5 Best horror books like The Shadow on the Wall by Ruskin Bond

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The Shadow on the Wall

By: Ruskin Bond

4.19

Format: 172 pages, Hardcover

The Shadow on the Wall brings together Ruskin Bond’s most chilling works of fright and terror. The …

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Cover of My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1) by P.G. Wodehouse

1. My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)

By: P.G. Wodehouse

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Who can forget our beloved gentleman's personal gentleman, Jeeves, who ever comes to the rescue whe… read more

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"Come on," he said. "Bring the poker." I brought the tongs as well. I felt like it."

-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)

"What a queer thing Life is! So unlike anything else, don't you know, if you see what I mean."

-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)

"I had one of those ideas I do sometimes get, though admittedly a chump of the premier class."

-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)

"It was one of those jolly, peaceful mornings that make a chappie wish he'd got a soul or something"

-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)

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2. And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

By: Fredrik Backman

4.33

Format: 97 pages, Kindle Edition

A little book with a big heart! From the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove,… read more

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"And I don’t think you need to be scared of forgetting me,"

-Fredrik Backman, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

"You never became ordinary to me, my love. You were electric shocks and fire."

-Fredrik Backman, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

"Your grandma always had a terrible sense of direction. She could get lost on an escalator."

-Fredrik Backman, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

"Most of all it’s about time. While we still have it. Thank you for giving this story yours."

-Fredrik Backman, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

Cover of A Rising Man (Sam Wyndham, #1) by Abir  Mukherjee

3. A Rising Man (Sam Wyndham, #1)

By: Abir Mukherjee

3.91

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate cover edition of ASIN B019CGXRZM The winner of the Harvill Secker/Daily Telegraph crim… read more

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Cover of 61 Hours (Jack Reacher, #14) by Lee Child

4. 61 Hours (Jack Reacher, #14)

By: Lee Child

4.12

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

Jack Reacher is back.   The countdown has begun. Get ready for the most exciting 61 hours of your l… read more

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"I'm not afraid of death. Death's afraid of me."

-Lee Child, 61 Hours (Jack Reacher, #14)

"Never forgive, never forget. Do it once and do it right. You reap what you sow. Plans go to hell as soon as the first shot is fired. Protect and serve. Never off duty."

-Lee Child, 61 Hours (Jack Reacher, #14)

"To fill a small bag means selecting,and choosing, and evaluating. There's no logicial end to that process. Pretty soon I would have a big bag, and then two or three. A month later I'd be like the res…"

-Lee Child, 61 Hours (Jack Reacher, #14)

"Anecdotally his fitness reports rated him well above average in the classroom, excellent in the field, fluently bilingual in English and French, passable in Spanish, outstanding on all man-portable w…"

-Lee Child, 61 Hours (Jack Reacher, #14)

Cover of The Secret of Chimneys (Superintendent Battle, #1) by Agatha Christie

5. The Secret of Chimneys (Superintendent Battle, #1)

By: Agatha Christie

3.98

Format: 574 pages, Paperback

A bit of adventure and quick cash is all that good-natured drifter Anthony Cade is looking for when… read more

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Cover of Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14) by Agatha Christie

6. Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14)

By: Agatha Christie

3.98

Format: 574 pages, Paperback

Nurse Amy Leatheran had a most unusual patient. Louise, according to her husband, celebrated archae… read more

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7. The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor: A Short Story

By: Agatha Christie

4.22

Format: None pages,

Previously published in the print anthology Poirot Investigates An aging, heavily-insured country s… read more

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Cover of The Guide by R.K. Narayan, None, Michael Gorra

8. The Guide

By: R.K. Narayan , None , Michael Gorra

4.21

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

R.K. Narayan(1906-2001) is unusual among Indian authors writing in English in that he has stayed co… read more

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9. Cat Among the Pigeons (Hercule Poirot, #32)

By: Agatha Christie

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

Late one night, two teachers investigate a mysterious flashing light in the sports pavilion, while … read more

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10. Half of a Yellow Sun

By: None

3.73

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie weaves together the lives of three characters swept up in the turbulence o… read more

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11. Independence

By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

India, 1947. In a rural village in Bengal live three sisters, daughters of a well-respected doctor.… read more

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"The year is 1947. It is the best of times, it is the worst of times."

