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Name: 'Salem’s Lot
Rating: 4.012048192771 (83 reviews)
Author: Stephen King

In Stephen King’s enduring horror masterpiece, former Woodsboro reporter Ben Mears returns to the small New England town of Salem’s Lot to work on a book about a house that has haunted him since childhood. He finds the town has become a breeding ground for vampires, threatening its residents and their way of life. Mears’s uneasy past and his belief in the supernatural lead him to gather a handful of skeptical townsfolk, and together they confront the undead menace that threatens to overrun their community.

First publish date: 1975

Genre: Horror/Supernatural Horror

Authors: Stephen King

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