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series3 books1975

Eerie in tone, about grief and loss, set in small town and 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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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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BiteNovel

Richard Laymonstandalone novel1996

Paranormal, about survival and forbidden love.

“Sam's in the closet, with a hammer in one hand and a wooden stake in the other.”
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CellNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006

Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, about survival and plague and pandemic.

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

series26 books1982

completed

About undead.

“Harry turns that gift against Thibor Ferenczy, a vampire buried since the Middle Ages, and against Ferenczy's agent Boris Dragosani, a Soviet spy who has learned to tear secrets from corpses in pursuit of world domination.”
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The StrainSeries

series3 books2009

About survival and plague and pandemic, set in 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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