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Alfred Besterstandalone novel1953

Science fiction, tense in tone, about psychic powers, set in far future.

“In the year 2301, guns are only museum pieces and benign telepaths sweep the minds of the populace to detect crimes before they happen.”
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Anita BlakeSeries

series42 books1993

Urban fantasy, about vampires, set in contemporary and north america.

“The books have sold more than six million copies; many have made The New York Times Best Seller list.”
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VurtSeries

series4 books1993

Science fiction, set in british isles.

“In Jeff Noon's alternate Manchester, an entire subculture has formed around Vurt: a hallucinogenic, colour-coded feather that plunges users into a shared alternate reality as vivid and dangerous as real life.”
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ExorcistSeries

series6 books1971

Horror, about demons, set in north america and contemporary.

“Other Exorcist books are tie-in and franchise material rather than further novels by Blatty himself.”
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Jack NightingaleSeries

series39 books2010

Set in contemporary.

“Stephen Leather's series follows Nightingale as people around him start dying in increasingly inexplicable ways, forcing a skeptic into treating the occult threat as real.”
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Aftermath (Charles Sheffield)Series

series2 books1998

completed

Science fiction, tense in tone, about survival, set in near future.

“Charles Sheffield's Aftermath duology opens with a near-future Earth devastated by a nearby supernova's radiation, which knocks out electronics and forces survivors to rebuild without most modern technology.”
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