11 Best classics books like A Visit: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories) by Shirley Jackson

Cover of A Visit: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories) by Shirley Jackson

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…

If you liked the classics plot in A Visit: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories) by Shirley Jackson , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of The Empty House by Rosamunde Pilcher

1. The Empty House

By: Rosamunde Pilcher

3.85

Format: 249 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When you read a novel by Rosamunde Pilcher you enter a special world where emotions sing from the h… read more

Similar categories in Rosamunde Pilcher's The Empty House book and Shirley Jackson's A Visit: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)

  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
  • horror
Cover of The Signalman by Charles Dickens, Scott Cohn

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

Similar categories in Charles Dickens's The Signalman book and Shirley Jackson's A Visit: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)

  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
  • horror
"Hallow! Below there!"

-Charles Dickens, The Signalman

Cover of The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Roger Sheringham Cases, #5) by Anthony Berkeley

3. The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Roger Sheringham Cases, #5)

By: Anthony Berkeley

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Reissue of one of the great puzzle mystery classics of England's Golden Age of crime fiction; plot … read more

Similar categories in Anthony Berkeley's The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Roger Sheringham Cases, #5) book and Shirley Jackson's A Visit: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)

  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood

4. The Empty House

By: Algernon Blackwood

3.16

Format: 288 pages, ebook

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Similar categories in Algernon Blackwood's The Empty House book and Shirley Jackson's A Visit: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)

  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
  • horror
Cover of Mr. Jones by Edith Wharton

5. Mr. Jones

By: Edith Wharton

2.90

Format: 96 pages,

When Lady Jane Lynke inherits the Bells, she and her friend Edward Stramer set out to discover the … read more

Similar categories in Edith Wharton's Mr. Jones book and Shirley Jackson's A Visit: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)

  • classics
  • christmas
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror

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

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7. The Upper Berth

By: F. Marion Crawford

4.09

Format: None pages,

Every now and again, the smell sea water permeates the air, as if the cabin had been flooded and ne… read more

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8. Afterward

By: Edith Wharton

4.14

Format: None pages,

Or, rather, Ned answered, in the same strain, "why, amid so much that's ghostly, it can never affir… read more

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9. 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

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10. 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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11. Frisk

By: Dennis Cooper

2.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

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12. The Apple Tree

By: Daphne du Maurier

3.97

Format: 72 pages, Kindle Edition

Halloween might seem like the spookiest time of year, but Charles Dickens and other great ghost sto… read more

Similar categories in Daphne du Maurier's The Apple Tree book and Shirley Jackson's A Visit: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)

  • classics
  • christmas
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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13. 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

Similar categories in Emily Carroll's A Guest in the House book and Shirley Jackson's A Visit: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)

  • fiction
  • horror
"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

Cover of How Fear Departed the Long Gallery: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories) by E.F. Benson

14. 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

Similar categories in E.F. Benson's How Fear Departed the Long Gallery: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories) book and Shirley Jackson's A Visit: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)

  • classics
  • christmas
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Corner Shop: A Ghost Story for Christmas by Cynthia Asquith

15. 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

Similar categories in Cynthia Asquith's The Corner Shop: A Ghost Story for Christmas book and Shirley Jackson's A Visit: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)

  • classics
  • christmas
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of A Room in a Rectory: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories) by Andrew Caldecott

16. 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

Similar categories in Andrew Caldecott's A Room in a Rectory: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories) book and Shirley Jackson's A Visit: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)

  • horror
Cover of The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories) by Arthur Conan Doyle

17. 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

Similar categories in Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories) book and Shirley Jackson's A Visit: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)

  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of The Dead and the Countess by Gertrude Atherton

18. 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

Similar categories in Gertrude Atherton's The Dead and the Countess book and Shirley Jackson's A Visit: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)

  • classics
  • christmas
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The House by the Poppy Field: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories) by Marjorie Bowen

19. 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

Similar categories in Marjorie Bowen's The House by the Poppy Field: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories) book and Shirley Jackson's A Visit: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)

  • short stories
  • horror
Cover of A Visit: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories) by Shirley Jackson

20. 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

Similar categories in Shirley Jackson's A Visit: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories) book and Shirley Jackson's A Visit: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)

  • literary fiction
  • classics
  • christmas
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Doll's Ghost by F. Marion Crawford

21. 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

Similar categories in F. Marion Crawford's The Doll's Ghost book and Shirley Jackson's A Visit: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)

  • christmas
  • classics
  • short stories
  • horror

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