The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
By: Arthur Conan Doyle
3.57
Format: 81 pages, Paperback
“[This] series of Christmas ghost stories, miniature books chosen and illustrated by the cartoonist…
Want to ReadIf you liked the short stories plot in The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories) by Arthur Conan Doyle , here is a list of 17 books like this:
1. One Who Saw
By: None , A.M. Burrage
3.75
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Originally published on Christmas in 1931 and widely regarded as A.M. Burrage's masterpiece, "One W… read more
Want to Read $ 0.99Similar categories in None's One Who Saw book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
- short stories
- fiction
2. The Signalman
By: Charles Dickens , Scott Cohn
3.66
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
Presents the tale of a young man who, after listening to an eccentric railroad signalman's predicti… read more
Want to Read $ 0.99Similar categories in Charles Dickens's The Signalman book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
- gothic
- short stories
- fiction
"Hallow! Below there!"-Charles Dickens, The Signalman
Similar categories in Algernon Blackwood's The Empty House book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
- gothic
- short stories
- fiction
4. Motherless Brooklyn
By: Jonathan Lethem
3.87
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
Lionel Essrog is Brooklyn's very own self-appointed Human Freakshow, an orphan whose Tourettic impu… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Jonathan Lethem's Motherless Brooklyn book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
- fiction
5. Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People
By: Nadia Bolz-Weber
3.76
Format: 6 pages, ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER What if that person you've been trying to avoid is your best shot at grac… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Nadia Bolz-Weber's Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
6. The Diary of Mr. Poynter: A Ghost Story for Christmas
By: M.R. James , Seth
4.33
Format: 700 pages, Paperback
While engrossed in an account of the death of a student obsessed with his own hair, a man leans dow… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in M.R. James's The Diary of Mr. Poynter: A Ghost Story for Christmas book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
7. Esio Trot
By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake
3.74
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Mr. Hoppy is in love with Mrs. Silver, but her heart belongs to Alfie, her pet tortoise. Mr. Hoppy … read more
Want to Read $ 7.99Similar categories in Roald Dahl's Esio Trot book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
- fiction
8. The Red Lodge
By: H. Russell Wakefield
4.27
Format: 197 pages, ebook
H. R. Wakefield was one of the most popular ghost-story writers of the early 20th century. 'The Red… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in H. Russell Wakefield's The Red Lodge book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
9. The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)
By: Nghi Vo
4.17
Format: 128 pages, ebook
The Hugo Award-Winning Series returns with its newest standalone entry: a gothic mystery involving … read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Nghi Vo's The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5) book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
- fiction
"The world starts with a story. So do dynasties and eras and wars. So does love, and so does revenge. Everything starts with a story."-Nghi Vo, The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)
10. Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4)
By: Nghi Vo
4.24
Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition
The Hugo and Crawford Award-Winning Series! The wandering Cleric Chih returns home to the Singin… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Nghi Vo's Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4) book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
- short stories
- fiction
11. The Mysteries
By: Bill Watterson
3.76
Format: 72 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Indie Bestseller. From Bill Watterson, bests… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Bill Watterson's The Mysteries book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
- fiction
12. A Guest in the House
By: Emily Carroll
4.06
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In this graphic novel by Emily Carroll, a young woman marries a kind dentist only to discover a dar… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Emily Carroll's A Guest in the House book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
- gothic
- fiction
"I don’t sleep for days after seeing her. And when I finally do, my dreams are tangled, dripping things."-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House
"I used to dream of dragons. I would find them, panting, pacing. Sung inside damp caverns. When I lived through them they would release their riches in a stinking swell of gore and glittering jewels…a…"-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House
"At night, every noise could be her. I know she’s here now, right now, even though she won’t show herself to me. (I tried to find her the other night, down by the front door like before, but nothing c…"-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House
"David tells me the first week they lived here, Crystal had nightmares about the attic, about things dripping down from it at night. She would stop crying until he put a lock on it. There’d been anima…"-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House
13. I Must Be Dreaming
By: Roz Chast
3.65
Format: 118 pages, Hardcover
#1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast's new graphic narrativ… read more
Want to Read $ 9.01Similar categories in Roz Chast's I Must Be Dreaming book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
14. A Stroke of the Pen
By: Terry Pratchett
4.03
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Far away and long ago, when dragons still existed and the only arcade game was ping-pong in black a… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Terry Pratchett's A Stroke of the Pen book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
- short stories
- fiction
"Dragons Invade The Crumbling Castle Area,’ shouted the first page (this was the headline), and then he said in an ordinary voice: ‘For full details hear Page Three."-Terry Pratchett, A Stroke of the Pen
15. Brainwyrms
By: Alison Rumfitt
3.66
