8 best-selling mystery books like The Listener by Algernon Blackwood

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The Listener

By: Algernon Blackwood

3.79

Format: 42 pages, ebook

Among Blackwood’s most effective ghost stories are several tales of rooms inhabited by the prowling…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Listener by Algernon Blackwood , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Harvest Home

By: Thomas Tryon

3.82

Format: 401 pages, Hardcover

It was almost as if time had not touched the village of Cornwall Coombe. The quiet, peaceful place … read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • horror
"His heart's in the right place, but his tongue's an affliction."

-Thomas Tryon, Harvest Home

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2. Berenice

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.00

Format: 12 pages, Paperback

Bereniceis a horror short story by Edgar Allan Poe. The tale is centered on the death of a young gi… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • short stories
  • horror
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3. The Voice in the Night

By: William Hope Hodgson

3.47

Format: 156 pages, Audiobook

William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) was an English author. He produced a large body of work, consistin… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • short stories
  • horror
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4. The Mysterious Island (Extraordinary Voyages, #12)

By: Jules Verne , Caleb Carr , Jordan Stump

3.24

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

Five Union prisoners escape from the siege of Richmond in a balloon, are blown off course and crash… read more

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  • classics
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5. The Lottery

By: Shirley Jackson

4.05

Format: 30 pages, Paperback

In a small American town, the local residents are abuzz with excitement and nervousness when they w… read more

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  • classics
  • short stories
  • horror
"It's not the way it used to be... people ain't the way they used to be."

-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery

"It isn't fair, it isn't right," Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her."

-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery

"The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green."

-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery

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6. The Death of Halpin Frayser

By: Ambrose Bierce

4.50

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

The Death of Halpin Frayseris a gothic mystery story, first published in 1893 in the story collecti… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • short stories
  • horror
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7. The Vampyre; A Tale

By: John William Polidori

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Vampyreis a short story by John William Polidori. It is based on a fragment written by Lord Byr… read more

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  • classics
  • short stories
  • horror
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8. Joe R. Lansdale's The Drive-In

By: Joe R. Lansdale , Andres Guinaldo

4.00

Format: 117 pages, Paperback

When a group of friends decided to spend a day at the world's largest Drive-In theater horror fest,… read more

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  • horror
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9. Something Wicked This Way Comes

By: Ray Bradbury

None

Format: None pages, None

One of Ray Bradbury’s best-known and most popular novels, Something Wicked This Way Comes, now feat… read more

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  • classics
  • horror

10. Vampirismo

By: E.T.A. Hoffmann , None , None

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

Publicado originalmente en el ultimo tomo de Los hermanos de San Serapion (1819-1821), Vampirismo e… read more

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11. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

By: Ambrose Bierce

3.50

Format: 262 pages, ebook

The condemned man stands on a bridge, his hands bound behind his back. A noose is tied around his n… read more

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12. The Complete Drive-In

By: Joe R. Lansdale , Don Coscarelli

4.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

Friday night at the Orbit Drive-in: a circus of noise, sex, teenage hormones, B-movie blood, and po… read more

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13. Ghost Story

By: Peter Straub

4.09

Format: 372 pages,

In life, not every sin goes unpunished. GHOST STORY For four aging men in the terror-stricken town … read more

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14. 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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  • mystery
  • classics
  • 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

15. El escarabajo de oro

By: Edgar Allan Poe

2.35

Format: 62 pages, Paperback

El escarabajo de oro (titulo original en ingles: The Gold Bug) es uno de los cuentos mas conocidos … read more

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16. Carmilla

By: J. Sheridan Le Fanu

3.86

Format: 108 pages, Paperback

In an isolated castle deep in the Austrian forest, Laura leads a solitary life with only her ailing… read more

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  • classics
  • horror
"Love will have its sacrifices. No sacrifice without blood."

-J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla

"You are mine, you shall be mine, you and I are one for ever."

-J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla

"If your dear heart is wounded, my wild heart bleeds with yours."

-J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla

"Darling, darling. I live in you, and you would die for me. I love you so."

