8 must-read fiction books like The Collected Ghost Stories of Oliver Onions. by Oliver Onions

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The Collected Ghost Stories of Oliver Onions.

By: Oliver Onions

4.18

Format: 689 pages, Paperback

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Cover of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio by Pu Songling, John Minford

1. Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

By: Pu Songling , John Minford

4.08

Format: 608 pages, Paperback

With their elegant prose, witty wordplay and subtle charm, the 104 stories in this selection from T… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
"A man eager to climb famous mountains must have the patience to follow a winding path. A man eager to eat bear's paw must have the patience to simmer it slowly. A man eager to watch the moonlight mus…"

-Pu Songling, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

Cover of Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, Folger Shakespeare Library

2. Twelfth Night

By: William Shakespeare , Folger Shakespeare Library

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Named for the twelfth night after Christmas, the end of the Christmas season, Twelfth Night plays w… read more

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  • fiction
"a raven's heart within a dove."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"I pity you That's a degree to love"

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

3. The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories

By: Elizabeth Jane Howard , Algernon Blackwood , J. Sheridan Le Fanu , D.H. Lawrence , William Hope Hodgson , Robert Aickman , Marjorie Bowen , Richard Barham Middleton , L.P. Hartley , Walter de la Mare

3.94

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

7 * Introduction (The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories) * (1964) * essay by Robert Aickman 11 * … read more

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  • ghost stories
  • short stories
  • horror
Cover of Don't Look Now and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier

4. Don't Look Now and Other Stories

By: Daphne du Maurier

3.82

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

A married couple on holiday in Venice are caught up in a sinister series of events. A lonely school… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
"It embarrassed her, as a child, to think that her father had fallen in love, or, if men must love, then it should have been someone else, someone dark, mysterious and profoundly clever, not an ordina…"

-Daphne du Maurier, Don't Look Now and Other Stories

Cover of Dagon by H.P. Lovecraft

5. Dagon

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.94

Format: 489 pages,

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

6. 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
  • fiction
  • ghosts
"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

7. Bloodchild and Other Stories

By: Octavia E. Butler

4.02

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

A perfect introduction for new readers and a must-have for avid fans, this New York Times Notable B… read more

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8. Crome Yellow

By: Aldous Huxley

3.71

Format: 498 pages, Paperback

Denis Stone, a naive young poet, is invited to stay at Crome, a country house renowned for its gath… read more

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9. The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

By: Angela Carter

3.92

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

From familiar fairy tales and legends - Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss in Boots, Beauty and the B… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
"Her hair falls down like tears"

-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

"ordered me a sky from a florist"

-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

"My spite was sharp as broken glass"

-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

"My father lost me to the Beast at cards"

-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

10. The Collected Stories

By: Elizabeth Bowen

3.64

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Widely known for her much-admired novels, including The Heat of the Day, The House in Paris, and Th… read more

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11. Love and Death in the American Novel

By: Leslie A. Fiedler , None

3.71

Format: 76 pages, Hardcover

A retrospective article on Leslie Fiedler in the New York Times Book Review in 1965 referred to Lov… read more

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12. The Complete Short Stories

By: J.G. Ballard

3.53

Format: None pages, Paperback

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13. The Werewolf of Paris

By: Guy Endore

3.90

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

In a work that strives to do for werewolves what Stoker's Dracula did for vampires, Endore's werewo… read more

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14. My Death

By: Lisa Tuttle

3.98

Format: 93 pages, Paperback

A widowed writer begins to work on a biography of a novelist and artist—and soon uncovers bizarre p… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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15. The Collected Ghost Stories of Oliver Onions.

By: Oliver Onions

4.18

Format: 689 pages, Paperback

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  • ghosts
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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4.08

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3.94

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Daphne du Maurier

3.82

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H.P. Lovecraft

3.94

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Wilkie Collins , Matthew Sweet

4.01

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Gaston Leroux , Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

3.96

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Horace Walpole

3.18

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman , Elaine R. Hedges , Elaine Hedges

4.08

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