21 best-selling fiction books like The Sundial: A Ghost Story for Christmas by R.H. Malden

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The Sundial: A Ghost Story for Christmas

By: R.H. Malden

3.26

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

When he returns to England from the Civil Service, a man takes up residence in an old country home.…

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1. The Halloween Tree

By: Ray Bradbury

3.78

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

A fast-moving, eerie tale set on Halloween night... Eight costumed boys running to meet their fr… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
"Because of this one brave, new-thinking man, summer lives in the winter cave."

-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

"When you reach the stars, boy, yes, and live there forever, all the fears will go, and Death himself will die."

-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

"Night and day. Summer and winter, boys. Seedtime and harvest. Life and death. That's what Halloween is, all rolled up in one."

-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

"The day Joe Pipkin was born all the Orange Crush and Nehi soda bottles in the world fizzed over; and joyful bees swarmed countrysides to sting maiden ladies."

-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

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2. 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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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • 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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3. The Circular Staircase

By: Mary Roberts Rinehart

3.79

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

This is the story of how a middle-aged spinster lost her mind, deserted her domestic gods in the ci… read more

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  • fiction
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4. The Empty House

By: Algernon Blackwood

3.16

Format: 288 pages, ebook

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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5. Mr. Jones

By: Edith Wharton

2.90

Format: 96 pages,

When Lady Jane Lynke inherits the Bells, she and her friend Edward Stramer set out to discover the … read more

Similar categories in Edith Wharton's Mr. Jones book and R.H. Malden's The Sundial: A Ghost Story for Christmas

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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6. Let the Right One In

By: John Ajvide Lindqvist

3.85

Format: None pages,

It is autumn 1981 when the inconceivable comes to Blackeberg, a suburb in Sweden. The body of a tee… read more

Similar categories in John Ajvide Lindqvist's Let the Right One In book and R.H. Malden's The Sundial: A Ghost Story for Christmas

  • fiction
  • horror
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7. The Open Door

By: Mrs. Oliphant

3.80

Format: None pages,

With a sense of mystery and suspense pervading the whole narrative, this is a very unusual work. Du… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror

8. The Wall

By: John Hersey

3.50

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

Riveting & compelling, The Walltells the inspiring story of forty men & women who escape the dehuma… read more

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9. The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories

By: Algernon Blackwood

4.50

Format: 282 pages,

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10. Dracula's Guest

By: Bram Stoker

4.36

Format: 39 pages,

A passage from the manuscript of Dracula. read more

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11. The Red Lodge

By: H. Russell Wakefield

4.27

Format: 197 pages, ebook

H. R. Wakefield was one of the most popular ghost-story writers of the early 20th century. 'The Red… read more

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12. The Crown Derby Plate: A Ghost Story for Christmas

By: Marjorie Bowen , Seth

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

An antique collector hears of an ancient woman with a large collection of china. Hoping to complete… read more

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13. The Apple Tree

By: Daphne du Maurier

3.97

Format: 72 pages, Kindle Edition

Halloween might seem like the spookiest time of year, but Charles Dickens and other great ghost sto… read more

Similar categories in Daphne du Maurier's The Apple Tree book and R.H. Malden's The Sundial: A Ghost Story for Christmas

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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14. The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward

By: Daniel H. Pink

3.84

Format: 239 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of When and Drive, a new book about the transforming … read more

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15. A Haunting on the Hill

By: Elizabeth Hand

3.35

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

From three-time Shirley Jackson, World Fantasy, and Nebula Award-winning author Elizabeth Hand come… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
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16. Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village

By: Maureen Johnson

4.01

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Thinking of a foray to a quaint English village? You'll think twice after reading this tongue-in-ch… read more

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17. The Christmas Appeal (The Appeal, #1.5)

By: Janice Hallett

3.63

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

This immersive holiday caper from the “modern Agatha Christie” (The Sunday Times, London) follows t… read more

Similar categories in Janice Hallett's The Christmas Appeal (The Appeal, #1.5) book and R.H. Malden's The Sundial: A Ghost Story for Christmas

  • fiction
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18. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

By: Cal Newport

3.73

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more

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"What are we really doing here?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

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19. Wisdom of Your Body

By: Hillary L. McBride

4.37

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Many of us have a complicated relationship with our body.Maybe you've been made to feel ashamed of … read more

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"She cupped her hands around the remnant flame of spirit inside me, protecting the flickering light until it grew stronger, and then placed my own hands around the flame and made me the protector of t…"

