10 Best horror books like Fear in the Blood: Tales from the Dark Lineages of the Weird (Tales of the Weird) by Mike Ashley

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Fear in the Blood: Tales from the Dark Lineages of the Weird (Tales of the Weird)

By: Mike Ashley

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Through eighteen dark tales bubbling with the ghostly and the occult, Mike Ashley traces the phenom…

If you liked the horror plot in Fear in the Blood: Tales from the Dark Lineages of the Weird (Tales of the Weird) by Mike Ashley , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Foxglove Summer (Rivers of London, #5)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.20

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

In the fifth of his bestselling series Ben Aaronovitch takes Peter Grant out of whatever comfort zo… read more

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"But . . ."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Foxglove Summer (Rivers of London, #5)

"Fuck me,' I said out loud, 'I'm in fairyland."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Foxglove Summer (Rivers of London, #5)

"The night may be dark and full of terrors, I thought, but I've got a big stick."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Foxglove Summer (Rivers of London, #5)

"There's nothing quite like Latin for disguising the fact that you're making it up as you go along."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Foxglove Summer (Rivers of London, #5)

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2. Moon Over Soho (Rivers of London, #2)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.08

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

The song. That’s what apprentice wizard and London Metropolitan Police Constable Peter Grant fi… read more

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"He threw a fireball at me. I threw a chimney stack at him - that's the London way."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Moon Over Soho (Rivers of London, #2)

" Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards , I thought. For they are soggy and hard to light. "

-Ben Aaronovitch, Moon Over Soho (Rivers of London, #2)

"First law of gossip - there's no point knowing something if somebody else doesn't know you know it."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Moon Over Soho (Rivers of London, #2)

"It's a sad fact of modern life that if you drive long enough, sooner or later you must leave London behind."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Moon Over Soho (Rivers of London, #2)

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3. Dragon Age: Magekiller

By: Greg Rucka , Carmen Carnero

3.76

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Legendary writer Greg Rucka begins an all-new story set in the immersive dark fantasy world of Drag… read more

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4. Neonomicon

By: Alan Moore , Antony Johnston , Jacen Burrows

3.46

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Misteriosos assassinatos atraem a atenção do FBI e, durante a investigação, revelações indicam coin… read more

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  • horror
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5. A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn, #1)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.80

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

At Sir Hubert Handesley's country house party, five guests have gathered for the uproarious parlor … read more

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6. The Shadows on The Wall

By: Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

3.68

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

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  • short stories
  • horror

7. The Good People

By: Hannah Kent

3.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

From the author of Burial Rites, "a literary novel with the pace and tension of a thriller [that] t… read more

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8. The Ritual

By: Adam L.G. Nevill

3.59

Format: 418 pages, Paperback

Four old university friends reunite for a hiking trip in the Scandinavian wilderness of the Arctic … read more

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  • horror
"For Anne and our cub, for making me and my life less beastly"

-Adam L.G. Nevill, The Ritual

"He just existed before it and within the terrible presence that filled the cramped space of the attic."

-Adam L.G. Nevill, The Ritual

"It had not hurt his hands at all and the sudden release of energy, twinned with Dom's fall, gave him a sudden lunatic rush of euphoria."

-Adam L.G. Nevill, The Ritual

"From the very core of each of them, their ancestors seemed to cry out in inarticulate voices. right then, they screamed in alarm from times before symbols and language could depict such things that h…"

-Adam L.G. Nevill, The Ritual

9. Johnny and the Bomb (Johnny Maxwell, #3)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.48

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Johnny Maxwell has a knack for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. This has… read more

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10. The Prestige

By: Christopher Priest

3.81

Format: 263 pages, Paperback

In 1878, two young stage magicians clash in the dark during the course of a fraudulent seance. From… read more

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11. The Monk

By: None

4.71

Format: None pages, Paperback

Set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid, this is a violent tale of ambition, murde… read more

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12. The Hanging Tree (Peter Grant, #6)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

3.74

Format: 70 pages, Hardcover

The Hanging Tree was the Tyburn gallows which stood where Marble Arch stands today. Oxford Street w… read more

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13. Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)

By: Ian Fleming

3.74

Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

British Secret Service agent James Bond, a.k.a. 007, is sent to France to play in a high-stakes bac… read more

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"Mine’s Bond – James Bond."

-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)

"Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket."

-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)

"In his mind he fingered the necklace of the days to come."

-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)

"Like all harsh, cold men, he was easily tipped over into sentiment."

-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)

14. Dark Matter

By: Michelle Paver

3.22

Format: 111 pages, Hardcover

January 1937. Clouds of war are gathering over a fogbound London. Twenty-eight year old Jack is poo… read more

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15. Broken Homes (Rivers of London, #4)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.16

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

A mutilated body in Crawley. Another killer on the loose. The prime suspect is one Robert Weil; an … read more

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"Fuck me,' I said to Toby. 'We're living in Isengard."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Broken Homes (Rivers of London, #4)

"In the winter she curls up around a good book and dreams away the cold."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Broken Homes (Rivers of London, #4)

"This book is dedicated to all the people who get up and do something about it, whatever “it"

-Ben Aaronovitch, Broken Homes (Rivers of London, #4)

"I had found the upper limit of my courage. Fortunately for me, there is no known lower limit to human stupidity."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Broken Homes (Rivers of London, #4)

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16. Alley: Junji Ito Story Collection

By: Junji Ito

4.11

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

A collection full of grotesque imagination and surreal urban legends. Every night, a young man hea… read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
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17. Devotion

By: Hannah Kent

3.87

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Prussia, 1836. Hanne is nearly fifteen and the domestic world of womanhood is quickly closing in on… read more

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"Dying is unlike living. The smooth running of time is for the beating heart only. The dead stutter. The hands on my clock do not turn to numbers but to each other."

