Holy Ghosts: Classic Tales of the Ecclesiastical Uncanny
By: Fiona Snailham
4.06
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
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1. Collected Ghost Stories
By: M.R. James
4.14
Format: 568 pages, Hardcover
M. R. James is widely regarded as the father of the modern ghost story, and his tales have influenc… read more
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- gothic
- ghosts
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- ghost stories
"The door was opening again. The seer does not like to dwell upon what he saw entering the room: he says it might be described as a frog - the size of a man - but it had scanty white hair about its he…"-M.R. James, Collected Ghost Stories
"Those that spend the greater part of their time in reading or writing books are, of course, apt to take rather particular notice of accumulations of books when they come across them. They will not pa…"-M.R. James, Collected Ghost Stories
"But it was in the life-saving competition that Stanley Judkins's conduct was most blameable and had the most far-reaching effects. The practice, as you know, was to throw a selected lower boy, of sui…"-M.R. James, Collected Ghost Stories
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- fiction
3. Experimental Film
By: Gemma Files
3.56
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Experimental Film is a contemporary ghost story in which former Canadian film history teacher Lois … read more
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- horror
- fiction
- ghosts
"Because stories lie hidden inside other stories, and we always know more about any given thing than we think we do, even if the only thing we think we know is nothing."-Gemma Files, Experimental Film
"You could argue—as I have more than enough times, as part of my Film History lecture—that, no matter its actual narrative content, every movie is a ghost story. A film's production forms a time capsu…"-Gemma Files, Experimental Film
"What can I do about the people who adore all that is new, even when it goes against their deepest convictions, or about the insincere, corrupt press, and the inane herd that saw beauty or poetry in s…"-Gemma Files, Experimental Film
"We're storytelling creatures. Give us a bunch of seemingly random images and we will try to organize them into a linear progression: tree, apple, head, bruise, gravity . . . a man sat under a tree, a…"-Gemma Files, Experimental Film
4. A Knife for Harry Dodd (Chief Inspector Littlejohn, #21)
By: George Bellairs
4.50
Format: 60 pages, Kindle Edition
Harry Dodd is stabbed in the back on his way home from the pub. But instead of calling for the poli… read more
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5. Eight Ghosts: The English Heritage Book of New Ghost Stories
By: Kamila Shamsie , Andrew Martin , Jeanette Winterson , Mark Haddon , Andrew Michael Hurley , Max Porter , Sarah Perry , Stuart Evers , Kate Clanchy , None
4.08
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Rooted in place, slipping between worlds - a rich collection of unnerving ghosts and sinister histo… read more
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6. Capital Crimes: London Mysteries
By: Martin Edwards
3.15
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
With its fascinating mix of people - rich and poor, British and foreign, worthy and suspicious - Lo… read more
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8. Crossed Skis (Julian Rivers #8)
By: Carol Carnac
3.88
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
An atmospheric holiday novel from one of the most consistently popular authors in the series, Carol… read more
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- fiction
9. Smallbone Deceased
By: Michael Gilbert
4.05
Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition
Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of MurderHorniman, Birley and Craine is a highly re… read more
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- fiction
"It’s quite a good idea. Only for heaven’s sake don’t be like that mug in the detective story who confides all his best ideas to a friendly sort of character who turns out to be the murderer in Chapte…"-Michael Gilbert, Smallbone Deceased
10. The Twat Files: a Life of Mistakes - No Regrets
By: Dawn French
3.87
Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition
Discover the truth behind the many, many times Dawn French has been a complete twat over the last s… read more
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11. Cuddy
By: Benjamin Myers
4.33
Format: 447 pages, Hardcover
Cuddy is a bold and experimental retelling of the story of the hermit St. Cuthbert, unofficial patr… read more
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- fiction
"Some say owls carry within them the souls of those who in life never had a name, a place or a purpose, and were cast out to wander alone. Some say their stained-glass eyes are windows into other worl…"-Benjamin Myers, Cuddy
12. My Darling Dreadful Thing
By: Johanna van Veen
3.89
Format: 375 pages, Paperback
In a world where the dead can wake and walk among us, what is truly real? Roos Beckman has a spi… read more
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- gothic
- fiction
- horror
"The question everyone wants answered is this: Was I or was I not actually possessed? But it is not so simple as that."-Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing
"There’s a reason the word ‘haunting’ is rarely used in a positive way. To never be free of someone, well, that’s not always a comfort."-Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing
"It’s a dangerous thing, to try and give someone everything. One day, you might find you’ve given away things you should’ve kept. Some parts of us must remain inviolate if we are to survive as a perso…"-Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing
"I was never a happy child. I think that, if I had been, things would have gone very differently with me. For one, I don’t think Ruth would have become my constant companion. Spirits like her are not …"-Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing
13. Monk's Hood (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #3)
By: Ellis Peters
4.08
Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition
Silver Dagger Award Winner: In this medieval mystery, Brother Cadfael faces suspicion when one of h… read more
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- fiction
