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The Andromeda StrainSeries
series2 books1969
About plague and pandemic.
“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
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MiseryNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1987
Horror and thriller & suspense.
“Novelist Paul Sheldon finishes the manuscript that will finally kill off Misery Chastain, the heroine who made his career, when a snowstorm sends his car off a Colorado road.”
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CellNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006
Post-apocalyptic and horror, about plague and pandemic.
“In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”
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FootfallNovel
Larry Niven & Jerry Pournellestandalone novel1985
Alien invasion and first contact, about aliens and war.
“When aliens travel to Earth from Alpha Centauri, differences between alien and human psychology result in an unprovoked invasion, and the resulting resistance results in the aliens' use of a devastating weapon.”
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Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
Horror, 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.”
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The ShiningSeries
series5 books1977
Horror, about psychic powers.
“Together the two form a horror duology spanning nearly forty years of real-world publication.”
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Start with The Shining →