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series3 books1975

Dark and tense in tone, about vampires, set in north america.

“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 →

GoosebumpsUniverse

universe234 books1992

Horror, set in contemporary and our world.

“Each book is its own self-contained nightmare, narrated by an ordinary boy or girl whose ordinary street has quietly turned against them — and every one snaps shut on a twist that pulls the rug out one last time before the lights come up.”
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Start with Revenge of the Living Dummy →

includes Goosebumps HorrorLand, Goosebumps Series 2000, Goosebumps Most Wanted, Give Yourself Goosebumps, Goosebumps: Hall of Horrors, Goosebumps SlappyWorld, Tales to Give You Goosebumps, Goosebumps TV Series

Rosemary ReillySeries

series2 books1967

completed

Tense in tone, about demons and parenthood, set in north america.

“Rosemary's Baby follows a young wife in a Gothic Manhattan apartment building who grows increasingly convinced that her elderly neighbors, and even her own husband, are part of a conspiracy surrounding her pregnancy.”
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Start with Rosemary's Baby →

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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Start with Dracula →

includes The Return of Dracula, Dracula's Children, Dracula Sequence, Dracula Adaptations, Theological College of St. Van Helsing

If You Could See Me NowNovel

Peter Straubstandalone novel1976

Gothic and ghost stories, dark in tone, about grief and loss.

“Coward, McCann & Geoghegan published an American edition also in June 1977.”
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The NestNovel

Kenneth Oppelstandalone novel2015

Tense in tone, about deal with the devil and grief and loss, set in north america.

“For some kids summer is a sun-soaked season of fun.”
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