20 must-read horror books like Mr Testator's Visitation by Charles Dickens

Mr Testator's Visitation

By: Charles Dickens

3.16

Format: None pages, None

Spanish translation of a story excerpted from a collection of stories with the title: Uncommercial …

If you liked the horror plot in Mr Testator's Visitation by Charles Dickens , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. Lost Hearts

By: M.R. James , Danko Krilić

3.60

Format: 332 pages, ebook

The tale tells the story of Stephen Elliott, a young orphan boy, who is sent to stay with his much … read more

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  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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2. The Baron of Grogzwig

By: Charles Dickens

4.17

Format: 251 pages, Hardcover

A fanciful ghost story by a famous classic writer is presented in a children's format, recounting t… read more

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  • short stories
  • audiobook
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3. The Black Cat

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.40

Format: 300 pages,

"The Black Cat" is one of Edgar Allan Poe's most memorable stories. The tale centers around a black… read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
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4. The Beast Within (Villains, #2)

By: Serena Valentino

3.75

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A cursed prince sits alone in a secluded castle. Few have seen him, but those who claim they have s… read more

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"Gaston, the prince of Buttchinland, trying to take his Circe away!"

-Serena Valentino, The Beast Within (Villains, #2)

"She felt thankful her father always gave her the freedom to express herself how she wished and live her life the way she thought was right. He allowed her to be herself."

-Serena Valentino, The Beast Within (Villains, #2)

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5. Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad

By: M.R. James

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Professor Parkins finds an old whistle, his stay at Globe Inn takes a turn for the eerie. read more

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  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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6. The Colour Out of Space

By: H.P. Lovecraft

4.03

Format: 78 pages, Mass Market Paperback

'It was a monstrous constellation of unnatural light, like a glutted swarm of corpse-fed fireflies … read more

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  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
"It was nothing of this earth, but a piece of the great outside; and as such dowered with outside properties and obedient to outside laws."

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Colour Out of Space

"West of Arkham the hills rise wild and there are valleys with deep woods that no ax has ever cut. There are dark, narrow glens where the trees slope fantastically, where thin brooklets trickle withou…"

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Colour Out of Space

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7. Der Sandmann

By: E.T.A. Hoffmann

4.10

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Unter Hoffmanns Werken hat Der Sandmann das weitaus grosste Interesse gefunden. Sein Grundproblem i… read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
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8. The Woman in Black

By: Susan Hill , John Lawrence

3.85

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

What real reader does not yearn, somewhere in the recesses of his or her heart, for a really litera… read more

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  • horror
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9. Dagon

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.94

Format: 489 pages,

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  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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10. Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book

By: M.R. James

4.26

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

M. R. James is the master of the English ghost story, whose tales are inhabited not by ethereal spi… read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
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11. The Treasure of Abbot Thomas

By: M.R. James

3.91

Format: 163 pages,

"The Treasure of Abbot Thomas" is a ghost story by M.R. James, found in his book Ghost Stories of a… read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
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12. A School Story

By: M.R. James

4.60

Format: None pages, ebook

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  • short stories
  • horror

13. The Kit Bag

By: Algernon Blackwood

5.00

Format: 500 pages, ebook

"The Kit-Bag" is a short ghost story by the British author Algernon Blackwood. It was first publish… read more

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14. Count Magnus

By: M.R. James

3.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

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15. The Turn of the Screw

By: Henry James

3.39

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James that first appeared in serial format… read more

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  • audiobook
  • horror
"When I'm bad I am bad !"

-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw

"He fairly glittered in the gloom."

-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw

"I was ready to know the very worst that was to be known."

-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw

"There was something between them." "There was everything."

