8 best-selling gothic books like Chill Tidings: Dark Tales of the Christmas Season (Tales of the Weird) by Tanya Kirk

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Chill Tidings: Dark Tales of the Christmas Season (Tales of the Weird)

By: Tanya Kirk

3.84

Format: 219 pages, Paperback

The gifts are unwrapped, the feast has been consumed and the fire is well fed – but the ghosts are …

If you liked the gothic plot in Chill Tidings: Dark Tales of the Christmas Season (Tales of the Weird) by Tanya Kirk , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Collected Ghost Stories

By: M.R. James

4.14

Format: 568 pages, Hardcover

M. R. James is widely regarded as the father of the modern ghost story, and his tales have influenc… read more

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  • gothic
  • classics
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • ghost stories
"The door was opening again. The seer does not like to dwell upon what he saw entering the room: he says it might be described as a frog - the size of a man - but it had scanty white hair about its he…"

-M.R. James, Collected Ghost Stories

"Those that spend the greater part of their time in reading or writing books are, of course, apt to take rather particular notice of accumulations of books when they come across them. They will not pa…"

-M.R. James, Collected Ghost Stories

"But it was in the life-saving competition that Stanley Judkins's conduct was most blameable and had the most far-reaching effects. The practice, as you know, was to throw a selected lower boy, of sui…"

-M.R. James, Collected Ghost Stories

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2. Silent Nights: Christmas Mysteries

By: Martin Edwards

4.04

Format: 288 pages,

Christmas is a mysterious, as well as magical, time of year. Strange things can happen, and this he… read more

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  • christmas
  • short stories
  • anthologies
  • fiction
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3. Crimson Snow: Winter Mysteries

By: Martin Edwards

4.10

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

Crimson Snowbrings together a dozen vintage crime stories set in winter. Welcome to a world of Fath… read more

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  • classics
  • anthologies
  • christmas
  • short stories
  • fiction
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4. Rock Crystal

By: None , Adalbert Stifter , Elizabeth Mayer , Marianne Moore

4.19

Format: 234 pages,

THIS SEEMINGLY SIMPLE fable of two children lost in an icy landscape is eloquent in its innocence b… read more

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  • classics
  • 19th century
  • christmas
  • short stories
  • fiction
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5. Murder at the Manor: Country House Mysteries

By: Martin Edwards

4.30

Format: None pages, Paperback

The English country house is an iconic setting for some of the greatest British crime fiction. This… read more

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  • fiction
  • short stories
  • anthologies

6. In a Lonely Place

By: Karl Edward Wagner

4.07

Format: 189 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Contents: xi * Introduction * Peter Straub * in 1 * Prologue to In the Pines ["Lonely Places"] * vi… read more

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7. Capital Crimes: London Mysteries

By: Martin Edwards

3.15

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

With its fascinating mix of people - rich and poor, British and foreign, worthy and suspicious - Lo… read more

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8. Portrait of a Murderer

By: None

2.56

Format: 201 pages,

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9. The Long Arm of the Law: Classic Police Stories

By: Martin Edwards

2.56

Format: 201 pages,

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10. The Bedroom Window Murder: A 1940s 'Country House' Mystery (Chief Inspector Bryce Murder Mysteries Book 1)

By: Peter Zander-Howell

4.28

Format: None pages, None

It is 1949. Sir Francis Sherwood - WW1 hero, landowner, magistrate - is shot dead while standing at… read more

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11. Crossed Skis (Julian Rivers #8)

By: Carol Carnac

3.88

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

An atmospheric holiday novel from one of the most consistently popular authors in the series, Carol… read more

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  • christmas
  • classics
  • fiction
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12. Smallbone Deceased

By: Michael Gilbert

4.05

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of MurderHorniman, Birley and Craine is a highly re… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"It’s quite a good idea. Only for heaven’s sake don’t be like that mug in the detective story who confides all his best ideas to a friendly sort of character who turns out to be the murderer in Chapte…"

-Michael Gilbert, Smallbone Deceased

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13. The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights

By: Bridget Collins

4.06

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the creators of The Haunting Season comes a dazzling collection of never-before-seen ghostly t… read more

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  • gothic
  • anthologies
  • christmas
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
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14. The Weejee Man

By: NP Cunniffe

3.65

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

A nerve-shredding slice of rural horror for fans of Adam Nevill and Andrew Michael Hurley. Force… read more

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  • horror
  • fiction
  • ghost stories
"His face had grown dark, except for the reflection of the red fire in his eyes. The house, too, seemed to have filled with shadow, as if a storm was brewing outside. Jim’s eyes beamed red from the sh…"

-NP Cunniffe, The Weejee Man

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15. The Haunting Season: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights

By: Bridget Collins

3.58

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Winter, with its unsettling blend of the cosy and the sinister, has long been a popular time for ga… read more

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  • gothic
  • anthologies
  • christmas
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
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16. The House of Footsteps

By: Mathew West

3.26

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

If you loved The Haunting of Hill House, welcome to Thistlecrook… It’s 1923 and at Thistlecr… read more

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  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
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17. Creep: 21 Tales of Terror (Nights of Madness Book 2)