"Don't reach for the halo too soon. You have plenty of time to enjoy yourself, even a little maliciously sometimes, before you settle down to being a saint."-Ellis Peters, Monk's Hood (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #3)
14. The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories
By: Martin Edwards
3.79
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A Christmas party is punctuated by a gunshot under a policeman’s watchful eye. A jewel heist is pla… read more
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- fiction
- short stories
- anthologies
15. Dead March for Penelope Blow (The Inspector Littlejohn Mysteries Book 4)
By: George Bellairs
4.20
Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition
In the wake of Mr William Blow’s death, his surviving relatives find themselves tangled up in famil… read more
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16. Witches
By: Brenda Lozano
3.52
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A remarkable novel by one of the most exciting new voices in Latin America today This is the sto… read more
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- fiction
- horror
17. The Butcher of the Forest
By: Premee Mohamed
3.94
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A world-weary woman races against the clock to rescue the children of a wrathful tyrant from a dang… read more
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- fiction
- horror
18. The Devil's Flute Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #5)
By: Seishi Yokomizo
3.89
Format: 355 pages, Kindle Edition
An ingenious and highly atmospheric classic whodunit from Japan’s master of crime. Amid the rubb… read more
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- fiction
19. Lost in the Garden
By: Adam S. Leslie
3.73
Format: 446 pages, Paperback
"Like an old wives’ tale, like a piece of wisdom passed down through generations which no one quest… read more
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- fiction
- horror
20. The Village of Eight Graves (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #3)
By: Seishi Yokomizo
3.83
Format: 349 pages, Paperback
The third title in Japan’s most popular murder mystery series — after The Honjin Murders and The In… read more
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- fiction
"The only person who had not touched the pickles was me! I never did like pickles..."-Seishi Yokomizo, The Village of Eight Graves (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #3)
21. All the White Spaces
By: Ally Wilkes
3.58
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In the wake of the First World War, Jonathan Morgan stows away on an Antarctic expedition, determin… read more
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- fiction
- horror
22. SUSPICIONS OF A PARLOURMAID and THE NORFOLK RAILWAY MURDERS: Two cases for DCI Bryce (Chief Inspector Bryce Mysteries Book 7)
By: Peter Zander-Howell
4.43
Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition
Two more cases for Philip Bryce. 1. An affluent elderly lady dies. The death certificate cites ‘na… read more
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23. An Excellent Mystery (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #11)
By: Ellis Peters
4.17
Format: 253 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1141, two monks have arrived in Shrewsbury from Winchester, where their abbey was destroyed. Now… read more
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- fiction
"Well, God’s vision is clearer than mine, he may both see a way out of this tangle and open my eyes to it when the time is ripe. There’s a path through every forest, and a safe passage somewhere throu…"-Ellis Peters, An Excellent Mystery (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #11)
24. The Dead of Winter: Ten Classic Tales for Chilling Nights (Vintage Murders)
By: Various
3.34
Format: 161 pages, Kindle Edition
Not everything that goes bump in the night brings gifts ...As the nights draw in, the veil between … read more
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- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- ghost stories
25. The Witching Tide
By: Margaret Meyer
3.37
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
For readers of Margaret Atwood and Hilary Mantel, an immersive literary debut inspired by historica… read more
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26. There Are Rivers in the Sky
By: Elif Shafak
4.58
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
From the Booker Prize finalist author of The Island of Missing Trees, an enchanting new tale about … read more
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- fiction
"Books, like paper lanterns, provide us with a light amidst the fog."-Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky
27. A Tomb With a View: The Stories & Glories of Graveyards
By: Peter Ross
4.27
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Enter a grave new world of fascination and delight as award-winning writer Peter Ross uncovers the … read more
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- gothic
- short stories
"Exposure to a particle of darkness means one does not sicken with it."-Peter Ross, A Tomb With a View: The Stories & Glories of Graveyards
28. Death in White Pyjamas / Death Knows No Calendar
By: John Bude
3.75
Format: 536 pages, Paperback
Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder Two mysteries of the kind John Bude does… read more
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- fiction
29. Holy Ghosts: Classic Tales of the Ecclesiastical Uncanny
By: Fiona Snailham
4.06
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Churches, monasteries and convents have long been associated with sanctuary: sacred spaces should o… read more
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- ghosts
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- ghost stories
30. Feeding the Monster: Why Horror Has a Hold on Us
By: Anna Bogutskaya
4.18
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
Zombies want brains. Vampires want blood. Cannibals want human flesh. All monsters need feeding. Ho… read more
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- horror
31. Aquelarre de cuentos: Antología de terror insólito escrito por mujeres
By: Inés Ordiz
4.06
Format: 156 pages, Paperback
Los relatos de 'Aquelarre de cuentos' sitúan al lector en una (ir)realidad que es, al mismo tiempo,… read more
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- gothic
- horror
