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series3 books1975

Tense 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.”
from the catalogue

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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 Dracula Sequence, The Return of Dracula, Dracula Adaptations, Dracula's Children, Theological College of St. Van Helsing, Quincey Morris (Dracula spin-off)

Anita BlakeSeries

series42 books1993

Urban fantasy, tense in tone, set in 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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Start with Guilty Pleasures →

The Vampire ChroniclesSeries

series15 books1976

completed

Gothic, about immortality.

“Based on a short story Rice wrote around 1968, the novel centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter.”
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Start with Interview with the Vampire →

The ShiningSeries

series5 books1977

Tense in tone, about psychic powers and addiction, set in north america.

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

series26 books1982

completed

Tense in tone, 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.”
from the catalogue

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