6 must-read horror books like Tales of the Damned by Matt Ralphs

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Tales of the Damned

By: Matt Ralphs

3.89

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

This spine-chilling collection features retellings of eight classic horror stories. From the dist…

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Cover of Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffmann, Ralph Manheim, Maurice Sendak

1. Nutcracker

By: E.T.A. Hoffmann , Ralph Manheim , Maurice Sendak

3.93

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

The tale of Nutcracker, written by E.T.A. Hoffmann in 1816, has fascinated and inspired artists, co… read more

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2. Death Comes as the End

By: Agatha Christie , Steven Saylor

5.00

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

In this startling historical mystery, unique in the author's canon, Agatha Christie investigates a … read more

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3. The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories

By: Tim Burton

5.00

Format: 30 pages, Hardcover

From breathtaking stop-action animation to bittersweet modern fairy tales, filmmaker Tim Burtonhas … read more

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4. Sensor

By: Junji Ito

3.59

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Horror master Junji Ito explores a new frontier with a grand cosmic horror tale in which a mysterio… read more

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  • horror
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5. Death of a Bookseller

By: Alice Slater

3.48

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A disaffected, true crime-obsessed bookseller develops a dangerous obsession with a colleague. R… read more

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6. Queen Macbeth

By: Val McDermid

3.77

Format: 122 pages, Kindle Edition

Shakespeare fed us the myth of the Macbeths as murderous conspirators. But now Val McDermid drags t… read more

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7. Lore Olympus: Volume Six (Lore Olympus, #6)

By: Rachel Smythe

4.51

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Witness what the gods do after dark in the sixth volume of a stylish and contemporary reimagining o… read more

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8. Puntuando el amor

By: Cristina Prieto Solano

3.34

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

Lucas Pérez. Edad: 25. Aplicación: Tinder. Duración: 12 minutos. 3 estrellas Preliminares: Inex… read more

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"Para que luego digan que no me importa la felicidad de las mujeres" - Lucas. Capitulo 9, página 112"

-Cristina Prieto Solano, Puntuando el amor

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9. The Clackity (Blight Harbor)

By: Lora Senf

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Reminiscent of Doll Bones and Small Spaces , this “delightfully eerie” (Erin A. Craig, New York Tim… read more

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"Time made the missing different, but it didn't make it go away."

-Lora Senf, The Clackity (Blight Harbor)

"I'd gotten so close, so close to being the hero of my own story..."

-Lora Senf, The Clackity (Blight Harbor)

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10. Orbital

By: Samantha Harvey

3.73

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

A slender novel of epic power, Orbital  deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men … read more

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"Maybe we're the new dinosaurs and need to watch out."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"The past comes, the future, the past, the future. It's always now, it's never now."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"Raw space is a panther, feral and primal; they dream it stalking through their quarters."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"That's all this great human endeavor of space exploration really is, he thinks, an animal migration, a bid for survival. A looping song sent into the open, a territorial animal song."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

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11. Moonstone

By: Laura Purcell

3.38

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

From award-winning bestseller Laura Purcell comes her YA debut, MOONSTONE, a sparkling, chilling go… read more

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12. Rebis

By: Irene Marchesini

4.22

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Martino è il più piccolo, e il meno amato, dei figli di una famiglia altrimenti serena. Essendo alb… read more

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13. Two Stories

By: Sally Rooney

3.30

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Two stories about the uncertainties of attraction, from the acclaimed author of Normal People and C… read more

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"Time skimmed past us like an ice skater."

-Sally Rooney, Two Stories

"He kissed me. I felt feverish and stupid, like a thirsty person with too much water suddenly pouring into their mouth."

-Sally Rooney, Two Stories

"What made you think I was nice? He doesn’t think he can answer this question. In truth he doesn’t think of her as particularly nice. He just thinks of niceness as a general standard to which everyone…"

-Sally Rooney, Two Stories

"We used to watch films together like that. And he would touch my hair in that exact way, distractedly. I found his distraction comforting. In a way i wanted to live inside it, as if it was a place of…"

-Sally Rooney, Two Stories

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14. L'École décomposée

By: Junji Ito

4.21

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Le jeune Yûma et la petite Chizumi sont deux orphelins sans attaches. Lui se confond en excuses et … read more

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15. Ojalá te enamores y nuevos textos de Por Escribir

By: Alejandro Ordóñez Perales

3.86

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

#OjaláTeEnamores es el libro del blog Por Escribir: nuevas reflexiones poéticas sobre la vida, los… read more

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16. El dique (Blackwater, #2)

By: Michael McDowell

3.82

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Mientras Perdido se recupera de la inundación, se propone la construcción de un dique que impida un… read more

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"Grace began to understand. "I have friends," she protested. "I have Zaddie." "Zaddie is just a little colored girl," Mary-Love pointed out. "It's all right to play with Zaddie, but she's not your rea…"

-Michael McDowell, El dique (Blackwater, #2)

"Mary-Love liked to see herself as the family cornucopia, dispensing all manner of good things, unstintingly, unceasingly. She considered herself amply rewarded by her children's gratitude, and if she…"

-Michael McDowell, El dique (Blackwater, #2)

"That her niece should find such profound pleasure in the company of a thirteen-year-old black girl--and, more to the point, always within the precincts of Elinor's house--was a slap in Mary-Love's fa…"

-Michael McDowell, El dique (Blackwater, #2)

"To the little girl the house seemed a gigantic head, and she only a morsel of meat conveniently positioned in its gaping mouth. The front porch was that grinning mouth, the white porch railing its lo…"

-Michael McDowell, El dique (Blackwater, #2)

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17. Graveyard Shift

By: M.L. Rio

3.49

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Author of sales sensation If We Were Villains returns with a story about a ragtag group of night sh… read more

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  • horror
Cover of La riada (Blackwater, #1) by Michael McDowell

18. La riada (Blackwater, #1)

By: Michael McDowell

3.74

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Descubre el primer volumen de la saga Blackwater. Una saga matriarcal. Mujeres poderosas que luc… read more

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19. Tales of the Damned

By: Matt Ralphs

3.89

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

This spine-chilling collection features retellings of eight classic horror stories. From the dist… read more

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  • horror
Cover of Galería de títeres (Spanish Edition) by Guadalupe Amor

20. Galería de títeres (Spanish Edition)

By: Guadalupe Amor

3.92

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Los títeres de esta galería son seres deformes, reflejadosen un espejo cóncavo. Yo sé qué es ese a… read more

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Cover of Melancolía (Spanish Edition) by Roberto Iván González

21. Melancolía (Spanish Edition)

By: Roberto Iván González

3.82

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Solo una mirada aguda como la de Roberto Iván González, también conocido como Los románticos pendej… read more

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21 best-selling fiction books like Death of a Bookseller by Alice Slater

Transform Your Habits

The List of Suspicious Things

Jennie Godfrey

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Penance

Eliza Clark

3.90

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Blue Sisters

Coco Mellors

4.21

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Janice Hallett

3.95

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