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series3 books1975

Tense in tone, about vampires, 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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Start with 'Salem's Lot →

Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
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Start with The Gunslinger →

includes The Dark Tower

The Andromeda StrainSeries

series2 books1969

Science fiction, tense in tone, 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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Start with The Andromeda Strain →

PymSeries

series5 books1838

Adventure, about expeditions, set in arctic & antarctica and 19th century.

“Jules Verne wrote an unauthorized 1897 sequel, An Antarctic Mystery, resolving Poe's cliffhanger in more rationalist terms, while Mat Johnson's 2011 novel Pym uses Poe's original as the springboard for a satirical modern story about race.”
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Start with The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket →

The Ocean at the End of the LaneNovel

Neil Gaimanstandalone novel2013

Fantasy and dark fantasy, about fae.

“A seven year old farm boy becomes friends with an eleven year old neighbor girl, who he discovers is ancient and powerful and intervenes when a nonhuman entity attempts to make a home in earthly reality.”
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PortentNovel

James Herbertstandalone novel1992

Horror, set in our world.

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