival and last of their kind, set in mid 20th century.

“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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The StrainSeries

series3 books2009

About survival and plague and pandemic.

“When a Boeing 777 lands at JFK Airport with nearly everyone aboard dead, CDC epidemiologist Ephraim Goodweather is called in and instead uncovers a vampiric plague beginning to spread through New York City.”
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They ThirstSeries

series2 books1981

About survival, set in big city.

“In Robert R. McCammon's They Thirst, an ancient vampire prince arrives in Los Angeles and, in a matter of nights, begins turning the city into a stronghold for the undead, with Disneyland as an eerie staging ground for his conquest.”
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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 Adaptations, The Return of Dracula, Dracula's Children, Theological College of St. Van Helsing, Quincey Morris (Dracula spin-off)

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