12 must-read horror books like Tim Burton's Vincent by Tim Burton

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Tim Burton's Vincent

By: Tim Burton

4.60

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Young Vincent Malloy's vivid imagination takes him on a macabre journey into a fantastical and weir…

If you liked the horror plot in Tim Burton's Vincent by Tim Burton , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. The Old Nurse's Story

By: Elizabeth Gaskell

3.64

Format: 53 pages, Paperback

Even in the stillness of that dead-cold weather, I had heard no sound of little battering hands upo… read more

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  • gothic
  • short stories
  • horror
"You know, my dears, that your mother was an orphan, and an only child; and I dare say you have heard that your grandfather was a clergyman up in Westmoreland, where I come from."

-Elizabeth Gaskell, The Old Nurse's Story

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2. Gyo, Vol. 1

By: Junji Ito

3.84

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

This is the first volume of the long-awaited new horror manga series from the critically acclaimed … read more

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  • fantasy
  • horror
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3. Scott Pilgrim, Volume 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together

By: Bryan Lee O'Malley , Steve Buccellato

4.31

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

That’s right, folks! Put down the video game controller! Skip that rehearsal for your band! Make wh… read more

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  • fantasy
"Somehow the pantsless gay man is not bringing the romance, Scott."

-Bryan Lee O'Malley, Scott Pilgrim, Volume 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together

"Anyway, how are you and Ramona doing?' Uh... you know. Pretty good.' Have you said the L-Word yet?' The L-Word? You mean? Lesbian?' Uh... No. The other L-Word.' ?' Okay. Uh, It's "love." I wasn't try…"

-Bryan Lee O'Malley, Scott Pilgrim, Volume 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together

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4. The Raven

By: Edgar Allan Poe , Gustave Doré

4.29

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

In Gustave Doré, one of the most prolific and successful book illustrators of the late 19h century,… read more

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  • gothic
  • poetry
  • short stories
  • horror
"Quoth the raven nevermore."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

"Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

"La ciencia no nos a enseñado aun si la locura es o no lo mas sublime de la inteligencia"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

"And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted Nevermore"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

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5. Scott Pilgrim, Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour

By: Bryan Lee O'Malley

4.43

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

It's finally here! Six years and almost one-thousand pages have all led to this epic finale! With s… read more

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  • fantasy
"Alright, go away. I have a tiny world to save."

-Bryan Lee O'Malley, Scott Pilgrim, Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour

"Do you want to have sex? I think we should have sex. CASUAL sex."

-Bryan Lee O'Malley, Scott Pilgrim, Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour

"Scott: I don't think I'm ready to be a grown-up. Kim: I don't think you are either, buddy. But hey, you'll get it. It just takes practice."

-Bryan Lee O'Malley, Scott Pilgrim, Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour

"I feel like im in this river just getting swept along... And if I hold on to anyone, if I'm holding on for dear life, I'm not getting anywhere. I'm stuck. ...I never wanted to get stuck"

-Bryan Lee O'Malley, Scott Pilgrim, Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour

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6. The Black Cat

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.40

Format: 300 pages,

"The Black Cat" is one of Edgar Allan Poe's most memorable stories. The tale centers around a black… read more

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  • gothic
  • short stories
  • horror
Cover of Oedipus Rex  (The Theban Plays, #1) by Sophocles, J.E. Thomas, Elizabeth Osborne

7. Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)

By: Sophocles , J.E. Thomas , Elizabeth Osborne

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"...what man wins more happiness than just its shape and the ruin when that shape collapses?" Sopho… read more

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8. M Is for Magic

By: Neil Gaiman , Teddy Kristiansen

3.63

Format: 353 pages,

Stories to delight, enchant, and surprise you. Bestselling author and master storyteller Neil Gaima… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • horror
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9. 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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  • gothic
  • 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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10. The Tell-Tale Heart

By: Edgar Allan Poe , Byron Glaser , None

4.24

Format: 31 pages, Library Binding

A man confronts himself and an unknown listener with his desire to murder an old man. In this cl… read more

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  • gothic
  • poetry
  • short stories
  • horror
"would a madman have been so wise as this?"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart

"And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the sense?"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart

"If you still think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart

"Basta ya de fingir, malvados! -aullé-. ¡Confieso que lo maté! ¡Levanten esos tablones! ¡Ahí… ahí! ¡Donde está latiendo su horrible corazón!"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart

11. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (The Tales of Dunk and Egg, #1-3)

By: George R.R. Martin , Gary Gianni

3.91

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

Taking place nearly a century before the events of A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdom… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
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12. At the Mountains of Madness

By: H.P. Lovecraft , China Miéville , S.T. Joshi

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Long acknowledged as a master of nightmarish vision, H.P. Lovecraft established the genuineness and… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • horror

13. Goodnight Moon

By: Margaret Wise Brown , Clement Hurd

3.38

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In a great green room, tucked away in bed, is a little bunny. "Goodnight room, goodnight moon." And… read more

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14. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

By: Dr. Seuss

3.82

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

"The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season! Now, please don't ask why. No one quite kn… read more

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15. The Kit Bag

By: Algernon Blackwood

5.00

Format: 500 pages, ebook

"The Kit-Bag" is a short ghost story by the British author Algernon Blackwood. It was first publish… read more

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16. Memories of My Melancholy Whores

By: Gabriel García Márquez , Edith Grossman

3.89

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

A New York TimesNotable Book On the eve of his ninetieth birthday a bachelor decides to give himsel… read more

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17. Through the Woods

By: Emily Carroll

3.94

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

'It came from the woods. Most strange things do.' Five mysterious, spine-tingling stories follow… read more

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  • gothic
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • horror
"you must be lucky to avoid the wolf every time... but the wolf... the wolf only needs enough luck to find you once."

