8 must-read horror books like Mive and Others: Best Weird Stories of Carl Jacobi Volume 1 by Carl Jacobi

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Mive and Others: Best Weird Stories of Carl Jacobi Volume 1

By: Carl Jacobi

3.63

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

n 1932, the young Carl Jacobi (1908–1997) created a sensation with the haunting story “Mive,” publi…

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1. The Wind in the Willows

By: Kenneth Grahame , Gillian Avery

4.02

Format: 197 pages, Paperback

“All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he… read more

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"...Absorbed in the new scents, the sounds, and the sunlight..."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

"Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

"There’s nothing––absolutely nothing––half so much worth doing as messing about in boats."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

"After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

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2. The Rediscovery of Man

By: Cordwainer Smith

3.65

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

This is the 1999 British edition from Gollancz that includes 12 of the most famous short stories fr… read more

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3. The Cask

By: Freeman Wills Crofts

3.71

Format: 656 pages, Paperback

Paris. Shipping business, police techniques, investigative procedures, feature in this alibi puzzle… read more

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4. Dead Sea

By: Tim Curran

3.71

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

THE SEA NEVER GIVES UP HER DEAD Take a journey into a place unknown to humanity. A space between sp… read more

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5. The Gods of Mars (Barsoom, #2)

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs

3.67

Format: 117 pages, Paperback

1886. John Carter, forever 30, returns to Mars and again fights enemies with green Tars Tarka and r… read more

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6. The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun #1)

By: Gene Wolfe

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Shadow of the Torturer is the first volume in the four-volume series, The Book of the New Sun. … read more

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7. Dark Gods

By: T.E.D. Klein

4.09

Format: 261 pages, Mass Market Paperback

T.E.D. Klein's highly acclaimed first novel The Ceremonies - which Stephen King called "the most ex… read more

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8. The Pale Brown Thing

By: Fritz Leiber , John Howard , Donald Sidney-Fryer

3.00

Format: 468 pages, Hardcover

First serialised in 1977, The Pale Brown Thing is a shorter version of Fritz Leiber's World Fantasy… read more

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9. In a Lonely Place

By: Karl Edward Wagner

4.07

Format: 189 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Contents: xi * Introduction * Peter Straub * in 1 * Prologue to In the Pines ["Lonely Places"] * vi… read more

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10. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

By: Arthur C. Clarke

4.17

Format: 297 pages, Paperback

On the Moon, an enigma is uncovered. So great are the implications of this discovery that for th… read more

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"My God -- it's full of stars! -Dave Bowman."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

"Now times had changed, and the inherited wisdom of the past had become folly."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

". . . the newspapers of Utopia, he had long ago decided, would be terribly dull."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

"Now I'm a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

11. The Ceremonies

By: T.E.D. Klein

3.86

Format: None pages,

Jeremy Freirs is a graduate student and teacher who decides to spend his summer working on his diss… read more

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12. Burnt Offerings

By: Robert Marasco

3.74

Format: 646 pages, Hardcover

Ben and Marian Rolfe are desperate to escape a stifling summer in their tiny Brooklyn apartment, so… read more

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13. Delicate Condition

By: Danielle Valentine

3.67

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The Push meets The Silent Patient in a gripping thriller that follows a woman convinced a sinister … read more

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"Sometimes it felt like the continuation of our species was an ongoing experiment being performed on the backs of women. Or on our wombs."

-Danielle Valentine, Delicate Condition

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14. Widow's Point

By: Richard Chizmar

3.97

Format: 156 pages, Hardcover

“This is a bad place. I don't think people are meant to live here.” Longtime residents of Harper… read more

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15. The Autopsy: Best Weird Stories of Michael Shea

By: Michael Shea

4.05

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

From as early as the 1970s, Michael Shea (1946-2014) distinguished himself as one of the most compe… read more

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16. Far Below and Other Weird Stories

By: Robert Barbour Johnson

4.00

Format: 181 pages, Paperback

For the first time, Far Below and Other Weird Stories contain all of Robert Barbour Johnson’s weird… read more

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17. Mive and Others: Best Weird Stories of Carl Jacobi Volume 1

By: Carl Jacobi

3.63

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

n 1932, the young Carl Jacobi (1908–1997) created a sensation with the haunting story “Mive,” publi… read more

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18. The Hole in the Moon and Other Tales by Margaret St. Clair (Dover Literature: Science Fiction/Fantasy Short Stories)

By: Margaret St. Clair

4.09

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

American science fiction author Margaret St. Clair (1911–95) wrote more than 100 short stories as w… read more

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