MR James: The Complete Ghost Stories Collection
By: M.R. James
4.08
Format: None pages, Audiobook
This audiobook is an unabridged collection of all M.R. James' ghost stories, including stories from…
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1. Nightmare Alley
By: William Lindsay Gresham , Nick Tosches
3.83
Format: 275 pages, Paperback
Nightmare Alley begins with an extraordinary description of a carnival-show geek—alcoholic and abje… read more
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- classics
- fiction
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"Also Dad said it was a shame to go to bed early and miss everything when you could sleep late the next day and catch up..."-William Lindsay Gresham, Nightmare Alley
"Beyond that elfin face, the steady eyes, there was something breathing, something that was fed blood from a tiny heart beating under pointed breasts. But is was cobweb under the fingers. Cobweb in th…"-William Lindsay Gresham, Nightmare Alley
"Hoatley - First Carnival Owner: Now this creature - There he is, THE GEEK! He has puzzled the foremost scientists of Europe and America. Is he the missing link? Is he man or beast? Some have pronounc…"-William Lindsay Gresham, Nightmare Alley
"The speech fascinated him. His ear caught the rhythm of it and he noted their idioms and worked some of them into his patter. He had found the reason behind the peculiar, drawling language of the old…"-William Lindsay Gresham, Nightmare Alley
2. 20th Century Ghosts
By: Christopher Golden , Joe Hill
3.65
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A collection of short stories. Imogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and kno… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
- horror
3. The Man in the Picture
By: Susan Hill
4.20
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary ghost story from a modern master, published just in time for Halloween. In the apa… read more
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- gothic
- fiction
- horror
4. The Vampyre; A Tale
By: John William Polidori
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Vampyreis a short story by John William Polidori. It is based on a fragment written by Lord Byr… read more
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- gothic
- classics
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
5. Dolly
By: Susan Hill
3.64
Format: 221 pages, Hardcover
The remoter parts of the English Fens are forlorn, lost and damp even in the height of summer. At I… read more
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- gothic
- audiobook
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6. Back Story
By: David Mitchell
5.00
Format: 500 pages, Paperback
David Mitchell, who you may know for his inappropriate anger on every TV panel show except Never Mi… read more
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7. This House is Haunted
By: John Boyne
4.06
Format: None pages, Hardcover
1867. Eliza Caine arrives in Norfolk to take up her position as governess at Gaudlin Hall on a dark… read more
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8. Oscar Wilde and the Ring of Death
By: Gyles Brandreth
4.14
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
The second witty installment in an astonishingly authentic historical mystery series featuring dete… read more
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9. Ghost Stories: Selected and Introduced by Mark Gatiss
By: E.F. Benson
3.94
Format: 322 pages, ebook
Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones) selects and introduces chilling tales by the un… read more
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10. Cycle of the Werewolf
By: Stephen King , Bernie Wrightson
3.10
Format: None pages, Paperback
The first scream came from the snowbound railwayman who felt the fangs ripping at his throat. The n… read more
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11. The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.00
Format: 18 pages,
The weird fiction short stories of H.P. Lovecraft from 1917-1935. Excludes collaborations. The eBoo… read more
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12. The Midwich Cuckoos
By: John Wyndham
3.91
Format: 220 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In the sleepy English village of Midwich, a mysterious silver object appears and all the inhabitant… read more
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- audiobook
- classics
- fiction
- horror
"…after all, what is a planet but an island in space?"-John Wyndham, The Midwich Cuckoos
"Some quotations," said Zellaby, "are greatly improved by lack of context."-John Wyndham, The Midwich Cuckoos
"Will you agree to be superseded, and start on the way to extinction without a struggle? I do not think you are decadent enough for that."-John Wyndham, The Midwich Cuckoos
"But not she. Her eternity is an article of her faith. Great wars and disasters can ebb and flow, races rise and fall, empires wither with suffering and death, but these are superficialities: she, wom…"-John Wyndham, The Midwich Cuckoos
13. Hangsaman
By: Shirley Jackson
4.40
Format: 304 pages,
HANGSAMAN is Miss Jackson's second novel. The story is a simple one but the overtones are immediate… read more
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14. The Withered Arm
By: Thomas Hardy , None
3.93
Format: 265 pages, Paperback
<<Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) publico catorce novelas, una cincuentena de cuentos y mas de mil poemas.… read more
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15. Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
By: Neil Price
4.18
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
The Viking Age - between 750 and 1050 - saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples.… read more
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- audiobook
