9 best-selling horror books like The Garden of Adompha by Clark Ashton Smith

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The Garden of Adompha

By: Clark Ashton Smith

3.79

Format: 28 pages, Paperback

Clark Ashton Smith (January 13, 1893 - August 14, 1961) was a self-educated American poet, sculptor…

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Cover of Altıncı Koğuş by Anton Chekhov, None, Yulva Muhurcişi

1. Altıncı Koğuş

By: Anton Chekhov , None , Yulva Muhurcişi

4.26

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

Çehov bir taşra kasabasındaki akıl hastanesinde geçen bu novellasında, eğitimli bir hasta olan İvan… read more

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  • short stories
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2. An Antarctic Mystery

By: Jules Verne

3.61

Format: 195 pages, Paperback

But strange as the journey may be, it's nowhere near as strange as what they will find waiting at i… read more

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  • fantasy
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3. The Raven

By: Edgar Allan Poe , Gustave Doré

4.29

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

In Gustave Doré, one of the most prolific and successful book illustrators of the late 19h century,… read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
"Quoth the raven nevermore."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

"Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

"La ciencia no nos a enseñado aun si la locura es o no lo mas sublime de la inteligencia"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

"And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted Nevermore"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

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4. The Tree

By: H.P. Lovecraft

2.99

Format: 77 pages, ebook

Kalos and Musides are two Greek sculptors who are asked to sculpt statues for a competition. But wh… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • horror
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5. Transformation (Hesperus Classics)

By: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

3.52

Format: 83 pages, Paperback

Surely never such had existed before—a misshapen dwarf, with squinting eyes, distorted features, an… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • horror
"And to my young heart the idea of death came for the first time blended with that of joy."

-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Transformation (Hesperus Classics)

"Revenge! — the word seemed balm to me; I hugged it, caressed it, till, like a serpent, it stung me."

-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Transformation (Hesperus Classics)

"What is there so fearful as the expectation of evil tidings delayed? ... Misery is a more welcome visitant when she comes in her darkest guise and wraps us in perpetual black, for then the heart no l…"

-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Transformation (Hesperus Classics)

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6. The Sorrows of Young Werther

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Burton Pike

3.73

Format: None pages, Paperback

Visiting an idyllic German village, Werther, a sensitive and romantic young man, meets and falls in… read more

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7. La Corza Blanca (Leer En Espanol)

By: Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

3.72

Format: 78 pages, Paperback

Garces searches for the truth behind the laughing animals he encounters in the woods. He heard incr… read more

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8. The Black Stone

By: Robert E. Howard

4.17

Format: None pages,

A marvelous rendition of the short story the Black Stone by Conan author Robert E. Howard. You can … read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • horror
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9. Orlando

By: Virginia Woolf , Sandra M Gilbert

3.87

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Virginia Woolf's Orlando 'The longest and most charming love letter in literature', playfully const… read more

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  • fantasy
"Life and a lover"

-Virginia Woolf, Orlando

"Thoughts are divine."

-Virginia Woolf, Orlando

"All extremes of feeling are allied with madness."

-Virginia Woolf, Orlando

"Love, the poet said, is woman's whole existence."

-Virginia Woolf, Orlando

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10. The Demon Lover

By: Elizabeth Bowen

3.54

Format: 256 pages,

Mrs. Kathleen Drover has come back to her house in London to pick up a a few things that were left … read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
Cover of At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft, China Miéville, S.T. Joshi

11. At the Mountains of Madness

By: H.P. Lovecraft , China Miéville , S.T. Joshi

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Long acknowledged as a master of nightmarish vision, H.P. Lovecraft established the genuineness and… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • horror

12. The Gospel According to Jesus Christ

By: José Saramago

3.63

Format: 256 pages, Unknown Binding

This is a skeptic' s journey into the meaning of God and of human existence. At once an ironic rend… read more

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13. Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

By: Marcel Proust , Simon Vance , Lydia Davis

4.15

Format: 710 pages, Mass Market Paperback

«Et tout d'un coup le souvenir m'est apparu. Ce goût, c'était celui du petit morceau de madeleine q… read more

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"Longtemps, je me suis couché de bonne heure."

-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

"the comfort of reclusion, the poetry of hibernation"

-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

"Now are the woods all black, But still the sky is blue."

-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

"Fall in love with a dog's bum, And thou'll think it pretty as a plum."

-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

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14. The King in Yellow

By: Robert W. Chambers

3.55

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

One of the leading examples of Victorian-gothic horror, The King in Yellow is a collection of ten i… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • horror
"Selby never knew why, but he suddenly began to buy flowers."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

"Strange in the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But Stranger still is Lost Carcosa."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

"I pray God will curse the writer, as the writer has cursed the world with this beautiful, stupendous creation, terrible in its simplicity, irresistible in its truth..."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

"No, he is not vicious, nor is he in the least demented. His mind is a wonder chamber, from which he can extract treasures that you and I would give years of our life to acquire."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

15. The Red Room

By: H.G. Wells

3.55

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

"It's your own choosing," said the man with the withered arm once more. I heard the faint sound of … read more

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16. Inferno (The Divine Comedy #1)

By: Dante Alighieri , Anthony Esolen

3.93

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Guided by the poet Virgil, Dante plunges to the very depths of Hell and embarks on his arduous jour… read more

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17. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

By: John Le Carré

3.94

Format: 322 pages, Paperback

In this classic, John le Carre's third novel and the first to earn him international acclaim, he cr… read more

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18. The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.37

Format: 414 pages,

Incantations of black magic unearthed unspeakable horrors in Providence, Rhode Island. Evil spirits… read more

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19. Marianela

By: Benito Pérez Galdós

4.60

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Publicada en 1878, Marianelaes una novela por la que Benito Perez Galdos (1843-1920) mostro siempre… read more

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20. 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
  • fantasy
  • horror
"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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21. The Garden of Adompha

By: Clark Ashton Smith

3.79

Format: 28 pages, Paperback

Clark Ashton Smith (January 13, 1893 - August 14, 1961) was a self-educated American poet, sculptor… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • horror

9 Best fantasy books like The Garden of Adompha by Clark Ashton Smith

Transform Your Habits

An Antarctic Mystery

Jules Verne

3.61

Transform Your Habits

The Tree

H.P. Lovecraft

2.99

Transform Your Habits

Transformation (Hesperus Classics)

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

3.52

Transform Your Habits

The Black Stone

Robert E. Howard

4.17

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17 must-read fiction books like The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Burton Pike

Transform Your Habits

Lalka

Bolesław Prus

3.82

Transform Your Habits

Nie-Boska komedia

Zygmunt Krasiński

2.44

Transform Your Habits

Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert , Margaret Mauldon , Malcolm Bowie , Mark Overstall

3.70

Transform Your Habits

Konrad Wallenrod

Adam Mickiewicz , Irene Suboczewski

2.60

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