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  • Cover of Anita Blake
    Anita BlakeSeries

    series · 42 books · 1993

    About vampires.

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

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    Start with Guilty Pleasures →

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  • Cover of The Howling
    The HowlingSeries

    series · 3 books · 1977

    completed

    Horror, dark and tense in tone, about werewolves, set in contemporary and our world.

    “The Howling, Gary Brandner's 1977 novel, sets a woman recovering from trauma against a small California town that turns out to be sheltering a colony of werewolves.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Howling →

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  • Cover of Jerusalem's Lot
    Jerusalem's LotSeries

    series · 3 books · 1975

    Eerie in tone, about vampires and 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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with 'Salem's Lot →

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  • Cover of John Decker Universe
    John Decker UniverseSeries

    series · 19 books · 2015

    Horror, set in contemporary.

    Start with Soul Catcher →

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  • Cover of Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)
    Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)Series

    series · 100 books · 1996

    Paranormal.

    “Each book tends to follow a different member of this hidden community while slowly building a shared, continuing world.”

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    Start with Bitten →

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  • Cover of The Shining
    The ShiningSeries

    series · 5 books · 1977

    About psychic powers and addiction.

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

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    Start with The Shining →

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