"The Viking mind is far away from us today, but occasionally just about tangible."-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
"Free will existed, but exercising it inevitably led to becoming the person you always, really, had been."-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
"History is nothing if not a suppositional discipline, sometimes akin to a sort of speculative fiction of the past."-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
"There is a sense in which this viewpoint is looking through the wrong end of the historical telescope, defining (and often judging) a people solely by the consequences of their actions rather than th…"-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
16. Snow, Glass, Apples
By: Neil Gaiman
4.07
Format: 64 pages, Hardcover
A chilling fantasy retelling of the Snow White fairy tale by bestselling creators Neil Gaiman and C… read more
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- fiction
- horror
"I will not scream. I will not give them that satisfaction. They will have my body, but my soul and my story are my own, and will die with me."-Neil Gaiman, Snow, Glass, Apples
"Lies and half-truths fall like snow, covering the things that I remember, the things I saw. A landscape, unrecognizable after a snowfall; that is what she has made of my life."-Neil Gaiman, Snow, Glass, Apples
17. The Last Word
By: Elly Griffiths
3.92
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
Natalka and Edwin, whom we met in The Postscript Murders, are running a detective agency in Shoreha… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
18. 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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- gothic
- fiction
- horror
19. The Whistling
By: Rebecca Netley
3.69
Format: 378 pages, Hardcover
Alone in the world, Elspeth Swansome has taken the position of nanny to a family on the remote Scot… read more
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- gothic
- fiction
- horror
20. Let the Light Pour In
By: Lemn Sissay
3.67
Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEARA SAINSBURY'S MAGAZINE BOOK TO G… read more
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- audiobook
21. Weird Woods: Tales From the Haunted Forests of Britain
By: John Miller
3.61
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
Folk horror meets classic ghost stories in this new Tales of the Weird anthology Woods play a cr… read more
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- gothic
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
22. Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
By: Stephen Fry
4.35
Format: 414 pages, Hardcover
The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty,… read more
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- classics
- audiobook
"His reward is the eternal fame that is both priceless and worthless"-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
"Bij onze geboorte ligt ons lot al vast, en niemand heeft ooit het zijne kunnen ontlopen (Hektor)"-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
"Forget him. What is treasure? Or Briseis, or honor, or anything? Next to the life of the one I loved best and dearest? My beloved, my only Patroclus."-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
"Zelfs de onsterfelijke goden waren niet bij machte zich te verhouden tot, mee te leven met, nakomelingen te verwekken bij en het lot te bepalen van zo'n aanzwellende schare eerzuchtige, vernuftige en…"-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
23. The Nesting
By: C.J. Cooke
3.57
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
The woods are creeping in on a nanny and two young girls in this chilling modern Gothic thriller. … read more
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- gothic
- audiobook
- fiction
- horror
24. The Ghost Woods
By: C.J. Cooke
3.98
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
In the midst of the woods stands a house called Lichen Hall. This place is shrouded in folklore… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- horror
25. Literary Witches: A Celebration of Magical Women Writers
By: Taisia Kitaiskaia
3.83
Format: 166 pages, Hardcover
Celebrate the witchiest women writers with beautiful illustrations and imaginative vignettes. Li… read more
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"One thing is certain: a witch is almost always a “she."-Taisia Kitaiskaia, Literary Witches: A Celebration of Magical Women Writers
26. The Plague Stones
By: James Brogden
3.74
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
From the critically acclaimed author of Hekla's Children comes a dark and haunting tale of our worl… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- horror
27. The Hotel
By: Daisy Johnson
3.99
Format: None pages, Audiobook
Daisy Johnson’s series of ghost stories set in a hotel on the Fens. read more
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- short stories
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- audiobook
28. MR James: The Complete Ghost Stories Collection
By: M.R. James
4.08
Format: None pages, Audiobook
This audiobook is an unabridged collection of all M.R. James' ghost stories, including stories from… read more
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- fiction
- horror
- audiobook
29. The Fall of the House of Usher: And Other Stories That Inspired the Netflix Series
By: Edgar Allan Poe
3.94
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A deluxe anthology of works by Edgar Allan Poe that inspired Netflix’s The Fall of the House of Ush… read more
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- classics
- short stories
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- horror
30. DEEP
By: Stephen Hogtun
4.77
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
**PRAISE FOR DEEP**'DEEP by Stephen hogtun is an absolute masterpiece' - David Litchfield, award-wi… read more
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