9 best-selling historical books like Hearts Strange and Dreadful by Tim McGregor

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Hearts Strange and Dreadful

By: Tim McGregor

4.21

Format: 276 pages, Paperback

New England, 1821—Hester Stokely, an orphan with unusual abilities, struggles to find her place in …

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1. The Last Days of Jack Sparks

By: Jason Arnopp

3.59

Format: None pages, Paperback

Jack Sparks died while writing this book. This is the account of his final days. In 2014, Jack Spar… read more

Similar categories in Jason Arnopp's The Last Days of Jack Sparks book and Tim McGregor's Hearts Strange and Dreadful

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Of Foster Homes and Flies by Chad Lutzke

2. Of Foster Homes and Flies

By: Chad Lutzke

3.97

Format: 172 pages,

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  • fiction
  • horror

3. The Haunted

By: Bentley Little

4.27

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The Perry family's new house is perfect-except for the weird behavior of the neighbors, and that od… read more

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4. Heap House (Iremonger, #1)

By: Edward Carey

3.76

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

Clod is an Iremonger. He lives in the Heaps, a vast sea of lost and discarded items collected from … read more

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5. Elizabeth

By: None

4.36

Format: 303 pages,

From the flyleaf: Elizabeth thought that she was a young girl like any other girl - until the day t… read more

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6. Of Sorrow and Such

By: Angela Slatter

4.45

Format: 864 pages, ebook

Mistress Gideon is a witch. The locals of Edda's Meadow, if they suspect it of her, say nary a word… read more

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7. Boys in the Valley

By: Philip Fracassi

4.18

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

St. Vincent's Orphanage for Boys. Turn of the century, in a remote valley in Pennsylvania. Her… read more

Similar categories in Philip Fracassi's Boys in the Valley book and Tim McGregor's Hearts Strange and Dreadful

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • horror
  • adult
" there is light all around me. There is light inside me. "

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"The sky is the color of stone, flat and hard in appearance, but brittle, as if it would crack like an eggshell - revealing black seams of the universe beyond - if struck hard enough. ."

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"We didn't hit it off like many others in similar situations....Instead, he and I sort of gravitated around each other, either friends nor foes, like the moons of a planet we had no interest in observ…"

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

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8. Black River Orchard

By: Chuck Wendig

4.13

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

A small town is transformed by dark magic when a strange tree begins bearing magical apples in this… read more

Similar categories in Chuck Wendig's Black River Orchard book and Tim McGregor's Hearts Strange and Dreadful

  • adult
  • fiction
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9. Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

By: Brom

4.29

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

Set in Colonial New England, Slewfoot is a tale of magic and mystery, of triumph and terror as only… read more

Similar categories in Brom's Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery book and Tim McGregor's Hearts Strange and Dreadful

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • horror
  • adult
"You will think me foolish. But I wanted to be a fairy queen, to run barefoot through the woods, to sing like a bird and fly through the trees." She smiled. "To be able to talk to the animals."

-Brom, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

"He stared up into the trees, watched them sway in the soft breeze, watched the sun drift slowly across the sky, hour after hour, until it began to sink from view, trying to let go, to let his mind dr…"

-Brom, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

"Buzzing filled his ears, and he watched several bumblebees bounce from flower to flower. He found their hum soothing, and there, at the moment, felt he could watch them forever. He drank in the scent…"

-Brom, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

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10. Gothic

By: Philip Fracassi

3.83

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

On his 59th birthday, Tyson Parks—a famous, but struggling, horror writer—receives an antique desk … read more

Similar categories in Philip Fracassi's Gothic book and Tim McGregor's Hearts Strange and Dreadful

  • gothic
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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11. 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

Similar categories in Michelle Paver's Wakenhyrst book and Tim McGregor's Hearts Strange and Dreadful

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • horror
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12. The Day of the Door

By: Laurel Hightower

4.13

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Once there were four Lasco siblings banded together against a world that failed to protect them. Bu… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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13. The Anomaly (The Anomaly Files, #1)

By: Michael Rutger

3.78

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Not all secrets are meant to be found.If Indiana Jones lived in the X-Files era, he might bear at l… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
"The past is full of if-onlys and they're all bullshit."

-Michael Rutger, The Anomaly (The Anomaly Files, #1)

"...aliens are never the answer to any sensible question."

-Michael Rutger, The Anomaly (The Anomaly Files, #1)

"Time may help you turn a blind eye, but guilt is the stain that never goes away."

-Michael Rutger, The Anomaly (The Anomaly Files, #1)

"Whose side are you on? The side of not getting killed. For future reference, that's the side I'm always on."

