15 Top horror books like Too Near the Dead by Helen Grant

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Too Near the Dead

By: Helen Grant

4.09

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Sometimes it’s terrifying, loving someone this much… For Fen Munro and her fiancé James, it is a…

If you liked the horror plot in Too Near the Dead by Helen Grant , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England

By: Ian Mortimer

3.87

Format: 172 pages,

The past is a foreign country - this is your guide. We think of Queen Elizabeth I's reign (1558-160… read more

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2. Those Who Lie

By: Diane Jeffrey

3.81

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Emily Klein doesn't know she has killed her husband until the day of his funeral. At first, signs p… read more

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3. The Dream Home

By: T.M. Logan

3.97

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

IF YOU HAD NEVER OPENED THE DOOR, YOUR FAMILY WOULD BE SAFE . . . THE UNMISSABLE NEW THRILLER FR… read more

Similar categories in T.M. Logan's The Dream Home book and Helen Grant's Too Near the Dead

  • mystery
Cover of The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay

4. 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

Similar categories in Paul Tremblay's The Pallbearers Club book and Helen Grant's Too Near the Dead

  • mystery
  • horror
Cover of The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21) by John Connolly

5. The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

By: John Connolly

4.44

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the international and instant New York Times bestselling author John Connolly, the beloved and… read more

Similar categories in John Connolly's The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21) book and Helen Grant's Too Near the Dead

  • mystery
  • horror
"You didn’t have to look very hard to be disappointed by human beings. We were not all bad, just enough of us, although the rest had to work very hard to make up for that minority."

-John Connolly, The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

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6. The Maiden

By: Kate Foster

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by a real-life case and winner of the Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect Award, Kate Foster's T… read more

Similar categories in Kate Foster's The Maiden book and Helen Grant's Too Near the Dead

  • mystery
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7. The Last Witch of Scotland

By: Philip Paris

3.95

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

Being a woman was her only crime. Scottish Highlands, 1727. In the aftermath of a tragic fire… read more

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8. A Sliver of Darkness

By: C.J. Tudor

3.81

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The debut short story collection from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man, featuring ten bone-chi… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Tudor's A Sliver of Darkness book and Helen Grant's Too Near the Dead

  • mystery
  • horror
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9. 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

Similar categories in Bridget Collins's The Haunting Season: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights book and Helen Grant's Too Near the Dead

  • horror
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10. Platform Seven

By: Louise Doughty

3.52

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Platform Seven at 4am: Peterborough Railway Station is deserted. The man crossing the covered walkw… read more

Similar categories in Louise Doughty's Platform Seven book and Helen Grant's Too Near the Dead

  • mystery
  • horror
"The dead don't bother haunting graveyards- they are the last place on earth they need to haunt. The living do that job for them with their messy combination of grief, desire, imagination. There is no…"

-Louise Doughty, Platform Seven

"It's a deal we all make, I remember thinking. What kind of life will I live with this person? All relationships are a balancing act, after all, each individual perched on either side of a seesaw. You…"

-Louise Doughty, Platform Seven

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11. Lilith

By: Nikki Marmery

3.61

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In the tradition of Madeline Miller and Claire North, Lilith is the story of the first woman, who w… read more

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"For women everywhere. Be your own gods. Your Mother commands it."

-Nikki Marmery, Lilith

"In time we came to the point that most closely concerned [the women]: that all life is precious, but Creation is a power to be used sparingly, not relentlessly, without care or concern for their heal…"

-Nikki Marmery, Lilith

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12. The House Uptown

By: Melissa Ginsburg

3.43

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Megan Abbott and Laura Lippman, Melissa Ginsburg's The House Uptown is an emotional com… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Ginsburg's The House Uptown book and Helen Grant's Too Near the Dead

  • mystery
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13. A Fatal Crossing

By: Tom Hindle

3.44

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

November 1924. The Endeavour sets sail from Southampton carrying 2,000 passengers and crew on a wee… read more

Similar categories in Tom Hindle's A Fatal Crossing book and Helen Grant's Too Near the Dead

  • mystery
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14. Orbital

By: Samantha Harvey

3.73

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

A slender novel of epic power, Orbital  deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men … read more

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"Maybe we're the new dinosaurs and need to watch out."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"The past comes, the future, the past, the future. It's always now, it's never now."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"Raw space is a panther, feral and primal; they dream it stalking through their quarters."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"That's all this great human endeavor of space exploration really is, he thinks, an animal migration, a bid for survival. A looping song sent into the open, a territorial animal song."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

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15. The Institution

By: Helen Sarah Fields

3.97

Format: 422 pages, Kindle Edition

To beat them, she’ll have to join them… On a locked ward in the world’s highest-security prison … read more

Similar categories in Helen Sarah Fields's The Institution book and Helen Grant's Too Near the Dead

  • mystery
  • horror
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16. 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

Similar categories in C.J. Cooke's The Ghost Woods book and Helen Grant's Too Near the Dead

  • mystery
  • horror
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17. A Good House for Children

By: Kate Collins

3.60

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time Orla was: a woman, a painter, a lover. Now she is a mother and a wife, and when he… read more

Similar categories in Kate Collins's A Good House for Children book and Helen Grant's Too Near the Dead

  • mystery
  • horror
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18. The Lost Ones

By: Anita Frank

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Some houses are never at peace. England, 1917 Reeling from the death of her fiancé, Stella March… read more

Similar categories in Anita Frank's The Lost Ones book and Helen Grant's Too Near the Dead

  • mystery
  • horror
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19. The Better Sister

By: Alafair Burke

3.79

Format: 311 pages, Hardcover

From Alafair Burke—New York Times bestselling author of the runaway hit, The Wife—comes another twi… read more

Similar categories in Alafair Burke's The Better Sister book and Helen Grant's Too Near the Dead

  • mystery
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20. The Corset

By: Laura Purcell

4.15

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Is prisoner Ruth Butterham mad or a murderer? Victim or villain? Dorothea and Ruth. Prison visit… read more

Similar categories in Laura Purcell's The Corset book and Helen Grant's Too Near the Dead

  • mystery
  • horror
"Notoriety is by no means a death sentence in the world of art."

