16 must-read classics books like The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope by Saki

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The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope

By: Saki

3.51

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

(Saki, one of the most wickedly amusing writers of his day, was born Hector Hugh Munro in Burma, th…

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Cover of The Horror in the Museum by H.P. Lovecraft, Stephen              Jones

1. The Horror in the Museum

By: H.P. Lovecraft , Stephen Jones

4.02

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Some tales in this collection were inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, others he revised, two he co-author… read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Lost Hearts by M.R. James, Danko Krilić

2. Lost Hearts

By: M.R. James , Danko Krilić

3.60

Format: 332 pages, ebook

The tale tells the story of Stephen Elliott, a young orphan boy, who is sent to stay with his much … read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
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3. The Overcoat

By: Nikolai Gogol

4.15

Format: 57 pages, Paperback

The Overcoat which is generally acknowledged as the finest of Gogol's memorable Saint Petersburg st… read more

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  • short stories
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  • fiction
"In the department of...but it would be better not to say in which department."

-Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat

"وخلت بطرسبرغ من أكاكيڤيتش وكأنما لم يكن موجودًا فيها أبدًا، اختفى وغاب ذلك المخلوق الذي لم يكن له من يحميه، والذي لم يكن عزيزًا على أحد ولا شيقًا بالنسبة لأحد."

-Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat

"Moreover, he had a peculiar knack, as he walked along the street, of arriving beneath a window just as all sorts of rubbish were being flung out of it: hence he always bore about on his hat scraps of…"

-Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat

"Así desapareció un ser humano a quien nadie defendió, a quien nadie había querido, por quien nadie se interesó… Fue un ser que soportó humildemente las burlas de sus colegas y que bajó a la tumba sin…"

-Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat

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4. In The Dark

By: E. Nesbit

3.95

Format: 302 pages,

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  • short stories
  • classics
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5. The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist (The Return of Sherlock Holmes, #4)

By: Arthur Conan Doyle , Edward Raleigh

4.04

Format: None pages, Audio

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
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6. The Trial For Murder

By: Charles Dickens

3.80

Format: 242 pages,

The Trial For Murder, written in 1865, is a short story by Charles Dickens. It is one of Dickens' g… read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
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7. Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book

By: M.R. James

4.26

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

M. R. James is the master of the English ghost story, whose tales are inhabited not by ethereal spi… read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
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8. My Own Story

By: Emmeline Pankhurst

3.00

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

The closing paragraphs of this book were written in the late summer of 1914, when the armies of eve… read more

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  • classics

9. Count Magnus

By: M.R. James

3.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

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10. The Trials of Rumpole

By: John Mortimer

3.93

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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11. The Daughters of the Late Colonel

By: Katherine Mansfield

5.00

Format: 229 pages,

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12. No Living Voice

By: None

4.00

Format: 268 pages, ebook

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13. The Stranger's Latchkey

By: R. Austin Freeman

3.83

Format: 35 pages, Audiobook

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14. The Judge's House

By: Bram Stoker

3.00

Format: None pages,

A scholar takes up residence in the former home of a judge with a very evil reputation. He finds th… read more

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15. The Magic Shop

By: H.G. Wells , François Roca

4.00

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

Out for a walk in London one day, Gip and his father happen upon a magic shop. At Gip's urging, the… read more

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16. The Crown Derby Plate: A Ghost Story for Christmas

By: Marjorie Bowen , Seth

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

An antique collector hears of an ancient woman with a large collection of china. Hoping to complete… read more

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17. The Ghost's Summons

By: Ada Buisson

3.22

Format: 6 pages, None

It was common for the ghostly tales in periodicals to be narrated by domestic servants. In Gaskell’… read more

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  • short stories
Cover of The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors) by Guy de Maupassant

18. The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

By: Guy de Maupassant

3.89

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

Before succumbing to the insanity that ravaged his later life, Guy de Maupassant established a repu… read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
"A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption."

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"Es evidente que la soledad resulta peligrosa para las mentes que piensan demasiado."

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"I said, 'If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn't we meet them a long time ago?"

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"Whence come those mysterious influences which change our happiness into discouragement, and our self-confidence into diffidence?"

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

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19. The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall

By: John Kendrick Bangs

3.60

Format: None pages, None

A short story originally published in the collection The Water Ghost and Others. first published… read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
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20. Thurnley Abbey

By: Perceval Landon

3.68

Format: 12 pages, ebook

The classic 1908 ghost story by Perceval Landon, originally featured in his book, Raw Edges: Studie… read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Number 13 by M.R. James

21. Number 13

By: M.R. James

3.59

Format: None pages, ebook

M. R. James was born in Kent, England in 1862. James came to writing fiction relatively late, not p… read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope by Saki

22. The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope

By: Saki

3.51

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

(Saki, one of the most wickedly amusing writers of his day, was born Hector Hugh Munro in Burma, th… read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of The Bus Conductor by E.F. Benson

23. The Bus Conductor

By: E.F. Benson

3.34

Format: None pages, None

The Bus-Conductor is a short horror story published in december of 1906 by Pall Mall Magazine. The … read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of The Black Veil by Charles Dickens

24. The Black Veil

By: Charles Dickens

3.39

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

“The Black Veil” is a gothic tale written by English author Charles Dickens (1812-1870). It was fir… read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
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25. The Wood of the Dead

By: Algernon Blackwood

3.68

Format: 16 pages, Unknown Binding

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
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26. The Hair

By: A.J. Alan

3.33

Format: 12 pages, Kindle Edition

After being given the go-ahead by the Landlord to spend the night, Alan arrives at possibly the mos… read more

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  • short stories

27. The Affair of the Corridor Express

By: Victor L. Whitechurch

3.25

Format: None pages, Audiobook

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28. Mr. Mortimer's Diary

By: Amyas Northcote

3.75

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

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29. The Death Mask

By: H. D. Everett

4.13

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Short story about a man who intends to remarry, but his dead wife's face keeps appearing. read more

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30. The Man Who Disappeared

By: L.T. Meade

3.33

Format: None pages, None

None read more

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31. A Princess's Vengeance

By: Catherine Louisa Pirkis

3.15

Format: 18 pages, ebook

Loveday Brooke is a woman employed as a detective in Victorian London, a sort of feminist Sherlock … read more

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  • short stories

14 best-selling fiction books like The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope by Saki

Transform Your Habits

The Horror in the Museum

H.P. Lovecraft , Stephen Jones

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Lost Hearts

M.R. James , Danko Krilić

3.60

Transform Your Habits

The Overcoat

Nikolai Gogol

4.15

Transform Your Habits

The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist (The Return of Sherlock Holmes, #4)

Arthur Conan Doyle , Edward Raleigh

4.04

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11 best-selling fiction books like Number 13 by M.R. James

Transform Your Habits

Beyond the Wall of Sleep

H.P. Lovecraft

3.69

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The Horror in the Museum

H.P. Lovecraft , Stephen Jones

4.02

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The True Story Of A Vampire

None

3.93

Transform Your Habits

From Beyond

H.P. Lovecraft

3.57

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