-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods

"Oh, but you must travel through those woods again and again... said a shadow at the window... and you must be lucky to avoid the wolf every time... But the wolf... the wolf only needs enough luck to …"

-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods

"But the worst kind of monster was the BURROWING KIND. The sort that crawled into you and made a home there. The sort you couldn't name, the sort you couldn't see. The monster that ate you alive from …"

-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods

"I married my love in the springtime, but by summer he'd locked me away. He'd murdered me dead by the autumn, & by winter I was naught but decay. It's cold where I am and so lonely, but in loneliness …"

-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods

18. Scott Pilgrim, Volume 5: Scott Pilgrim Vs. the Universe

By: Bryan Lee O'Malley

3.00

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Scott Pilgrim just turned 24, and things couldn't possibly be better! This means things are about t… read more

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19. Jonathan Livingston Seagull

By: Richard Bach , Russell Munson

3.85

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

This is a story for people who follow their hearts and make their own rules...people who get specia… read more

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  • fantasy
"Why is it,"

-Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull

"Keep working on love."

-Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull

"Imagination is an old soul."

-Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull

"The gull sees farthest who flies highest"

-Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull

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20. 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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  • gothic
  • 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

21. The Bad Guys: Episode 1

By: Aaron Blabey

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

They sound like the Bad Guys, they look like the Bad Guys . . . and they even smell like the Bad Gu… read more

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22. Scott Pilgrim, Volume 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life

By: Bryan Lee O'Malley

4.40

Format: 205 pages,

Scott Pilgrim's life is totally sweet. He's 23 years old, he's in a rockband, he's "between jobs" a… read more

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23. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Scott Pilgrim, #2)

By: Bryan Lee O'Malley

4.24

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Does Scott and Ramona's burgeoning relationship have a future? Isn't Scott still supposedly dating … read more

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  • fantasy
"Ooh, go ahead and poke fun at my poor queenology, Canada boy."

-Bryan Lee O'Malley, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Scott Pilgrim, #2)

"Ewww! New girlfriends only want to hear bad stuff about ex-girlfriends, dude, come on."

-Bryan Lee O'Malley, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Scott Pilgrim, #2)

"Scott, you are the salt of the earth. Oh, I'm sorry, excuse me. I meant scum of the earth."

-Bryan Lee O'Malley, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Scott Pilgrim, #2)

"Scott! If we had a band, we would be cool. Even if we sucked! We would transcend our class status or whatever, and become automatically cool."

-Bryan Lee O'Malley, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Scott Pilgrim, #2)

24. Scott Pilgrim, Volume 3: Scott Pilgrim & The Infinite Sadness

By: Bryan Lee O'Malley

4.40

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

Ramona's third evil ex-boyfriend, Todd Ingram, is currently dating the former love of Scott Pilgrim… read more

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25. The Nightingale and the Rose

By: Oscar Wilde

2.80

Format: None pages,

An allegorical fable of love, sacrifice and selfishness. As with all of Wilde's short stories it em… read more

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26. Celtic Fairy Tales

By: Joseph Jacobs

3.44

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

The two volumes of Celtic folk tales collected by the leading British folklorist Joseph Jacobs (185… read more

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27. Shadow of the Fox (Shadow of the Fox, #1)

By: Julie Kagawa

4.01

Format: 454 pages, ebook

One thousand years ago, the great Kami Dragon was summoned to grant a single terrible wish—and the … read more

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  • fantasy
"Those with no passion can never comprehend the drive for perfection."

-Julie Kagawa, Shadow of the Fox (Shadow of the Fox, #1)

"Magic itself cannot be evil. It is how you use your powers that determines the intent."

-Julie Kagawa, Shadow of the Fox (Shadow of the Fox, #1)

"Okay," he said cheerfully, and raised both hands in a hopeless gesture. "Now we're lost."

-Julie Kagawa, Shadow of the Fox (Shadow of the Fox, #1)

"And yet, I've heard stories of wild dogs who would defend a stranger on the road to their last breath, simply because that person threw a crumb instead of a rock."

-Julie Kagawa, Shadow of the Fox (Shadow of the Fox, #1)

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28. La novia gitana (Elena Blanco, #1)

By: Carmen Mola

4.16

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

«En Madrid se mata poco», le decía al joven subinspector Ángel Zárate su mentor en la policía; «per… read more

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"No deja de admirarme hasta qué extremos puede llegar la vanidad humana."

-Carmen Mola, La novia gitana (Elena Blanco, #1)

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29. 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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  • gothic
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • 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 Tim Burton's Vincent by Tim Burton

30. Tim Burton's Vincent

By: Tim Burton

4.60

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Young Vincent Malloy's vivid imagination takes him on a macabre journey into a fantastical and weir… read more

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  • gothic
  • poetry
  • art
  • childrens
  • short stories
  • horror
  • fantasy

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The Old Nurse's Story

Elizabeth Gaskell

3.64

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The Raven

Edgar Allan Poe , Gustave Doré

4.29

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The Black Cat

Edgar Allan Poe

3.40

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The Lottery

Shirley Jackson

4.05

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Batman: The Killing Joke

Tim Sale , Alan Moore , Brian Bolland

4.37

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Watchmen

Alan Moore , John Higgins , Dave Gibbons

4.38

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Ryan North , Braden Lamb , Shelli Paroline

4.28

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