6 Best classics books like Poe's Tales of Mystery and Terror by Edgar Allan Poe

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Poe's Tales of Mystery and Terror

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.85

Format: 319 pages, Paperback

A delicious thrill of horror runs through the gro- tesque tales of Edgar Allan Poe, as in THE MASQU…

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1. The Halloween Tree

By: Ray Bradbury

3.78

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

A fast-moving, eerie tale set on Halloween night... Eight costumed boys running to meet their fr… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • horror
"Because of this one brave, new-thinking man, summer lives in the winter cave."

-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

"When you reach the stars, boy, yes, and live there forever, all the fears will go, and Death himself will die."

-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

"Night and day. Summer and winter, boys. Seedtime and harvest. Life and death. That's what Halloween is, all rolled up in one."

-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

"The day Joe Pipkin was born all the Orange Crush and Nehi soda bottles in the world fizzed over; and joyful bees swarmed countrysides to sting maiden ladies."

-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

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2. Zia (Island of the Blue Dolphins, #2)

By: Scott O'Dell

3.49

Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A young Indian girl, caught between the traditional world of her mother and the present world of th… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #13) by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist

3. The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #13)

By: Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist

4.04

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

The last volume of the fabulously popular A Series of Unfortunate Events series, in which the histo… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"This isn’t fair,"

-Lemony Snicket, The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #13)

"What do your parents know, about surviving? "

-Lemony Snicket, The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #13)

"Those unable to catalog the past are doomed to repeat it."

-Lemony Snicket, The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #13)

"..no matter how much one reads, the whole story can never be told."

-Lemony Snicket, The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #13)

Cover of The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #12) by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist

4. The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #12)

By: Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist

4.08

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

Dear Reader,If this is the first book you found while searching for a book to read next, then the f… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"Are you who I think you are?"

-Lemony Snicket, The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #12)

"Blinded following the Blindfolded"

-Lemony Snicket, The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #12)

"Being noble enough is all we can ask for in this world."

-Lemony Snicket, The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #12)

"I suppose I'll have to add the force of gravity to my list of enemies."

-Lemony Snicket, The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #12)

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5. The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #11)

By: Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist

4.02

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

Dear Reader, Unless you are a slug, a sea anemone, or mildew, you probably prefer not to be dam… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"He who hesitates is lost"

-Lemony Snicket, The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #11)

"When you think of me," she said quietly "think of a food you love very much."

-Lemony Snicket, The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #11)

"… and the Baudelaire orphans climbed aboard, turning the tables of their lives and breaking their unfortunate cycle for the very first time."

-Lemony Snicket, The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #11)

"You should have given up a long time ago, orphans. I triumphed the moment you lost your family." "We didn't lose our family. Only our parents."

-Lemony Snicket, The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #11)

Cover of The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8) by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist

6. The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)

By: Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

There is nothing to be found in the pages of these books but misery and despair. You still have tim… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"Velocity!" Sunny shrieked. I know we have to hurry!" Klaus cried."

-Lemony Snicket, The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)

" Tra la la, Fiddle dee dee, Hope you get well soon. Ho ho ho, hee hee hee, Have a heart-shaped balloon. "

-Lemony Snicket, The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)

"But sometimes it takes only a photograph and a sentence to make an author cry himself to sleep even years after the photograph was taken."

-Lemony Snicket, The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)

"Just about everything in this world is easier said than done, with the exception of "systematically assisting Sisyphus's stealthy, cyst-susceptible sister," which is easier done than said."

-Lemony Snicket, The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)

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7. The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #4)

By: Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist

3.86

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

Dear Reader, I hope, for your sake, that you have not chosen to read this book because you are i… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"They're book addicts."

-Lemony Snicket, The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #4)

"-the phrase "lion's share" here means "the biggest part" and has nothing to do with lions or sharing-"

-Lemony Snicket, The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #4)

"Remember, sometimes something might seem like bad news, but it could turn out to be a blessing in disguise."

-Lemony Snicket, The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #4)

"Appearance matters a great deal because you can often tell a lot about people by looking at how they present themselves."

-Lemony Snicket, The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #4)

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8. Relic (Pendergast, #1)

By: Douglas Preston , Lincoln Child

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Just days before a massive exhibition opens at the popular New York Museum of Natural History, visi… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • horror
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9. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

By: Stephen King

4.20

Format: 42 pages, Paperback

Nine-year-old Trisha McFarland strays from the path while she and her recently divorced mother and … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • horror
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10. Nightmares and Dreamscapes

By: Stephen King

3.94

Format: None pages, Paperback

Many people who write about horror literature maintain that mood is its most important element. Kin… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7) by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist

11. The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7)

By: Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist

3.54

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

Dear Reader, You have undoubtedly picked up this book by mistake, so please put it down. Nobody in … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9) by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist

12. The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9)

By: Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the continuing, appalling tales of the Baudelaire siblings, the children are on the run having b… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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13. The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #10)

By: Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist

2.78

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

Dear Reader, Like handshakes, house pets, or raw carrots, many things are preferable when not slipp… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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14. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

By: Joseph Bruchac

4.06

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Throughout World War II, in the conflict fought against Japan, Navajo code talkers were a crucial p… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

15. Something Wicked This Way Comes

By: Ray Bradbury

None

Format: None pages, None

One of Ray Bradbury’s best-known and most popular novels, Something Wicked This Way Comes, now feat… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • horror

16. The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim: A Short Story

By: Agatha Christie

3.91

Format: 241 pages, Hardcover

Mr. Davenheim, a wealthy financier, leaves his home to mail a letter, then fails to return. The sto… read more

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17. The Sound and the Fury

By: William Faulkner

3.86

Format: 366 pages, Paperback

The tragedy of the Compson family features some of the most memorable characters in literature: bea… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"I say money has no value; it's just the way you spend it."