By: Kevin Bachar

4.19

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

A man who steals packages from people’s doorsteps takes a box he should have never stolen or opened… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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18. The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories

By: Martin Edwards

3.79

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A Christmas party is punctuated by a gunshot under a policeman’s watchful eye. A jewel heist is pla… read more

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  • classics
  • anthologies
  • christmas
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of The House on Abigail Lane by Kealan Patrick Burke

19. The House on Abigail Lane

By: Kealan Patrick Burke

3.88

Format: 68 pages, Kindle Edition

From the outside, it looks like an ordinary American home, but since its construction in 1956, peop… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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20. Christmas and Other Horrors: A winter solstice anthology

By: Ellen Datlow

3.65

Format: 410 pages, Kindle Edition

Hugo Award winning editor, and horror legend, Ellen Datlow presents a terrifying and chilling horro… read more

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  • anthologies
  • christmas
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
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21. Blood on the Tracks: Railway Mysteries

By: Martin Edwards

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

“Never had I been given a tougher problem to solve, and never had I been so utterly at my wits’ end… read more

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  • fiction
  • short stories
  • anthologies
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22. Chill Tidings: Dark Tales of the Christmas Season (Tales of the Weird)

By: Tanya Kirk

3.84

Format: 219 pages, Paperback

The gifts are unwrapped, the feast has been consumed and the fire is well fed – but the ghosts are … read more

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  • gothic
  • classics
  • 19th century
  • anthologies
  • christmas
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • ghost stories
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23. When Things Get Dark

By: Ellen Datlow

3.90

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

Legendary editor, Ellen Datlow, collects today’s best horror writers in tribute to the genius of Sh… read more

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  • gothic
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
"Soul searching pairs seductively with large quantities of liquor."

-Ellen Datlow, When Things Get Dark

Cover of SUSPICIONS OF A PARLOURMAID and THE NORFOLK RAILWAY MURDERS: Two cases for DCI Bryce (Chief Inspector Bryce Mysteries Book 7) by Peter Zander-Howell

24. SUSPICIONS OF A PARLOURMAID and THE NORFOLK RAILWAY MURDERS: Two cases for DCI Bryce (Chief Inspector Bryce Mysteries Book 7)

By: Peter Zander-Howell

4.43

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

Two more cases for Philip Bryce. 1. An affluent elderly lady dies. The death certificate cites ‘na… read more

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25. Ghosts From the Library: Lost Tales of Terror and the Supernatural

By: Tony Medawar

3.39

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A brand new anthology of previously unpublished and uncollected supernatural mysteries by some of t… read more

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  • gothic
  • classics
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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26. Ghosts of Christmas Past

By: Tim Martin

3.44

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

A present contains a monstrous secret. An uninvited guest haunts a Christmas party. A shadow slip… read more

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  • gothic
  • anthologies
  • christmas
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • ghost stories
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27. The Courthouse Murder: A 1940s Chief Inspector Bryce story (Chief Inspector Bryce Murder Mysteries Book 2)

By: Peter Zander-Howell

4.34

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

In July 1949, an unpopular and deeply unpleasant man is stabbed to death in the courthouse of an En… read more

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28. THIS VILLAGE IS CURSED: A 1940s DCI Bryce mystery (Chief Inspector Bryce Mysteries Book 8)

By: Peter Zander-Howell

4.35

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

A young provincial journalist receives a telephone call from a man who won’t give his name. Anticip… read more

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Cover of Death at Mistram Manor: A 1940s DCI Bryce story (Chief Inspector Bryce Murder Mysteries Book 5) by Peter Zander-Howell

29. Death at Mistram Manor: A 1940s DCI Bryce story (Chief Inspector Bryce Murder Mysteries Book 5)

By: Peter Zander-Howell

4.48

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A funeral service in Oxfordshire has been held for the late chatelaine of Mistram Manor. The subse… read more

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30. Death in White Pyjamas / Death Knows No Calendar

By: John Bude

3.75

Format: 536 pages, Paperback

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder Two mysteries of the kind John Bude does… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of A Very Ghostly Christmas: An Anthology of Seasonal Ghost Stories by A.R.  Ward

31. A Very Ghostly Christmas: An Anthology of Seasonal Ghost Stories

By: A.R. Ward

4.09

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

This volume features the winners, runners-up, and shortlisted stories from the Very Ghostly Christm… read more

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  • christmas
  • horror

21 Top fiction books like Chill Tidings: Dark Tales of the Christmas Season (Tales of the Weird) by Tanya Kirk

Transform Your Habits

Collected Ghost Stories

M.R. James

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Silent Nights: Christmas Mysteries

Martin Edwards

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Crimson Snow: Winter Mysteries

Martin Edwards

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Rock Crystal

None , Adalbert Stifter , Elizabeth Mayer , Marianne Moore

4.19

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18 Top fiction books like The House on Abigail Lane by Kealan Patrick Burke

Transform Your Habits

You Should Have Left

Daniel Kehlmann , Ross Benjamin

3.44

Transform Your Habits

Helpmeet

Naben Ruthnum

3.41

Transform Your Habits

This Is Where We Talk Things Out

Caitlin Marceau

3.77

Transform Your Habits

This Wretched Valley

Jenny Kiefer

3.33

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