-J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla

17. 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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18. Perry Rhodan 2: Die dritte Macht (Perry Rhodan - Heftromane, #2)

By: Clark Darlton

4.03

Format: 288 pages,

Die erste Mondexpedition kehrt zuruck - mit einem Wissen, das die Welt vor dem Atomkrieg rettet ...… read more

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19. The Whisperer in Darkness

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

The story is told by Albert N. Wilmarth, an instructor of literature at Miskatonic University in Ar… read more

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20. The Call of Cthulhu

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.44

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

One of the feature stories of the Cthulhu Mythos, H.P. Lovecraft's 'the Call of Cthulhu' is a harro… read more

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21. You Should Have Left

By: Daniel Kehlmann , Ross Benjamin

3.44

Format: 113 pages, Kindle Edition

From the internationally best-selling author of Measuring the World and F, an eerie and supernatura… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • horror
"Ehe. Das Geheimnis ist, dass man sich ja doch liebt. Ich würde nicht ohne sie sein wollen - selbst ihr Schauspielerlachen würde mir fehlen. Und sie nicht ohne mich. Wenn man einander nur nicht unterd…"

-Daniel Kehlmann, You Should Have Left

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22. 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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23. Parti e omicidi

By: Sayaka Murata

3.76

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Parti e omicidi è una raccolta di racconti ambientati in una Tokyo di un futuro non ben precisato, … read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
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24. La sposa cadavere

By: Friedrich August Schulze

3.92

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

"La sposa cadavere" è una spiazzante storia gotica costruita alla maniera delle scatole cinesi e si… read more

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  • classics
  • short stories
  • horror
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25. 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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  • mystery
  • horror
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26. Les Lendemains

By: Mélissa Da Costa

4.25

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Ce que la vie prend, elle le redonne aussi. Amande ne pensait pas que l’on pouvait avoir si mal.… read more

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"– J'ai du mal à comprendre tes raisonnements parfois. Mais si la solitude et l'inactivité te font du bien... – Je ne suis pas toujours seule et loin d'être inactive. – Tu ne comprends pas... – Si. Tu…"

-Mélissa Da Costa, Les Lendemains

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27. The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

By: Guy de Maupassant

3.89

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

Before succumbing to the insanity that ravaged his later life, Guy de Maupassant established a repu… read more

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  • classics
  • short stories
  • horror
"A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption."

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"Es evidente que la soledad resulta peligrosa para las mentes que piensan demasiado."

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"I said, 'If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn't we meet them a long time ago?"

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"Whence come those mysterious influences which change our happiness into discouragement, and our self-confidence into diffidence?"

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

Cover of The Full Moon Coffee Shop (The Full Moon Coffee Shop, #1) by Mai Mochizuki

28. The Full Moon Coffee Shop (The Full Moon Coffee Shop, #1)

By: Mai Mochizuki

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Translated from the Japanese bestseller, this charming and magical novel, inspired by the myth of c… read more

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29. Lucifero e la bambina

By: Ethel Mannin

4.13

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Inghilterra, 1931. Jenny Flower, una bambina di nemmeno sette anni che vive in un quartiere popolar… read more

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  • horror
"Marian found all this feminist generalisation and assertion both tedious and exhausting."

-Ethel Mannin, Lucifero e la bambina

Cover of The Listener by Algernon Blackwood

30. The Listener

By: Algernon Blackwood

3.79

Format: 42 pages, ebook

Among Blackwood’s most effective ghost stories are several tales of rooms inhabited by the prowling… read more

Similar categories in Algernon Blackwood's The Listener book and Algernon Blackwood's The Listener

  • mystery
  • classics
  • short stories
  • horror
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31. Prova a non dormire

By: Manlio Castagna

3.58

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Da un po' di tempo succedono cose strane in paese: la gente si addormenta senza motivo, all'improvv… read more

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  • horror

13 best-selling classics books like The Listener by Algernon Blackwood

Transform Your Habits

Harvest Home

Thomas Tryon

3.82

Transform Your Habits

Berenice

Edgar Allan Poe

3.00

Transform Your Habits

The Voice in the Night

William Hope Hodgson

3.47

Transform Your Habits

The Mysterious Island (Extraordinary Voyages, #12)

Jules Verne , Caleb Carr , Jordan Stump

3.24

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17 best-selling fiction books like Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

Transform Your Habits

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Ray Bradbury

None

Transform Your Habits

The Fisherman

John Langan

3.91

Transform Your Habits

’Salem’s Lot

Stephen King

4.10

Transform Your Habits

The Exorcist

William Peter Blatty

4.20

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