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
From Alison Rumfitt, the author of Tell Me I’m Worthless — “a triumph of transgressive queer horror… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Alison Rumfitt's Brainwyrms book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
- fiction
16. Haunters at the Hearth: Eerie Tales For Christmas Nights
By: Tanya Kirk
4.04
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
"But something odd does happen here at Christmas time. When I first heard the story, I thought it w… read more
Want to Read $ 3.38Similar categories in Tanya Kirk's Haunters at the Hearth: Eerie Tales For Christmas Nights book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
- gothic
- short stories
- fiction
17. Are You Willing to Die for the Cause
By: Chris Oliveros
4.09
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
A deep dive into a contentious and dramatic period in Canadian history―the rise of a militant separ… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Chris Oliveros's Are You Willing to Die for the Cause book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
18. How Fear Departed the Long Gallery: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
By: E.F. Benson
4.02
Format: 52 pages, Paperback
An classic ghost story by E.F. Benson is revived in this illustrated Christmas edition by inimitabl… read more
Want to Read $ 0.99Similar categories in E.F. Benson's How Fear Departed the Long Gallery: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories) book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
- short stories
- fiction
19. 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
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Ellen Datlow's Christmas and Other Horrors: A winter solstice anthology book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
- short stories
- fiction
20. An Eddy on the Floor
By: Bernard Capes
3.20
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
After attending a séance at an acquaintance’s home, a man receives an unexpected job offer from ano… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Bernard Capes's An Eddy on the Floor book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
- gothic
- short stories
21. The Toll House
By: W.W. Jacobs
3.33
Format: 42 pages, Paperback
An chilling ghost story by W.W. Jacobs is reborn in this illustrated Christmas edition by renowned … read more
Want to Read $ 0.99Similar categories in W.W. Jacobs's The Toll House book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
- gothic
- short stories
- fiction
22. The Corner Shop: A Ghost Story for Christmas
By: Cynthia Asquith
3.73
Format: 58 pages, Paperback
World-renowned cartoonist Seth returns with three new ghost stories for 2022. Peter Wood enters a … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Cynthia Asquith's The Corner Shop: A Ghost Story for Christmas book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
- gothic
- short stories
- fiction
23. A Room in a Rectory: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
By: Andrew Caldecott
3.34
Format: 89 pages, Paperback
“[This] series of Christmas ghost stories, miniature books chosen and illustrated by the cartoonist… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Andrew Caldecott's A Room in a Rectory: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories) book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
24. The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
By: Arthur Conan Doyle
3.57
Format: 81 pages, Paperback
“[This] series of Christmas ghost stories, miniature books chosen and illustrated by the cartoonist… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories) book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
- gothic
- short stories
- fiction
25. The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar
By: Robin R. Means Coleman
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A definitive and surprising exploration of the history of Black horror films, after the rising succ… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Robin R. Means Coleman's The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
26. The Fright Before Christmas: Surviving Krampus and Other Yuletide Monsters, Witches, and Ghosts
By: Jeff Belanger
4.15
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
Step into the dark roots of Christmas past where the Krampus punishes the bad boys and girls. Ch… read more
Want to Read $ 13.20Similar categories in Jeff Belanger's The Fright Before Christmas: Surviving Krampus and Other Yuletide Monsters, Witches, and Ghosts book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
27. Buffalo Is the New Buffalo
By: Chelsea Vowel
4.13
Format: 342 pages, Paperback
"Education is the new buffalo" is a metaphor widely used among Indigenous peoples in Canada to sign… read more
Want to Read $ 9.49Similar categories in Chelsea Vowel's Buffalo Is the New Buffalo book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
- short stories
- fiction
28. The Dead and the Countess
By: Gertrude Atherton
3.22
Format: None pages, None
The dead sleep peacefully -- until a railway is built near their cemetery. While the old priest wor… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Gertrude Atherton's The Dead and the Countess book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
- gothic
- short stories
- fiction
29. The House by the Poppy Field: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
By: Marjorie Bowen
3.46
Format: 43 pages, Paperback
“[This] series of Christmas ghost stories, miniature books chosen and illustrated by the cartoonist… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Marjorie Bowen's The House by the Poppy Field: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories) book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
- short stories
30. A Visit: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
By: Shirley Jackson
3.72
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
World-renowned cartoonist Seth returns with three new ghost stories for 2022. Margaret visits the l… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Shirley Jackson's A Visit: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories) book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
- short stories
- fiction
31. The Doll's Ghost
By: F. Marion Crawford
3.61
Format: 30 pages, Paperback
Mr. Puckler is a doll doctor, and the dolls he repairs become very, very lifelike. read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in F. Marion Crawford's The Doll's Ghost book and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)
- short stories
