9 must-read horror books like Born of Man and Woman by Richard Matheson

Born of Man and Woman

By: Richard Matheson

3.26

Format: None pages, ebook

"Born of Man and Woman" is a science fiction short story by American writer Richard Matheson, origi…

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Cover of Scanners Live in Vain by Cordwainer Smith

1. Scanners Live in Vain

By: Cordwainer Smith

3.98

Format: 41 pages, Kindle Edition

Man has conquered space, but not without costs. To maintain the space lanes, Scanners have to under… read more

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  • short stories
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2. Surface Tension

By: James Blish

3.90

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

In this acclaimed short story, a human colonization ship crash lands on a distant planet where the … read more

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3. The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

It's London, 1907. Journalist Edward Malone, rejected by the woman he loves because he is too prosa… read more

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"better to be a repulsed lover than an accepted brother"

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

"I have wrought my simple plan If I give one hour of joy To the boy who’s half a man, Or the man who’s half a boy."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

"Há momentos, meu jovem, que cada um de nós deve se posicionar em prol da justiça e dos direitos humanos, ou você nunca mais se sentirá limpo outra vez."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

"The bent head, the averted eye, the faltering voice, the wincing figure- these, and not the unshrinking gaze and frank reply, are the true signals of passion."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

Cover of The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 by Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg, Robert A. Heinlein, Clifford D. Simak, Ray Bradbury, Fritz Leiber, Arthur C. Clarke, Roger Zelazny, Damon Knight, Alfred Bester, Richard Matheson, Daniel Keyes, James Blish, Murray Leinster, Theodore Sturgeon, C.M. Kornbluth, Lester del Rey, Fredric Brown, A.E. van Vogt, Jerome Bixby, Anthony Boucher, Tom Godwin, Cordwainer Smith, Judith Merril, John W. Campbell Jr., Stanley G. Weinbaum, Lewis Padgett

4. The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964

By: Isaac Asimov , Robert Silverberg , Robert A. Heinlein , Clifford D. Simak , Ray Bradbury , Fritz Leiber , Arthur C. Clarke , Roger Zelazny , Damon Knight , Alfred Bester , Richard Matheson , Daniel Keyes , James Blish , Murray Leinster , Theodore Sturgeon , C.M. Kornbluth , Lester del Rey , Fredric Brown , A.E. van Vogt , Jerome Bixby , Anthony Boucher , Tom Godwin , Cordwainer Smith , Judith Merril , John W. Campbell Jr. , Stanley G. Weinbaum , Lewis Padgett

4.32

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

If you own only one anthology of classic science fiction, it should be The Science Fiction Hall of … read more

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  • short stories
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5. The Story of an Hour

By: Kate Chopin

4.07

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

In these four stories, Kate Chopin subtly captures the intricate interior lives of a generation of … read more

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"Spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of days that would be her own. She breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. It was only yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be…"

-Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour

"there would be no powerful will binding hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow creature…And yet she had loved him- so…"

-Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour

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6. The Nine Billion Names of God

By: Arthur C. Clarke

3.86

Format: 568 pages, Paperback

This collection of science fiction short stories includes: * The Nine Billion Names of God * I Reme… read more

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  • short stories
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7. From Beyond

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.57

Format: 208 pages,

"From Beyond" is a short story by science fiction and horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was… read more

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  • horror
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8. That Only a Mother

By: Judith Merril

3.52

Format: None pages,

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9. A Martian Odyssey

By: Stanley G. Weinbaum

4.53

Format: 194 pages,

A Martian Odyssey is a science fiction short story by Stanley G. Weinbaum originally published in t… read more

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10. Who Goes There?

By: William F. Nolan , John W. Campbell Jr.

3.80

Format: 161 pages, Paperback

"Who Goes There?" is the novella that formed the basis of John Carpenter's film The Thing. Campbell… read more

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  • horror
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11. Coming Attraction

By: Fritz Leiber

3.69

Format: 98 pages,

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12. Nightfall

By: Isaac Asimov , Robert Silverberg

3.00

Format: 108 pages, Paperback

Imagine living on a planet with six suns that never experiences Darkness. Imagine never having seen… read more

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13. The Most Dangerous Game

By: Richard Connell

3.94

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

The Most Dangerous Game features a big-game hunter from New York who becomes shipwrecked on an isol… read more

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  • horror
"But you can’t mean—"

-Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game

"The world is made up of two classes - the hunters and the huntees."

-Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game

"Sometimes I think evil is a tangible thing - with wave lengths, just as sound and light have."

-Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game

14. The Veldt

By: Ray Bradbury , Gary Kelley

5.00

Format: 32 pages,

The advanced technology of a house first pleases then increasingly terrifies its occupants. read more

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15. The Weapon Shops of Isher

By: A.E. van Vogt

3.95

Format: 253 pages,

With the publication, in the July 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction magazine, of the story S… read more

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16. Fondly Fahrenheit

By: Alfred Bester

3.67

Format: 363 pages,

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17. Arena

By: Fredric Brown

3.74

Format: 646 pages,

It was hot, and he was lying on sand, and a rock embedded in the sand was hurting his back. He roll… read more

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18. The Monkey's Paw

By: W.W. Jacobs

3.84

Format: 32 pages, Library Binding

When the White family comes into the possession of a monkey’s paw that magically grant wishes, they… read more

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"But the days passed, and expectations gave way to resignation—the hopeless resignation of the old, sometimes miscalled apathy."

-W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw

"Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly."

-W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw

19. Huddling Place

By: Clifford D. Simak

3.69

Format: 384 pages,

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20. The Jaunt

By: Stephen King

4.18

Format: 25 pages, None

"The Jaunt" is a horror short story by Stephen King first published in The Twilight Zone Magazine i… read more

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  • horror
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21. Mimsy Were The Borogoves

By: Lewis Padgett

4.05

Format: None pages, Audio Cassette

Millions of years in the distant future, a posthuman scientist is attempting to build a time machin… read more

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22. Twilight

By: John W. Campbell Jr.

3.39

Format: None pages, None

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23. Microcosmic God

By: Theodore Sturgeon

4.14

Format: 20 pages, None

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24. Helen O'Loy

By: Lester del Rey

3.34

Format: 36 pages, Kindle Edition

RACCONTO (15 pagine) - FANTASCIENZA - Avere una donna di casa che pulisce, stira e cucina senza dov… read more

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Cover of The Roads Must Roll by Robert A. Heinlein

25. The Roads Must Roll

By: Robert A. Heinlein

3.79

Format: 44 pages, Kindle Edition

Robert Anson Heinlein was an American novelist and science fiction writer. Often called "the dean o… read more

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26. It's a Good Life

By: Jerome Bixby

4.09

Format: 1 pages, Audible Audio

What is more idyllic than a small Midwestern agricultural town? Peaksville would sound like a scene… read more

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  • horror
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27. The Country of the Kind

By: Damon Knight

3.30

Format: 22 pages, Paperback

The story is set in a future world in which violence and crime have been almost entirely eradicated… read more

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28. Mars is Heaven

By: Ray Bradbury

4.04

Format: None pages, ebook

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  • horror
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29. The Little Black Bag

By: C.M. Kornbluth

4.00

Format: 38 pages, Kindle Edition

"The Little Black Bag" is a science fiction short story by American Cyril M. Kornbluth, first publi… read more

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30. A Rose for Ecclesiastes

By: Roger Zelazny

4.04

Format: 39 pages, ebook

Free online fiction. A science fiction novelette by American author Roger Zelazny, first published… read more

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31. Born of Man and Woman

By: Richard Matheson

3.26

Format: None pages, ebook

"Born of Man and Woman" is a science fiction short story by American writer Richard Matheson, origi… read more

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24 Top short stories books like Born of Man and Woman by Richard Matheson

Transform Your Habits

Scanners Live in Vain

Cordwainer Smith

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Surface Tension

James Blish

3.90

Transform Your Habits

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964

Isaac Asimov , Robert Silverberg , Robert A. Heinlein , Clifford D. Simak , Ray Bradbury , Fritz Leiber , Arthur C. Clarke , Roger Zelazny , Damon Knight , Alfred Bester , Richard Matheson , Daniel Keyes , James Blish , Murray Leinster , Theodore Sturgeon , C.M. Kornbluth , Lester del Rey , Fredric Brown , A.E. van Vogt , Jerome Bixby , Anthony Boucher , Tom Godwin , Cordwainer Smith , Judith Merril , John W. Campbell Jr. , Stanley G. Weinbaum , Lewis Padgett

4.32

Transform Your Habits

The Story of an Hour

Kate Chopin

4.07

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10 Best horror books like The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs

Transform Your Habits

The Masque of the Red Death

Edgar Allan Poe

4.06

Transform Your Habits

The Black Cat

Edgar Allan Poe

3.40

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Lamb to the Slaughter

Roald Dahl

3.84

Transform Your Habits

The Voice in the Night

William Hope Hodgson

3.47

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