The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories: Volume Four
By: Christopher Philippo
3.84
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Victorian-era Christmas ghost stories are associated primarily with Charles Dickens and other Briti…
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1. Mystery in White
By: Martin Edwards , J. Jefferson Farjeon
3.38
Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition
On Christmas Eve, heavy snowfall brings a train to a halt near the village of Hemmersby. Several pa… read more
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- holiday
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"That is why any general, however wrong he may be--take Napoleon, to avoid the politics of mere contemporary examples--must believe in himself to be successful, or dupe himself into such a belief. Ind…"-Martin Edwards, Mystery in White
2. The Castle of Otranto
By: Horace Walpole
3.18
Format: 125 pages, Paperback
First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otranto purported to be a translation of an I… read more
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- classics
- horror
"My soul abhors a falsehood"-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"This life is but a pilgrimage."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"Heaven mocks the short-sighted views of man."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"I fear no bad angel, and have offended no good one."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
3. The Other Side of Midnight
By: Simone St. James
3.80
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
The award-winning author of The Haunting of Maddy Clareand Silence for the Dead, presents another m… read more
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- historical fiction
- ghosts
4. Nutcracker
By: E.T.A. Hoffmann , Ralph Manheim , Maurice Sendak
3.93
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
The tale of Nutcracker, written by E.T.A. Hoffmann in 1816, has fascinated and inspired artists, co… read more
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- christmas
- classics
5. The Christmas Guest
By: Peter Swanson
3.63
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
An American art student in London is invited to join a classmate for the holidays at Starvewood Hal… read more
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- christmas
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- short stories
6. What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
By: T. Kingfisher
3.89
Format: 165 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones comes a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edg… read more
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- historical fiction
- horror
"You shouldn't joke about fairies."-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
"The dead don’t walk. Except, sometimes, when they do."-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
"Most of us go to the Devil without him having to personally oversee things."-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
"I had a strong urge to step back from them, and an even stronger urge to poke them with a stick."-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
7. The Pallbearers Club
By: Paul Tremblay
3.10
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
A cleverly voiced psychological thriller about an unforgettable—and unsettling—friendship, with blo… read more
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- horror
8. The Fall of Númenor: and Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-earth
By: J.R.R. Tolkien
4.32
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings on the Second Age of Middle-earth, collected for the first time in one vo… read more
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- classics
9. Out There Screaming
By: Jordan Peele
3.79
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
The visionary writer and director of Get Out, Us, and Nope, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions, c… read more
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- anthologies
- horror
"Jesus better keep his little bitch mouth shut"-Jordan Peele, Out There Screaming
10. The Sinister Booksellers of Bath (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #2)
By: Garth Nix
4.04
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Return to the enchanting world of The Left-Handed Booksellers of London in this sequel by Garth Nix… read more
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- historical fiction
11. Christmas Presents
By: Lisa Unger
3.65
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
Instead of presents this Christmas, one true crime podcaster is opening up a cold case…When true cr… read more
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- christmas
- holiday
12. Cuentos de navidad
By: Charles Dickens
3.80
Format: 214 pages, Paperback
Junto a la célebre Canción de Navidad, este volumen reúne otros tres cuentos de Charles Dickens (18… read more
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- classics
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- short stories
"Best and happiest of all, the Time before him was his own, to make amends in!"-Charles Dickens, Cuentos de navidad
"A la hermosa vida de un plácido crepúsculo otoñal, a la vida tranquila una habitación silenciosa, con un enorme ventanal abierto; más allá, una terraza donde se movían las hojas y las flores perfumab…"-Charles Dickens, Cuentos de navidad
"She was very pretty: exceedingly pretty. With a dimpled, surprised-looking, capital face; a ripe little mouth, that seemed made to be kissed — as no doubt it was; all kinds of good little dots about …"-Charles Dickens, Cuentos de navidad