-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

"with that sort of gigantic delicacy of an elephant picking up a peanut."

-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

"Caddy put her arms around me, and her shining veil, and I couldn't smell trees anymore and I began to cry."

-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

"A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you'd think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune"

-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

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18. The Call of the Wild

By: Jack London

3.91

Format: 172 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is regarded as Jack London's masterpiece. Based on Lo… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"The dominant primordial beast was strong in Buck"

-Jack London, The Call of the Wild

"…and from that moment Buck hated him with a bitter and deathless hatred."

-Jack London, The Call of the Wild

"There is a patience of the wild – dogged, tireless, persistent as life itself."

-Jack London, The Call of the Wild

"A man with a club [bat] is a law-maker, a man to be obeyed, but not necessarily conciliated."

-Jack London, The Call of the Wild

19. The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #5)

By: Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist

4.73

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are at first optimistic--attending school is a welcome change for the book… read more

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20. The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #6)

By: Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist

4.15

Format: 130 pages, Hardcover

Dear Reader, If you have just picked up this book, then it is not too late to put it back down. Lik… read more

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21. The Red Badge of Courage

By: Stephen Crane

3.68

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

During an unnamed battle, 18-year-old private Henry Fleming survives what he considers to be a lost… read more

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22. Dracula's Guest

By: Bram Stoker

4.36

Format: 39 pages,

A passage from the manuscript of Dracula. read more

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23. The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #3)

By: Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist

4.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Dear Reader, If you have not read anything about the Baudelaire orphans, then before you read even … read more

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24. Maeve Fly

By: C.J. Leede

3.78

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Golden Poppy Octavia E. Butler Award! A Bram Stoker and Splatterpunk Award Nominee! … read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
"Inside my room, I turn on Billy Holiday. There are only two kinds of music in my world. Billy Holiday and Halloween songs."

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

"Men have always been permitted in fiction and in life to simply be what they are, no matter how dark or terrifying that might be. But with a woman, we expect an answer, a reason."

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

"I have tried the way of the misanthrope, the way of the deviant, the philosopher, the observer, the pretender. But there is one road I have not seriously considered walking down, have not permitted m…"

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

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25. The Librarian of Crooked Lane (Glass Library, #1)

By: C.J. Archer

3.84

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

A librarian with a mysterious past, a war hero with a secret, and the heist of a magic painting. TH… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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26. Fruit of the Dead

By: Rachel Lyon

3.54

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An electric contemporary reimagining of the myth of Persephone and Demeter set over the course of o… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
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27. The Book of Goose

By: Yiyun Li

3.71

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

A gripping, heartbreaking new novel about female friendship, art, and memory by the award-winning a… read more

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  • fiction
"Time corrupts. And we pay a price for everything corruptible: food, roof beams, souls."

-Yiyun Li, The Book of Goose

"Few of us would make a fool of ourselves in pressing the animals to give us serious answers about their lives, but we do that all the time to other people."

-Yiyun Li, The Book of Goose

"Happiness, I would tell her, is to spend every day without craning one's neck to look forward to tomorrow, next month, next year, and without holding out one's hands to stop every day from becoming y…"

-Yiyun Li, The Book of Goose

"Childhood companionship is forced upon the children (...) Childhood friendship, though is has ti meet the same geographical and temporal prerequisites, is something rarer: a child does not seek to bo…"

-Yiyun Li, The Book of Goose

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28. 進撃の巨人 Before the Fall 12 [Shingeki no Kyojin: Before the Fall 12] (Attack on Titan: Before the Fall Manga, #12)

By: Satoshi Shiki

4.12

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

副題の「Before the fall」とは、『進撃の巨人』本編第1巻で語られる「ウォール・マリア陥落の前」を意味する。物語は、エレン達が活躍する『進撃の巨人』本編の時代から約70年前から始まる。壁… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
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29. 進撃の巨人 Before the Fall 11 [Shingeki no Kyojin: Before the Fall 11] (Attack on Titan: Before the Fall Manga, #11)

By: Satoshi Shiki

4.13

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

十五年前、”発明王”アンヘルは、新設の工場都市視察中、新素材の用途を検討するうちに新たな発想を得て、対巨人用の新装備の試作品を製作する。多大な成果を手にして彼がシガンシナ区に帰還したのは、人類が初め… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
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30. 進撃!巨人中学校 1 [Shingeki! Kyojin Chuugakkou 1] (Attack on Titan: Junior High, #1)

By: Saki Nakagawa

3.44

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

人間と巨人がともに通う「進撃中学校」に入学したエレンとミカサ。しかし、5年前のある事件がきっかけで、エレンは巨人を憎んでいた。その忌まわしき事件とは‥‥!? エレンとミカサとリヴァイと巨人が全員、同… read more

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  • fiction
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31. Poe's Tales of Mystery and Terror

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.85

Format: 319 pages, Paperback

A delicious thrill of horror runs through the gro- tesque tales of Edgar Allan Poe, as in THE MASQU… read more

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  • detective
  • classics
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