13 best-selling horror books like The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Shirley Jackson

Cover of The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Shirley Jackson

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

By: Shirley Jackson

2.62

Format: 7 pages, Hardcover

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If you liked the horror plot in The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Shirley Jackson , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of The Tomb by H.P. Lovecraft

1. The Tomb

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.51

Format: 46 pages, Kindle Edition

Jervas Dudley was only a child when he found the mausoleum of the Hyde family. The place becomes ve… read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
"In relating the circumstances which have led to my confinement within this refuge for the demented, I am aware that my present position will create a natural doubt of the authenticity of my narrative…"

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Tomb

Cover of Lysistrata by Aristophanes, Sarah Ruden

2. Lysistrata

By: Aristophanes , Sarah Ruden

3.87

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

Aristophanes' comic masterpiece of war and sex remains one of the greatest plays ever written. Led … read more

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"Sənət çörək arxasınca qaçarsa, alçalar"

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

"Lysistrata: To seize the treasury; no more money, no more war."

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

"Queste donne micidiali, non si può vivere nè con loro nè senza di loro."

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

"Chorus of old men: How true the saying: 'Tis impossible to live with the baggages, impossible to live without 'em."

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

Cover of Cool Air by H.P. Lovecraft

3. Cool Air

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.65

Format: None pages,

Ce livre est une oeuvre du domaine public editee au format numerique par Ebooks libres et gratuits.… read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
Cover of Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin

4. Rosemary's Baby

By: Ira Levin

3.56

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse, an ordinary young couple, settle into a New York City apartment, unawar… read more

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  • horror
Cover of Loss of Breath by Edgar Allan Poe

5. Loss of Breath

By: Edgar Allan Poe

4.12

Format: None pages,

C&C Web Press brings you from our short story series, Loss of Breath, by classic Romantic/Gothic au… read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
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6. The Judgement

By: Franz Kafka

3.83

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

"The judgment" is considered the most autobiographical of Kafka's stories. First, there are Kafka's… read more

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  • short stories
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7. 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
Cover of Nadja by André Breton, Richard Howard

8. Nadja

By: André Breton , Richard Howard

3.55

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Nadja, originally published in France in 1928, is the first and perhaps best Surrealist romance eve… read more

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"I am the soul in limbo."

-André Breton, Nadja

"Le coeur humain, beau comme un sismographe."

-André Breton, Nadja

"Beauty will be convulsive or will not be at all."

-André Breton, Nadja

"...with the end of my breath, which is the beginning of yours."

-André Breton, Nadja

9. The Moon-Bog

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.80

Format: 8 pages,

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10. 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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  • 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

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11. 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

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12. 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

13. Beyond Lies the Wub

By: Philip K. Dick

4.07

Format: None pages,

"The wub, sir," Peterson said. "It spoke!" The slovenly wub might well have said: Many men talk li… read more

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14. Homage to Catalonia

By: George Orwell , Lionel Trilling

4.00

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

In 1936 Orwell went to Spain to report on the Civil War and instead joined the fight against the Fa… read more

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15. The Murders in the Rue Morgue (C. Auguste Dupin, #1)

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.82

Format: 38 pages, Paperback

".. Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in "Graham's Magazine" in 1841.… read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
"The mental features discoursed of as the analytical, are, in themselves, but little susceptible of analysis."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Murders in the Rue Morgue (C. Auguste Dupin, #1)

"I was deeply interested in the little family history which he detailed to me with all that candor which a Frenchman indulges whenever mere self is the theme."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Murders in the Rue Morgue (C. Auguste Dupin, #1)

"There are very few persons who have not, at some period of their lives, amused themselves in retracing the steps by which particular conclusions of their own minds have been attained."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Murders in the Rue Morgue (C. Auguste Dupin, #1)

"You will say, no doubt, using the language of the law, that 'to make out my case,' I should rather undervalue, than insist upon a full estimation of the activity required in this matter. This may be …"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Murders in the Rue Morgue (C. Auguste Dupin, #1)

16. The Sphinx

By: Edgar Allan Poe

4.36

Format: 524 pages,

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17. Night of the Mannequins

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.34

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Stephen Graham Jones returns with Night of the Mannequins, a contemporary horror story where a teen… read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
"Moms are so oblivious. It’s like they live in a bubble of wishful thinking."

-Stephen Graham Jones, Night of the Mannequins

"The tornado the alarms had screamed about ... hadn't actually happened, but around here you never know. Better safe in the cellar than sorry halfway up the sky."

-Stephen Graham Jones, Night of the Mannequins

"Sometimes you just know what you're doing is the only thing to be doing. That the world is conspiring all around you to make it happen, like, not just giving you permission, but herding you the direc…"

-Stephen Graham Jones, Night of the Mannequins

Cover of The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather  McGhee

18. The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

By: Heather McGhee

4.63

Format: 415 pages, Hardcover

Heather McGhee's specialty is the American economy--and the mystery of why it so often fails the Am… read more

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"They have to make Americans afraid of one another. They're exploiting fear in America to sell guns."

-Heather McGhee, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

"Ultimately, an economy, the rules we abide by and set for what's fair and who merits what, is an expression of our moral understanding."

-Heather McGhee, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

"Instead of being blind to race, color blindness makes people blind to racism, unwilling to acknowledge where its effects have shaped opportunity or to use race-conscious solutions to address it."

-Heather McGhee, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

"It's often unconscious, but their perception of The Other as undeserving is so important to their perception of themselves as deserving that they'll tear apart the web that supports everyone, includi…"

-Heather McGhee, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

Cover of The Tiger Came to the Mountains by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

19. The Tiger Came to the Mountains

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia

3.83

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

Mexico, 1917. On a farm during the violent tumult of revolution, a more immediate threat prowls in … read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
Cover of The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Shirley Jackson

20. The Sorcerer's Apprentice

By: Shirley Jackson

2.62

Format: 7 pages, Hardcover

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  • short stories
  • horror
Cover of Reality or Delusion? by Mrs. Henry Wood

21. Reality or Delusion?

By: Mrs. Henry Wood

3.11

Format: 14 pages, ebook

from "Johnny Ludlow" first series read more

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  • short stories
  • horror

11 Top short stories books like The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Shirley Jackson

Transform Your Habits

The Tomb

H.P. Lovecraft

3.51

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Cool Air

H.P. Lovecraft

3.65

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Loss of Breath

Edgar Allan Poe

4.12

Transform Your Habits

The Judgement

Franz Kafka

3.83

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12 Best literature books like The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

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The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins , Matthew Sweet

4.01

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The Phantom of the Opera

Gaston Leroux , Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

3.96

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The Castle of Otranto

Horace Walpole

3.18

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The Yellow Wall-Paper

Charlotte Perkins Gilman , Elaine R. Hedges , Elaine Hedges

4.08

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