-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Independence

Cover of The Bangalore Detectives Club (Bangalore Detectives Club, #1) by Harini Nagendra

12. The Bangalore Detectives Club (Bangalore Detectives Club, #1)

By: Harini Nagendra

3.62

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The first in a charming, joyful cozy crime series set in 1920s Bangalore, featuring sari-wearing de… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Newcomer (Detective Kaga, #2) by Keigo Higashino

13. Newcomer (Detective Kaga, #2)

By: Keigo Higashino

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Detective Kyoichiro Kaga of the Tokyo Police Department has just been transferred to a new precinct… read more

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  • fiction
"How come you don't ask me any questions?" "Questions about what?" "About the investigation I'm working on," Kaga replied. "It's usually the first thing people ask me when I make inquiries. 'What's ha…"

-Keigo Higashino, Newcomer (Detective Kaga, #2)

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14. I'm a Fan

By: Sheena Patel

3.32

Format: 207 pages, None

In I'm A Fan, a single speaker uses the story of their experience in a seemingly unequal, unfaithfu… read more

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"It is toxic. I am familiar"

-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan

"Happiness or safety. Or isn't that the same thing?"

-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan

"I never came with him. I never felt safe enough to."

-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan

"The world is made for couples. Even the unhappy ones."

-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan

Cover of The Stranger Diaries (Harbinder Kaur, #1) by Elly Griffiths

15. The Stranger Diaries (Harbinder Kaur, #1)

By: Elly Griffiths

3.88

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Clare Cassidy is no stranger to murder. A high school English teacher specializing in the Gothic wr… read more

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"Why are Georgette Heyer's covers so naff? When you think of all the exciting things that happen - abductions, false identities, wild horseback chases - the front of the book nearly always shows a wom…"

-Elly Griffiths, The Stranger Diaries (Harbinder Kaur, #1)

Cover of The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1) by Hisashi Kashiwai

16. The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

By: Hisashi Kashiwai

3.70

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

The Kamogawa Food Detectives is the first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese series f… read more

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  • fiction
"Ah, Setchubai. "Plum Blossoms in the Snow." Perfect, and not just because of the name. It's a little sweet, but it'll go very well with the hotpot."

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

"We get used to things too easily. You think something's tasty the first time you eat it, but then you start taking it for granted. Never forget your first impressions."

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

"It's Swatow lace, I believe-- beautiful, isn't it? The design is titled "The Disc of the Moon"-- apparently it was inspired by the poem "Midnight Song" by the Tang-era poet Li Bai. I looked it up, an…"

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

"Miyajima oysters, simmered Kurama-style, miso-glazed baked butterburs with millet cake, bracken and bamboo shoot stew, chargrilled moroko, breast of Kyoto-reared chicken with a wasabi dressing, and v…"

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

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17. Diary of a Void

By: Emi Yagi

3.51

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

A prizewinning, thrillingly subversive debut novel about a woman in Japan who avoids harassment at … read more

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"Having a baby isn't easy. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. It's been two thousand years, and it's the same old story, right?"

-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void

"I'm always so alone. I guess I should be used to it by now. That's the way it is from the moment we come into this world, but I'm still not used to it - how alone we all are."

-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void

"Maybe that's making a family is all about: creating an environment in which people make space for one another - maybe without even trying, just naturally, to make sure that nobody's forgotten."

-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void

"Until they arrived, while everyone else was transitioning to winter, putting on coats and sweaters, I was going to stick with my summer dress and my usual work blazer. Dressed in the dazzling flowers…"

-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void

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18. The Hidden Hindu 2

By: Akshat Gupta

4.14

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

The first battle is lost. The book of Mritsanjeevani is in the wrong hands but Nagendra's plans are… read more

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19. The Hidden Hindu 3

By: Akshat Gupta

4.11

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

Who is Nagendra or Om? Parimal and LSD struggle to trust each other while Nagendra is resurrected … read more

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Cover of I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki by Baek Se-hee

20. I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki

By: Baek Se-hee

3.28

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

The South Korean runaway bestseller, debut author Baek Sehee's intimate therapy memoir, as recommen… read more

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"Togetherness means altruism, and altruism is what saves us from selfishness."

-Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki

"For example, when you’re co-dependent on your partner you resent them, but when you leave your partner, you feel anxious and bereft."

-Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki

"Fear increases when it's something that you keep to yourself. Instead of suffering alone, it can often be good to share it with someone else."

-Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki

"What matters isn't what people say but what you like and find joy in. I hope you focus less on how you look to other people and more on fulfilling your true desires."

-Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki

Cover of Before We Say Goodbye (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #4) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

21. Before We Say Goodbye (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #4)

By: Toshikazu Kawaguchi

3.96

Format: 173 pages, ebook

The fourth novel in the internationally bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series, following a… read more

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  • fiction
"Yet, even so, Mieko and I shared our lives. But Meiko had an accident and fell into a vegetative state. Her eyes no longer saw; her ears no longer heard. My children grieved, but as much as I felt it…"

-Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before We Say Goodbye (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #4)

Cover of The Windsor Knot (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates #1) by S.J.  Bennett

22. The Windsor Knot (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates #1)

By: S.J. Bennett

3.52

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

The morning after a dinner party at Windsor Castle, eighty-nine-year-old Queen Elizabeth is shocked… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin

23. Winter in Sokcho

By: Elisa Shua Dusapin

3.56

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

As if Marguerite Duras wrote Convenience Store Woman - a beautiful, unexpected novel from a debut F… read more

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"The rain hammered down, the sea rising beneath it in spikes like the spines of a sea urchin."

-Elisa Shua Dusapin, Winter in Sokcho

"How do you know when a story is done?" "My character reaches a point when I know he has a life of his own. I can let him go."

-Elisa Shua Dusapin, Winter in Sokcho

"How do you know when a story is done?’ ‘My character reaches a point when I know he has a life of his own. I can let him go."

-Elisa Shua Dusapin, Winter in Sokcho

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24. Acts of God

By: Kanan Gill

3.92

Format: 435 pages, Kindle Edition

Channelling the craft of Neil Gaiman, the humour of Douglas Adams and the genius of Terry Pratchett… read more

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Cover of Samsara: Enter the Valley of the Gods by Saksham Garg

25. Samsara: Enter the Valley of the Gods

By: Saksham Garg

3.46

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

WHAT IF YOU CAME FACE TO FACE WITH THE KING OF THE GODS? Phones stop working. Smartwatches die o… read more

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Cover of Ghosts of The Silent Hills by Anita Krishan

26. Ghosts of The Silent Hills

By: Anita Krishan

3.83

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

About the Book The dead do not rest till they get what they want. You have arrived in the hills.… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
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27. Welcome to Paradise

By: Twinkle Khanna

3.59

Format: 135 pages, Kindle Edition

Rich narratives that explore the depth of loneliness, heartbreak and deception. Huma’s divided fami… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Haunting of Delhi City: Tales of the Supernatural by Jatin Bhasin

28. The Haunting of Delhi City: Tales of the Supernatural

By: Jatin Bhasin

3.92

Format: 217 pages, Kindle Edition

You know Delhi for its rich cultural tapestry, history and monuments. You love it for its food--the… read more

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  • horror
Cover of The Prey by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

29. The Prey

By: Yrsa Sigurdardottir

3.86

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

THE FIRST PHONE CALL SHOCKS A FAMILY. Kolbeinn has been called to his old home. The new owners u… read more

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  • horror
Cover of Darkness by Ratnakar Matkari

30. Darkness

By: Ratnakar Matkari

3.83

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

A boy who can predict the exact date a person will die... An elderly woman who knows that death is … read more

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  • horror
Cover of The Shadow on the Wall by Ruskin Bond

31. The Shadow on the Wall

By: Ruskin Bond

4.19

Format: 172 pages, Hardcover

The Shadow on the Wall brings together Ruskin Bond’s most chilling works of fright and terror. The … read more

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  • horror

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P.G. Wodehouse

4.06

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And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

Fredrik Backman

4.33

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Abir Mukherjee

3.91

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4.12

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