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series3 books2009

Horror, dark and tense in tone, about vampires and survival, set in contemporary and north america.

“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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Jerusalem's LotSeries

series3 books1975

Eerie in tone, about 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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They ThirstSeries

series2 books1981

Horror, dark and tense in tone, about vampires and survival, set in contemporary and north america.

“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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I Am LegendNovel

Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1954

Post-apocalyptic, about last of their kind, set in our world and 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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CellNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006

Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, set in our world.

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

Stephen King & Owen Kingstandalone novel2017

Science fiction, about gender and society, set in small town.

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