11 must-read history books like Hauntings: A Book of Ghosts and Where to Find Them Across 25 Eerie British Locations by Neil Oliver

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Hauntings: A Book of Ghosts and Where to Find Them Across 25 Eerie British Locations

By: Neil Oliver

3.54

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

' Haunted is a wonderful part history, part rumination on life, and, of course a haunting book abo…

If you liked the history plot in Hauntings: A Book of Ghosts and Where to Find Them Across 25 Eerie British Locations by Neil Oliver , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Into the Uncanny

By: Danny Robins

4.27

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

'A contemporary Van Helsing...' Sunday Times'King of true-life scary tales' Observer'A wonderfully … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • paranormal
"the older I'd got, the more ghost had become an abstract concept, something impossibly fictional on a par with Hobbits, Jedi or getting a GP appointment"

-Danny Robins, Into the Uncanny

"Science itself can be quite negative because you essentially can never really prove a theory is correct, you can only prove it's wrong, so scientists are by definition sceptical because they spend a …"

-Danny Robins, Into the Uncanny

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2. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

By: David Mitchell

4.16

Format: 433 pages, ebook

A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • british literature
"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

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3. 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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4. Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire

By: Michael Palin

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, H… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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5. Night Side of the River

By: Jeanette Winterson

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A captivating collection of ghost stories from “one of the most gifted writers working today” ( New… read more

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  • paranormal
"That's the trouble with time. Never happens when it should."

-Jeanette Winterson, Night Side of the River

"Nobody's looking at me. Nobody does look at middle-aged women."

-Jeanette Winterson, Night Side of the River

"We're always roaming around in the past or the future. The present is a hard place to live."

-Jeanette Winterson, Night Side of the River

"It's hard, you know, getting divorced.' Billy gave me a hug. 'Love is hard--whether you got it or you don't."

-Jeanette Winterson, Night Side of the River

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6. A Haunting in the Arctic

By: C.J. Cooke

3.78

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

1901-ben ​járunk. A fiatal nőt, Nickyt megtámadják, majd egy bálnavadász hajó, az Ormen fedélzetén … read more

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  • paranormal
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7. Steeple Chasing: Around Britain by Church

By: Peter Ross

4.37

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

*Featuring a brand new chapter!* Churches are all around us. Their steeples remain landmarks in … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • british literature
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8. The Intruders

By: Louise Jensen

4.03

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

They were told to leave. They should have listened. It should be the perfect opportunity: a mano… read more

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9. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

By: Bettany Hughes

4.02

Format: 416 pages, ebook

Their names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Th… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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10. Great and Horrible News: Murder and Mayhem in Early Modern Britain

By: Blessin Adams

3.86

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

NINE HISTORIC CRIMES. ONE FAMILIAR OBSESSION. In early modern England, murder truly was most fou… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • british literature
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11. The Bone Chests

By: Cat Jarman

4.06

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

From the brilliant bioarchaeologist and bestselling author of River Kings, a gripping new history o… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • british literature
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12. Ghosts of the British Museum: A True Story of Colonial Loot and Restless Objects

By: Noah Angell

3.58

Format: None pages, Paperback

What if the British Museum isn't a house of learning, but a vast sinkhole of still-bubbling histori… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • paranormal
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13. The Silence Factory

By: Bridget Collins

3.55

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of the #1 international bestseller The Binding—a captivating story of got… read more

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14. Hauntings: A Book of Ghosts and Where to Find Them Across 25 Eerie British Locations

By: Neil Oliver

3.54

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

' Haunted is a wonderful part history, part rumination on life, and, of course a haunting book abo… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • paranormal
  • british literature
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15. The Suspect

By: Rob Rinder

3.96

Format: 400 pages, ebook

**THE GRIPPING SECOND NOVEL FROM ROB RINDER AND FOLLOW-UP TO NO. 1 BESTSELLER THE TRIAL**When Hanna… read more

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  • british literature
Cover of Scream Queen: A memoir by Yvette Fielding

16. Scream Queen: A memoir

By: Yvette Fielding

4.49

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

Seances, Ouija boards, table tipping, knocking phenomena - all in a day's work for the First Lady o… read more

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  • nonfiction
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17. The Haunting of Borley Rectory: The Story of a Ghost Story

By: Sean O'Connor

3.89

Format: 482 pages, Hardcover

In 1928, Eric and Mabel Smith arrived from India to take over the lonely parish of Borley on the no… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • paranormal
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18. Rites of Passage: Death and Mourning in Victorian Britain

By: Judith Flanders

4.21

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

In Rites of Passage, acclaimed historian Judith Flanders deconstructs the intricate, fascinating, a… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5) by Juno  Dawson

19. Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5)

By: Juno Dawson

3.76

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The next enchanting instalment of the sensational #1 SUNDAY TIMES bestselling HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL C… read more

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20. The Masquerades of Spring (Rivers of London #9.2)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

New York City, New York. Meet Augustus Berrycloth-Young - fop, flaneur, and Englishman abroad - … read more

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12 best-selling nonfiction books like Hauntings: A Book of Ghosts and Where to Find Them Across 25 Eerie British Locations by Neil Oliver

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Danny Robins

4.27

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Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

David Mitchell

4.16

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Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire

Michael Palin

4.17

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Steeple Chasing: Around Britain by Church

Peter Ross

4.37

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The Dream Home

T.M. Logan

3.97

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Helen Sarah Fields

4.22

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C.L. Taylor

3.90

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Claire Douglas

4.09

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