-Laura Purcell, The Corset

"Grief is a violent emotion, a sort of acid that eats away at the best parts of us."

-Laura Purcell, The Corset

"You'll call me heartless for thinking such thoughts. Maybe I was: a cavity yawned in my ribs, where once I'd felt a heart beat back."

-Laura Purcell, The Corset

"I don’t mean to sound ungrateful, miss. Charitable people like yourself saved my life. But I wish they’d thought a bit more about what I was to do with it, once it was safe."

-Laura Purcell, The Corset

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21. Bonehead

By: Mo Hayder

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

A terrifying accident... Alex Mullins knows she is one of the lucky ones. When a fatal coach crash … read more

Similar categories in Mo Hayder's Bonehead book and Helen Grant's Too Near the Dead

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22. Bitch: On the Female of the Species

By: Lucy Cooke

4.45

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A fierce, funny, and revolutionary look at the queens of the animal kingdom. Studying zoology m… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Cooke's Bitch: On the Female of the Species book and Helen Grant's Too Near the Dead

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23. The House of Ashes

By: Stuart Neville

3.80

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Sara Keane's husband, Damien, has uprooted them from England and moved them to his native Northern … read more

Similar categories in Stuart Neville's The House of Ashes book and Helen Grant's Too Near the Dead

  • mystery
  • horror
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24. The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill

By: C.S. Robertson

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Death is not the end. For Grace McGill, it's only the beginning. When people die alone and undi… read more

Similar categories in C.S. Robertson's The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill book and Helen Grant's Too Near the Dead

  • mystery
"Sure, we’re both on our own, but now we’re on our own together. Sometimes I wonder if I rescued him or if he rescued me. Maybe it doesn’t matter."

-C.S. Robertson, The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill

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25. The Hiding Place

By: Amanda Mason

3.40

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Nell Galilee, her husband and twelve year old step-daughter Maude rent a holiday cottage by the sea… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Mason's The Hiding Place book and Helen Grant's Too Near the Dead

  • mystery
  • horror
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26. The Temple House Vanishing

By: Rachel Donohue

3.39

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The New York Times  Best Thrillers of 2021 "Steamily atmospheric . . . A twisted Gothic tale, emoti… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Donohue's The Temple House Vanishing book and Helen Grant's Too Near the Dead

  • mystery
"To create art is to go on a journey inwards. You can have the potential to find and express what you discover on this journey, regardless of the external circumstances in which you may find yourself."

-Rachel Donohue, The Temple House Vanishing

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27. Did You Miss Me?

By: Sophia Money-Coutts

3.58

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Nell Mason is extremely happy with her life – or at least, that’s what she tells herself. She’s luc… read more

Similar categories in Sophia Money-Coutts's Did You Miss Me? book and Helen Grant's Too Near the Dead

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28. The Graveyard Shift

By: Maria Lewis

3.62

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

When a horror-loving radio show becomes the stage of a gruesome murder, its host Tinsel Monroe is p… read more

Similar categories in Maria Lewis's The Graveyard Shift book and Helen Grant's Too Near the Dead

  • mystery
  • horror
Cover of The Other You (DI Silas Hart, #2) by J.S. Monroe

29. The Other You (DI Silas Hart, #2)

By: J.S. Monroe

4.02

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Kate used to be good at recognising people. So good, she worked for the police, identifying crimina… read more

Similar categories in J.S. Monroe's The Other You (DI Silas Hart, #2) book and Helen Grant's Too Near the Dead

  • mystery
Cover of Too Near the Dead by Helen Grant

30. Too Near the Dead

By: Helen Grant

4.09

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Sometimes it’s terrifying, loving someone this much… For Fen Munro and her fiancé James, it is a… read more

Similar categories in Helen Grant's Too Near the Dead book and Helen Grant's Too Near the Dead

  • mystery
  • horror
Cover of Private Rites by Julia Armfield

31. Private Rites

By: Julia Armfield

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, c… read more

Similar categories in Julia Armfield's Private Rites book and Helen Grant's Too Near the Dead

  • horror
"To be misunderstood is one thing, but the curious hostility of a sibling's approach lies less in what they miss than in the strange backdated nature of the things they choose to know. A person can be…"

-Julia Armfield, Private Rites

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The Dream Home

T.M. Logan

3.97

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The Pallbearers Club

Paul Tremblay

3.10

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The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)

John Connolly

4.44

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The Maiden

Kate Foster

4.05

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Mad About You

Mhairi McFarlane

3.84

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The Lucky Escape

Laura Jane Williams

3.61

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The House Uptown

Melissa Ginsburg

3.43

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Mhairi McFarlane

3.74

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