-Michael Rutger, The Anomaly (The Anomaly Files, #1)

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14. Red Rabbit

By: Alex Grecian

4.18

Format: 455 pages, Hardcover

A folk horror epic about a ragtag posse that must track down a witch through a wild west beset by d… read more

Similar categories in Alex Grecian's Red Rabbit book and Tim McGregor's Hearts Strange and Dreadful

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • horror
  • adult
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15. La quinta bruja

By: Angela Slatter

3.69

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Las calles de Whitechapel destilan secretos, brujería y muerte. Kit Caswell es una joven policía… read more

Similar categories in Angela Slatter's La quinta bruja book and Tim McGregor's Hearts Strange and Dreadful

  • historical
  • fiction
  • horror
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16. 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 Tim McGregor's Hearts Strange and Dreadful

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • horror
  • adult
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17. El morador

By: Daria Pietrzak

3.96

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

Recorrer los senderos que conducen al pasado no siempre lleva a donde quisiéramos ir. Cuando Lis re… read more

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  • horror
"- ¿Es así como se hacen las brujas? ¿De la desgracia y del dolor? - No. No, pequeña. Es la furia y el deseo de venganza lo que les confiere poder."

-Daria Pietrzak, El morador

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18. Tidepool

By: Nicole Willson

3.64

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

If ye give not willingly, the Lords will rise… In 1913, Henry Hamilton disappeared while on a bu… read more

Similar categories in Nicole Willson's Tidepool book and Tim McGregor's Hearts Strange and Dreadful

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • horror
  • adult
Cover of 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered by Sadie Hartmann

19. 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered

By: Sadie Hartmann

4.43

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

The Ultimate List of Must-Read Horror! Curious readers and fans of monsters and the macabre, get re… read more

Similar categories in Sadie Hartmann's 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered book and Tim McGregor's Hearts Strange and Dreadful

  • adult
  • horror
"I love a good story about everyone dying."

-Sadie Hartmann, 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered

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20. Beulah

By: Christi Nogle

3.91

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

Beulah is the story of Georgie, an eighteen-year-old with a talent (or affliction) for seeing ghost… read more

Similar categories in Christi Nogle's Beulah book and Tim McGregor's Hearts Strange and Dreadful

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Universal Monsters: Dracula by James Tynion IV

21. Universal Monsters: Dracula

By: James Tynion IV

3.96

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH creators James Tynion IV (W0RLDTR33, Something is Killing the Children) and… read more

Similar categories in James Tynion IV's Universal Monsters: Dracula book and Tim McGregor's Hearts Strange and Dreadful

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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22. The Dismembered

By: Jonathan Janz

3.95

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

In the spring of 1912, American writer Arthur Pearce is reeling from the wounds inflicted by a disa… read more

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  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • horror
  • adult
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23. Agujeros de Sol

By: Nieves Mories

3.73

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

En Agujeros de Sol, Nieves transita por esos oscuros senderos que tan bien conoce: ese terror angus… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
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24. American Rapture

By: C.J. Leede

4.51

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A virus is spreading across America, transforming the infected and making them feral with lust. Sop… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Leede's American Rapture book and Tim McGregor's Hearts Strange and Dreadful

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

25. A Sorceress Comes to Call

By: T. Kingfisher

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A dark retelling of the Brothers Grimm's Goose Girl, rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's A Sorceress Comes to Call book and Tim McGregor's Hearts Strange and Dreadful

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah  Brooks

26. The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

By: Sarah Brooks

3.67

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Piranesi and The Midnight Library, a stunning historical fantasy novel set on a grand e… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Brooks's The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands book and Tim McGregor's Hearts Strange and Dreadful

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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27. Teseo en llamas

By: Beatriz Alcaná

4.28

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

XXVII Premio de Novela Ciudad de Salamanca. Con un aire de folletín gótico refinado que hará las de… read more

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28. All Who Wander Are Lost: Destination Horror Stories

By: Gemma Amor

4.21

Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition

First Landing State Park. Antarctica. Mongolia. France. Norway. Ireland. Somerset. Egypt. A giant g… read more

Similar categories in Gemma Amor's All Who Wander Are Lost: Destination Horror Stories book and Tim McGregor's Hearts Strange and Dreadful

  • fiction
  • horror
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29. Mosaic

By: Catherine McCarthy

3.93

Format: 150 pages, Kindle Edition

Something wicked waits. When a stained-glass artist embarks upon the restoration of a church win… read more

Similar categories in Catherine McCarthy's Mosaic book and Tim McGregor's Hearts Strange and Dreadful

  • gothic
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Hearts Strange and Dreadful by Tim McGregor

30. Hearts Strange and Dreadful

By: Tim McGregor

4.21

Format: 276 pages, Paperback

New England, 1821—Hester Stokely, an orphan with unusual abilities, struggles to find her place in … read more

Similar categories in Tim McGregor's Hearts Strange and Dreadful book and Tim McGregor's Hearts Strange and Dreadful

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • horror
  • adult
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31. Silent Key

By: Laurel Hightower

3.67

Format: 305 pages, Paperback

A detective, supernatural mystery with elements of Nick Cutter’s The Deep, Peter Benchley’s Jaws an… read more

Similar categories in Laurel Hightower's Silent Key book and Tim McGregor's Hearts Strange and Dreadful

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror

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3.59

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Chad Lutzke

3.97

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Philip Fracassi

4.18

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Chuck Wendig

4.13

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Nat Cassidy

3.86

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Jennifer Marie Thorne

3.95

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Catriona Ward

3.49

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