20 must-read horror books like Specchio by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

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Specchio

By: Mary Elizabeth Braddon

3.86

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Fantasmi che divorano la notte. Cupe ombre riflesse nel vuoto. La paura si specchia nella follia. …

If you liked the horror plot in Specchio by Mary Elizabeth Braddon , here is a list of 20 books like this:

1. The Willows

By: Algernon Blackwood

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Two friends are midway on a canoe trip down the Danube River. Throughout the story Blackwood person… read more

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2. Elizabeth

By: None

4.36

Format: 303 pages,

From the flyleaf: Elizabeth thought that she was a young girl like any other girl - until the day t… read more

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3. The King in Yellow

By: Robert W. Chambers

3.55

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

One of the leading examples of Victorian-gothic horror, The King in Yellow is a collection of ten i… read more

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"Selby never knew why, but he suddenly began to buy flowers."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

"Strange in the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But Stranger still is Lost Carcosa."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

"I pray God will curse the writer, as the writer has cursed the world with this beautiful, stupendous creation, terrible in its simplicity, irresistible in its truth..."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

"No, he is not vicious, nor is he in the least demented. His mind is a wonder chamber, from which he can extract treasures that you and I would give years of our life to acquire."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

4. Gilded Needles

By: Michael McDowell

3.92

Format: 594 pages, Paperback

Welcome to the Black Triangle, New York's decadent district of opium dens, gambling casinos, drunke… read more

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5. Winterhouse (Winterhouse, #1)

By: Ben Guterson

3.94

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

An enchanting urban fantasy middle-grade debut―the first book in a trilogy―set in a magical hotel f… read more

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"Christmas Eve is a magical time," he said. "It is one of the few nights of the year-perhaps the only night of the year-when the spirit of love and peace seems to settle on everyone, regardless of who…"

-Ben Guterson, Winterhouse (Winterhouse, #1)

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6. Parti e omicidi

By: Sayaka Murata

3.76

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Parti e omicidi è una raccolta di racconti ambientati in una Tokyo di un futuro non ben precisato, … read more

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7. La sposa cadavere

By: Friedrich August Schulze

3.92

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

"La sposa cadavere" è una spiazzante storia gotica costruita alla maniera delle scatole cinesi e si… read more

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8. Labyrinthes

By: Franck Thilliez

4.32

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Une scène de pure folie dans un chalet. Une victime au visage réduit en bouillie à coups de tisonni… read more

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9. The Spirit Engineer

By: A.J. West

3.71

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Belfast, 1914. Two years after the sinking of the Titanic, high society has become obsessed with sp… read more

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"Death is a beginning."

-A.J. West, The Spirit Engineer

"It is a brave thing to die."

-A.J. West, The Spirit Engineer

"If ghosts are real, death is not."

-A.J. West, The Spirit Engineer

"A mystery is only a fact in disguise"

-A.J. West, The Spirit Engineer

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10. The Manningtree Witches

By: A.K. Blakemore

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Wolf Hall meets The Favourite in this beguiling debut novel that brilliantly brings to life the res… read more

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-A.K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches

"I wish freely to embrace the deliciousness of sin.To sin with abandon is, after all, the only prerogative of the damned."

-A.K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches

"I wish freely to embrace the deliciousness of sin. To sin with abandon is, after all, the only prerogative of the damned."

-A.K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches

"My imps need no doors, sir. They go where I tell them. Through any crack, be it as narrow as a nun's or wide as your wife's."

-A.K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches

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11. Bambini lupo

By: Vera Buck

3.71

Format: 441 pages, Kindle Edition

Il piccolo insediamento di Jakobsleiter non compare su nessuna mappa e i suoi abitanti raramente sc… read more

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12. La storia segreta di una contessa irlandese

By: J. Sheridan Le Fanu

3.95

Format: 100 pages, Paperback

Lady Margaret è l'unica erede dell'immensa fortuna di un nobile. Alla morte del padre, non avendo a… read more

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Cover of Notturno: Dark Tales. La serie gotica della British Library (Italian Edition) by Mike Ashley

