7 Best horror books like Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country by Edward Parnell

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Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country

By: Edward Parnell

3.95

Format: 468 pages, Kindle Edition

In his late thirties, Edward Parnell found himself trapped in the recurring nightmare of a family t…

If you liked the horror plot in Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country by Edward Parnell , here is a list of 7 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

Similar categories in M.R. James's Collected Ghost Stories book and Edward Parnell's Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country

  • gothic
  • horror
  • ghosts
"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. Thin Air

By: Michelle Paver

5.00

Format: 384 pages,

In 1935, young medic Stephen Pearce travels to India to join an expedition with his brother, Kits. … read more

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  • horror
  • ghosts
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3. The Travelling Bag: And Other Ghostly Stories

By: Susan Hill

4.10

Format: 224 pages,

From the foggy streets of Victorian London to the eerie perfection of 1950s suburbia, the everyday … read more

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  • gothic
  • horror

4. The White People

By: Arthur Machen

4.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Of living creators of cosmic fear raised to its most artistic pitch, few if any can hope to equal … read more

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  • gothic
  • horror

5. The Moon of Gomrath (Tales of Alderley, #2)

By: Alan Garner

5.00

Format: 646 pages, Paperback

The Moon of Gomrath is the name of the one night of the year when the Old Magic is at its most powe… read more

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6. The House on the Borderland

By: William Hope Hodgson

5.00

Format: 32 pages,

A manuscript is found: filled with small, precise writing and smelling of pit-water, it tells the s… read more

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7. The Owl Service

By: Alan Garner

3.84

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

Something is scratching around in the attic above Alison's room. Yet the only thing up there is a s… read more

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8. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (Tales of Alderley, #1)

By: Alan Garner

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Colin and Susan are pursued by eerie creatures across Alderley Edge, they are saved by the Wiz… read more

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9. Ghosts: A Natural History: 500 Years of Searching for Proof

By: Roger Clarke

4.17

Format: 427 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice "Roger Clarke tells this [the story that inspired Henr… read more

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10. The Apparition Phase

By: Will Maclean

3.91

Format: 384 pages, ebook

An atmospheric and stunning literary debut, reminiscent of the gothic suspense of Shirley Jackson a… read more

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  • gothic
  • horror
  • ghosts
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11. Cuddy

By: Benjamin Myers

4.33

Format: 447 pages, Hardcover

Cuddy is a bold and experimental retelling of the story of the hermit St. Cuthbert, unofficial patr… read more

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"Some say owls carry within them the souls of those who in life never had a name, a place or a purpose, and were cast out to wander alone. Some say their stained-glass eyes are windows into other worl…"

-Benjamin Myers, Cuddy

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12. Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain's Lost Cities and Vanished Villages

By: Matthew Green

3.83

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Drowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff. This is the extraordinary tale o… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Green's Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain's Lost Cities and Vanished Villages book and Edward Parnell's Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • history
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13. Starve Acre

By: Andrew Michael Hurley

3.71

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The worst thing possible has happened. Richard and Juliette Willoughby's son, Ewan, has died sudden… read more

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  • gothic
  • horror
"What you go searching for and what you find aren't always the same."

-Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre

"The will of Richard's father had been to ensure that his son was in no doubt that a church was merely a meeting place for the mentally ill, and that all who gathered there--priest and parishioners--w…"

-Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre

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14. The Perfect Golden Circle

By: Benjamin Myers

3.92

Format: 211 pages, Hardcover

From a British literary sensation, the story of two rural outcasts and the crop circles they create… read more

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15. Wild: Tales from Early Medieval Britain

By: Amy Jeffs

3.89

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

By the bestselling author of Storyland.Sheer cliffs, salt spray, explosive sea spume, thunderous cl… read more

Similar categories in Amy Jeffs's Wild: Tales from Early Medieval Britain book and Edward Parnell's Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country

  • nonfiction
  • folklore
  • history
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16. The Lost Rainforests of Britain

By: Guy Shrubsole

4.30

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

From the Sunday Times-bestselling author of Who Owns England?, a mesmerising chronicle of our forgo… read more

Similar categories in Guy Shrubsole's The Lost Rainforests of Britain book and Edward Parnell's Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • history
"This was the very heart of Wales' rainforest zone, where the oceanic climate conspires to make conditions perfect for the rich profusion of plant life that we'd spent the past week exploring. Yet her…"

-Guy Shrubsole, The Lost Rainforests of Britain

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17. Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain

By: Amy Jeffs

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Soaked in mist and old magic, Storyland is a new illustrated mythology of Britain, set in its wilde… read more

Similar categories in Amy Jeffs's Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain book and Edward Parnell's Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country

  • nonfiction
  • folklore
  • history
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18. The Stasi Poetry Circle: The Creative Writing Class that Tried to Win the Cold War

By: Philip Oltermann

3.52

Format: 212 pages, ebook

The extraordinary true story of the Stasi's poetry Stasiland and The Lives of Others crossed with … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • books about books
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19. Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country

By: Edward Parnell

3.95

Format: 468 pages, Kindle Edition

In his late thirties, Edward Parnell found himself trapped in the recurring nightmare of a family t… read more

Similar categories in Edward Parnell's Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country book and Edward Parnell's Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country

  • gothic
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • ghosts
  • travel
  • folklore
  • nonfiction
  • horror
  • books about books
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20. A Tomb With a View: The Stories & Glories of Graveyards

By: Peter Ross

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Enter a grave new world of fascination and delight as award-winning writer Peter Ross uncovers the … read more

Similar categories in Peter Ross's A Tomb With a View: The Stories & Glories of Graveyards book and Edward Parnell's Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country

  • gothic
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • travel
"Exposure to a particle of darkness means one does not sicken with it."

-Peter Ross, A Tomb With a View: The Stories & Glories of Graveyards

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21. Surfacing

By: Kathleen Jamie

4.20

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In this remarkable blend of memoir, cultural history, and travelogue, poet and author Kathleen Jami… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Jamie's Surfacing book and Edward Parnell's Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • memoir
"But every day brought enlivening moments and laughter. One day a BBC crew appeared, driving down to the beach in a big black Range Rover. Everyone kept their heads down and pretended to be very busy …"

-Kathleen Jamie, Surfacing

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3.83

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3.89

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4.30

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