-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw

16. The Shop of Ghosts

By: G.K. Chesterton

3.86

Format: 256 pages, ebook

The man in the shop was very old and broken. When I put down the money, he pushed it feebly away. "… read more

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17. The Mezzotint

By: M.R. James

5.00

Format: 646 pages,

This short story of the supernatural was originally published in 1904. It concerns a university don… read more

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18. The Fall of the House of Usher

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.87

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

Take the plunge. Dive into this classic from the singular mind of Edgar Allan Poe, who is widely re… read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
"[Son] cœur est un luth suspendu; Sitôt qu'on le touche il résonne. — De Béranger "

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

"A cadaverousness of complexion; an eye large, liquid and very luminous...finely molded chin, speaking, in its want of prominence, of a want of moral energy."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

"It was, perhaps, the narrow limits to which he thus confined himself upon the guitar, which gave birth, in great measure, to the fantastic character of his performances."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

"Er is geen twijfel mogelijk dat mijn bewustzijn van de snelle groei van mijn bijgeloof (want waarom zou ik het niet zo noemen?) de groei alleen maar scheen te versnellen. Dat is, zoals ik al lange ti…"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

19. Hogfather (Discworld, #20; Death, #4)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.00

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Susan had never hung up a stocking . She'd never put a tooth under her pillow in the serious expect… read more

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20. Dracula's Guest

By: Bram Stoker

4.36

Format: 39 pages,

A passage from the manuscript of Dracula. read more

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21. The Most Dangerous Game

By: Richard Connell

3.94

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

The Most Dangerous Game features a big-game hunter from New York who becomes shipwrecked on an isol… read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
"But you can’t mean—"

-Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game

"The world is made up of two classes - the hunters and the huntees."

-Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game

"Sometimes I think evil is a tangible thing - with wave lengths, just as sound and light have."

-Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game

22. The Veldt

By: Ray Bradbury , Gary Kelley

5.00

Format: 32 pages,

The advanced technology of a house first pleases then increasingly terrifies its occupants. read more

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23. The Cask of Amontillado

By: Edgar Allan Poe

4.08

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

"The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled "The Casque ..") is a short story written by Edgar All… read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
"For the love of God, Montresor!"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado

"He did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado

"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado

"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado

24. The Squaw

By: Bram Stoker

4.40

Format: 80 pages,

"The Squaw" was first published in book form in 1914 in Stoker's third collection of short stories … read more

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25. The Ash-Tree

By: M.R. James

3.94

Format: 229 pages, ebook

Montague Rhodes James OM, MA, FBA (1 August 1862 - 12 June 1936), who used the publication name M. … read more

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26. The Monkey's Paw

By: W.W. Jacobs

3.84

Format: 32 pages, Library Binding

When the White family comes into the possession of a monkey’s paw that magically grant wishes, they… read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
"But the days passed, and expectations gave way to resignation—the hopeless resignation of the old, sometimes miscalled apathy."

-W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw

"Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly."

-W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw

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27. Smee: A Short Story

By: A.M. Burrage

3.76

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Smee is a crackling ghost story about a guest in a haunted house telling other visitors of the deat… read more

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  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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28. John Charrington’s Wedding

By: E. Nesbit

3.67

Format: 11 pages, Kindle Edition

"John Charrington's Wedding" is a short ghost story by the British author Edith Nesbit. It was writ… read more

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  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror

29. Mr Testator's Visitation

By: Charles Dickens

3.16

Format: None pages, None

Spanish translation of a story excerpted from a collection of stories with the title: Uncommercial … read more

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  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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30. Father Macclesfield's Tale

By: Robert Hugh Benson

3.00

Format: None pages, Unknown Binding

• DRM free • Well-formatted for the best display on kindle, PC and every reader. • Saves space and… read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
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31. The Ghost of Jerry Bundler

By: W.W. Jacobs

3.46

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Excerpt from The Ghost of Jerry Bundler Somers. Haunted or not haunted, the fact remains that no on… read more

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  • short stories
  • horror

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Lost Hearts

M.R. James , Danko Krilić

3.60

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The Baron of Grogzwig

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4.17

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4.06

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3.40

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