-Hannah Kent, Devotion

"Thea, in all incarnations, wherever my soul has resided, I have loved you, am loving you, will love you. If the earth one day burns out its charge, you will find me in the ash. if the sea dries, find…"

-Hannah Kent, Devotion

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18. The Anglo-Saxons A History of the Beginnings of England: 400–1066

By: Marc Morris

4.34

Format: 508 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping and original history of the Anglo-Saxons by national bestselling author Marc Morris. … read more

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19. False Value (Rivers of London, #8)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.10

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

Peter Grant is facing fatherhood, and an uncertain future, with equal amounts of panic and enthusia… read more

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"If there was ever a candidate to be patron saint of computers then it would be Alan Turing. Mathematician, war hero and tragic victim of homophobia."

-Ben Aaronovitch, False Value (Rivers of London, #8)

"He'd obviously wanted to tell someone about it for a long time and I was a convenient ear. I get that a lot. Stephanopoulos calls it my secret weapon. "It's that vacant expression," she said, "people…"

-Ben Aaronovitch, False Value (Rivers of London, #8)

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20. Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London, #7)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.24

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

Join Peter Grant, detective and apprentice wizard, for a brand new case . . . Martin Chorley, ak… read more

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"A sense of powerlessness can seriously exacerbate stress,"

-Ben Aaronovitch, Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London, #7)

"Or as my dad always says: it only becomes a social problem when the working man joins in."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London, #7)

"The kitchen was the kind of brushed steel monstrosity that looks more like it's designed to weaponise viruses than cook dinner."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London, #7)

"Here's a comforting thought for you, Peter,' he said. 'However long you may live, the world will never lose its ability to surprise you with its beauty."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London, #7)

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21. Wakenhyrst

By: Michelle Paver

3.87

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

1906: A large manor house, Wake's End, sits on the edge of a bleak Fen, just outside the town of Wa… read more

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  • horror
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22. Brotherless Night

By: V.V. Ganeshananthan

4.46

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

In this searing novel, a courageous young woman tries to protect her dream of becoming a doctor as … read more

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23. The Haunting Season: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights

By: Bridget Collins

3.58

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Winter, with its unsettling blend of the cosy and the sinister, has long been a popular time for ga… read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
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24. The Night Ship

By: Jess Kidd

3.66

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Based on a true story, an epic historical novel from the award-winning author of Things in Jars tha… read more

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25. Voices of the Dead (Raven, Fisher and Simpson #4)

By: Ambrose Parry

4.28

Format: 416 pages, ebook

1854 marks the dawn of a scientific age. Queen Victoria delivers a healthy heir after receiving chl… read more

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26. 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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  • horror
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27. A Dictator Calls

By: Ismail Kadare

3.14

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Using a sophisticated and literary version of the ever-popular game of telephone to examine the rel… read more

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"And a cursory glance at Karl Marx shows that a man who had dedicated his life to the violent overthrow of the world order never devoted half a page in any of his dozens of books to the trauma and rem…"

-Ismail Kadare, A Dictator Calls

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28. Fyneshade

By: Kate Griffin

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Many would find much to fear in Fyneshade's dark and crumbling corridors, its unseen master and sil… read more

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  • horror
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29. Luckenbooth

By: Jenni Fagan

3.33

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The devil's daughter rows to Edinburgh in a coffin, to work as maid for the Minister of Culture, a … read more

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  • horror
"Life is so much more than we can manage it to be, it is so much more sudden than we are able to understand."

-Jenni Fagan, Luckenbooth

"My ma said: only love a man who reads books and understands them properly. If they don't read books don't go their bed. Ever!"

-Jenni Fagan, Luckenbooth

"Such is the way. It’s like a disease. Love: 80 per cent proof. Risk of death if you drink it. Can send you mad, bad, blind and delirious."

-Jenni Fagan, Luckenbooth

"There is cheering out on the street. There is dancing. People meet and fall in love. Scuffles break out. They drink far too much. All of life is happening."

-Jenni Fagan, Luckenbooth

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30. Fear in the Blood: Tales from the Dark Lineages of the Weird (Tales of the Weird)

By: Mike Ashley

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Through eighteen dark tales bubbling with the ghostly and the occult, Mike Ashley traces the phenom… read more

Similar categories in Mike Ashley's Fear in the Blood: Tales from the Dark Lineages of the Weird (Tales of the Weird) book and Mike Ashley's Fear in the Blood: Tales from the Dark Lineages of the Weird (Tales of the Weird)

  • short stories
  • horror

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