-Hillary L. McBride, Wisdom of Your Body

"Transcendence is beautiful, but I'm not convinced it's the full picture. One of my psychology professors used to remind us that if there are only two options and one of them is bad, then we aren't se…"

-Hillary L. McBride, Wisdom of Your Body

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20. How Fear Departed the Long Gallery: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)

By: E.F. Benson

4.02

Format: 52 pages, Paperback

An classic ghost story by E.F. Benson is revived in this illustrated Christmas edition by inimitabl… read more

Similar categories in E.F. Benson's How Fear Departed the Long Gallery: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories) book and R.H. Malden's The Sundial: A Ghost Story for Christmas

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Mistletoe Malice by Kathleen Farrell

21. Mistletoe Malice

By: Kathleen Farrell

2.75

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

A dysfunctional family reunites for the Christmas holiday from hell in this rediscovered festive cl… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Farrell's Mistletoe Malice book and R.H. Malden's The Sundial: A Ghost Story for Christmas

  • fiction
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22. The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance

By: M.R. James

3.13

Format: 26 pages, Paperback

"What first interested me in ghosts? This I can tell you quite definitely. In my childhood I chance… read more

Similar categories in M.R. James's The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance book and R.H. Malden's The Sundial: A Ghost Story for Christmas

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth by Gou Tanabe

23. H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth

By: Gou Tanabe

4.47

Format: 450 pages, Paperback

A new manga adaptation of the only H.P. Lovecraft story published as a book during his lifetime, by… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Christmas Eve on a Haunted Hulk: A Ghost Story for Christmas by Frank Cowper

24. Christmas Eve on a Haunted Hulk: A Ghost Story for Christmas

By: Frank Cowper

3.35

Format: 64 pages, Kindle Edition

Reading a ghost story on Christmas Eve was once as much a part of traditional Christmas celebration… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Green Room: A Ghost Story for Christmas by Walter de la Mare

25. The Green Room: A Ghost Story for Christmas

By: Walter de la Mare

2.86

Format: 64 pages, Kindle Edition

Reading a ghost story on Christmas Eve was once as much a part of traditional Christmas celebration… read more

Similar categories in Walter de la Mare's The Green Room: A Ghost Story for Christmas book and R.H. Malden's The Sundial: A Ghost Story for Christmas

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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26. The Toll House

By: W.W. Jacobs

3.33

Format: 42 pages, Paperback

An chilling ghost story by W.W. Jacobs is reborn in this illustrated Christmas edition by renowned … read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Corner Shop: A Ghost Story for Christmas by Cynthia Asquith

27. The Corner Shop: A Ghost Story for Christmas

By: Cynthia Asquith

3.73

Format: 58 pages, Paperback

World-renowned cartoonist Seth returns with three new ghost stories for 2022. Peter Wood enters a … read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Asquith's The Corner Shop: A Ghost Story for Christmas book and R.H. Malden's The Sundial: A Ghost Story for Christmas

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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28. The Morgan Trust

By: R. Bridgeman

3.87

Format: 49 pages, Paperback

World-renowned illustrator Seth returns with three new Christmas ghost stories for 2020. Intrigued … read more

Similar categories in R. Bridgeman's The Morgan Trust book and R.H. Malden's The Sundial: A Ghost Story for Christmas

  • short stories
  • horror
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29. The Dead and the Countess

By: Gertrude Atherton

3.22

Format: None pages, None

The dead sleep peacefully -- until a railway is built near their cemetery. While the old priest wor… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Sundial: A Ghost Story for Christmas by R.H. Malden

30. The Sundial: A Ghost Story for Christmas

By: R.H. Malden

3.26

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

When he returns to England from the Civil Service, a man takes up residence in an old country home.… read more

Similar categories in R.H. Malden's The Sundial: A Ghost Story for Christmas book and R.H. Malden's The Sundial: A Ghost Story for Christmas

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror

15 best-selling short stories books like The Sundial: A Ghost Story for Christmas by R.H. Malden

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The Old Nurse's Story

Elizabeth Gaskell

3.64

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The Empty House

Algernon Blackwood

3.16

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Edith Wharton

2.90

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Long Shadow

Celia Fremlin

3.86

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The Turnglass

Gareth Rubin

3.50

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L’ultima cosa bella sulla faccia della terra

Michael Bible

3.60

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Nicola Upson

4.15

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