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by Anne Rice · 2000

Book 7 of The Vampire Chronicles

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New Orleans (La.)
Guatemala

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Needful Things
Stephen King · 1991 · Adult

about 700 pages

Why: Both are horror books.
- Horror
What both books share
- horror
  Merrick: "Horror tales" (OL subject); "Fiction, horror" (OL subject); "horror fiction" (WD genre); "Horror tales." (LoC 655)
  Needful Things: "Horror" (OL subject); "Horror fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, horror" (OL subject); "FICTION / Horror" (OL subject)
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The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson · 1959 · Adult

about 250 pages

Why: Both are horror books.
- Horror
What both books share
- horror
  Merrick: "Horror tales" (OL subject); "Fiction, horror" (OL subject); "horror fiction" (WD genre); "Horror tales." (LoC 655)
  The Haunting of Hill House: "Horror tales" (OL subject); "Fiction, horror" (OL subject); "FICTION / Horror" (OL subject); "horror fiction" (WD genre)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Merrick; Open Library and Wikidata for The Haunting of Hill House.
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About Anne Rice

Born: Born in New Orleans, United States, in 1941. Source: Wikidata and the place's own entry, checked November 6, 2026.
Also writes as: Wikidata lists Anne Rampling as a pen name of Anne Rice. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own, checked November 6, 2026.
Also writes as: Wikidata lists A. N. Roquelaure as a pen name of Anne Rice. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own, checked November 6, 2026.

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