The Shining, 'Salem's Lot, Carrie

This omnibus gathers the three novels that launched Stephen King's career: Carrie, in which a bullied teenager's telekinetic powers erupt in catastrophic revenge after a prom-night humiliation; 'Salem's Lot, in which a writer returns to his hometown to find it being quietly consumed by vampires; and The Shining, in which a recovering alcoholic's family becomes snowbound with a sentient, malevolent hotel intent on destroying them.

Together, the three novels established the blend of ordinary American settings and supernatural dread that would define King's career.