13. Notturno: Dark Tales. La serie gotica della British Library (Italian Edition)

By: Mike Ashley

3.44

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

LA PAURA SI SVEGLIA AL TRAMONTO. LA PAURA SI NUTRE DEL BUIO. LA PAURA È UN ANIMALE NOTTURNO. Q… read more

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14. Vampiri: dove trovarli

By: Michele Mingrone

3.98

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Imaginary Travel Ltd. ed Edizioni NPE, dopo il successo di I luoghi di Lovecraft, presentano una nu… read more

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15. Spitting Gold

By: Carmella Lowkis

3.52

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A deliciously haunting debut for fans of Sarah Waters and Sarah Penner set in 19th-century Paris, b… read more

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16. Il glicine rampicante e altri racconti gotico-femministi

By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman

4.25

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Nota ai più per La carta da parati gialla, Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1850-1935) è stata una prolifi… read more

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17. Lucifero e la bambina

By: Ethel Mannin

4.13

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Inghilterra, 1931. Jenny Flower, una bambina di nemmeno sette anni che vive in un quartiere popolar… read more

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"Marian found all this feminist generalisation and assertion both tedious and exhausting."

-Ethel Mannin, Lucifero e la bambina

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18. Selve oscure

By: H.G. Wells

3.98

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Da sempre foreste e boschi esercitano un fascino particolare sugli amanti del gotico, siano essi sc… read more

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Cover of Elric. La saga (The Elric Saga, #1-6) by Michael Moorcock

19. Elric. La saga (The Elric Saga, #1-6)

By: Michael Moorcock

4.07

Format: 864 pages, Hardcover

Questa è una storia di emozioni mostruose e di ambizioni sfrenate. È una storia di sortilegi, di tr… read more

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20. A Phantom Lover and Other Dark Tales

By: Vernon Lee

3.67

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

Be prepared to enter a unique and unsettling world in this new collection of dark fantasies from th… read more

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Cover of Favole e leggende del Giappone by Claudius Ferrand

21. Favole e leggende del Giappone

By: Claudius Ferrand

3.65

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

Favole e leggende del Giappone di Claudius Ferrand (1868-1930), padre missionario nel paese del Sol… read more

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22. Le libraie di Kichijoji

By: Kei Aono

3.42

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

Due donne diverse in tutto. Specie nel modo di amare la carta, l'inchiostro, i libri. Ma, a unirle,… read more

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23. The Sirens

By: Emilia Hart

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A story of sisters separated by hundreds of years but bound together in more ways than they can ima… read more

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24. Felis incubi: Gattini e altre oscurità feline

By: Lorenzo Incarbone

4.10

Format: 410 pages, Paperback

"Esiste un dominio silenzioso. Esistono forme di pericolo celate, che vanno oltre la memoria; più a… read more

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Cover of Insomnio. Los Dark Tales de la British Library (Spanish Edition) by Mike Ashley

25. Insomnio. Los Dark Tales de la British Library (Spanish Edition)

By: Mike Ashley

3.35

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

GLI SPETTRI ABITANO LE TENEBRE. NEL BUIO DIMORA L’IGNOTO. LA PAURA NON DORME MAI. Sulla costa del… read more

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26. Draculea

By: Julian Hawthorne

4.17

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Tra le figure più spaventose che popolano la nostra immaginazione, è assai raro trovarne di potenti… read more

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27. Specchio

By: Mary Elizabeth Braddon

3.86

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Fantasmi che divorano la notte. Cupe ombre riflesse nel vuoto. La paura si specchia nella follia. … read more

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28. Spettri

By: Vernon Lee

3.53

Format: 178 pages, Kindle Edition

CREATURE SI AGGIRANO NELLA NOTTE.LITANIE OSCURE RISVEGLIANO INCUBI.ANIME VORACI ATTENDONO NELL'OMBR… read more

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Cover of Abisso. Dark tales. La serie gotica della British Library by Mike Ashley

29. Abisso. Dark tales. La serie gotica della British Library

By: Mike Ashley

4.00

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Nello sciabordio sinistro dell’oceano, sette racconti dei maestri del gotico per affondare nei gorg… read more

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Cover of Inferni (Italian Edition) by William Hope Hodgson

30. Inferni (Italian Edition)

By: William Hope Hodgson

3.45

Format: 164 pages, Kindle Edition

CREATURE STRISCIANO NEGLI ABISSI. FAUCI D’OMBRA LACERANO CORPI E ANIME. IL MARE È SCOSSO DA UN CUPO… read more

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4.02

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