"The Grocers'! oh the Grocers'! nearly closed, with perhaps two shutters down, or one; but through those gaps such glimpses! It was not alone that the scales descending on the counter made a merry sou…"-Charles Dickens, Cuentos de navidad
13. My Darling Girl
By: Jennifer McMahon
3.75
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A spine-tingling psychological thriller about a woman who, after taking in her dying, alcoholic mot… read more
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- christmas
- horror
14. The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror
By: Tori Bovalino
3.58
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A cemetery full of the restless dead. A town so wicked it has already burned twice, with the breath… read more
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- short stories
- anthologies
- horror
"It seemed to me that a soul that preferred a cold grave to the white light of Heaven was suspect."-Tori Bovalino, The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror
"She could weave between peace and poison fluid as a silver fish, and both of them were true. There wasn't a fake bone in her body, but that almost made it worse."-Tori Bovalino, The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror
"me standing there- just standing there- looking around and thinking, God, I'm not supposed to be here, I'm supposed to be somewhere else, this is wrong, this is *wrong*."-Tori Bovalino, The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror
"I don't like the way he say you. Like I different. Like I didn't just see one-of-me-like-me beat until she fall. [...] But my boy doesn't see. He can't see. Can't hear, either. He never tried to mimi…"-Tori Bovalino, The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror
15. The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories: From Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter
By: Jessica Harrison
3.42
Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition
The perfect gift this Christmas season: a generous selection of some of the greatest festive storie… read more
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- short story collection
- holiday
- anthologies
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- short stories
16. She Is a Haunting
By: Trang Thanh Tran
3.39
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A house with a terrifying appetite haunts a broken family in this atmospheric horror, perfect for f… read more
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"Who am I but someone others define? It's easier to be a stereotype. It hurts when you are yourself."-Trang Thanh Tran, She Is a Haunting
"Revenge has always been easy to understand, but hunger implies that something can be filled. What is a ghost's limit when they have no real body?"-Trang Thanh Tran, She Is a Haunting
"Blood slides from the sill and onto the wall, where it inches toward the floor. I'll let it stain, because it's exactly what he wanted: a mark on Vietnam."-Trang Thanh Tran, She Is a Haunting
"My heart is here, the Lady of Many Tongues had said days before. Here, where I see how beautiful Đà Lạt is. I had thought the same of Saigon, despite the smoke and lights and buildings—how it could'v…"-Trang Thanh Tran, She Is a Haunting
17. Christmas and Other Horrors: A winter solstice anthology
By: Ellen Datlow
3.65
Format: 410 pages, Kindle Edition
Hugo Award winning editor, and horror legend, Ellen Datlow presents a terrifying and chilling horro… read more
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- anthologies
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18. The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free
By: Paulina Bren
3.67
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author Paulina Bren comes the remarkable history of New York’s most famous resid… read more
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"[Negli anni '30] Molti ritenevano anche, sebbene il Women's Bureau del governo avesse ripetutamente contraddetto tale convinzione, che le donne lavoravano per comprarsi il superfluo, rubando i posti …"-Paulina Bren, The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free
"Nel 1932, ventisei Stati avevano decretato che fosse illegale per le donne sposate avere un lavoro, e negli Stati in cui non era obbligatorio lasciare il lavoro al momento delle nozze era comunque ne…"-Paulina Bren, The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free
"[Negli anni ‘50] Le regole erano chiare, e le attese elevatissime: le donne dovevano essere vergini ma non bacchettone; dovevano fare l'università, dedicarsi a un certo tipo di carriera e poi rinunci…"-Paulina Bren, The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free
19. This is Halloween
By: James A. Moore
3.59
Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition
Author James A. Moore offers up ten autumnal tales of the darker things that lurk just around the c… read more
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- holiday
- anthologies
- short stories
- horror
20. Let the Woods Keep Our Bodies
By: E. M. Roy
3.73
Format: 196 pages, Paperback
In the small town of Eston, Maine . . . weird things happen sometimes.Leo Bates knows what’s behind… read more
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21. The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories: Volume Four
By: Christopher Philippo
3.84
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Victorian-era Christmas ghost stories are associated primarily with Charles Dickens and other Briti… read more
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- short story collection
- ghosts
- holiday
- anthologies
- christmas
- short stories
- horror
- historical fiction
- ghost stories
