19 Best horror books like Thin Air by Michelle Paver

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Thin Air

By: Michelle Paver

5.00

Format: 384 pages,

In 1935, young medic Stephen Pearce travels to India to join an expedition with his brother, Kits. …

If you liked the horror plot in Thin Air by Michelle Paver , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. The Mist in the Mirror

By: Susan Hill , Susan Hill

3.33

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

A terrifying ghost story by the author of The Woman in Black... One dark and rainy night, Sir Ja… read more

Similar categories in Susan Hill's The Mist in the Mirror book and Michelle Paver's Thin Air

  • ghosts
  • historical
  • fiction
  • horror
  • historical fiction
"The lamps were lit, and a good fire crackled in the great stone fireplace. There was a discreet chink of china, the brightness of silver teapot and muffin cover, the comforting smell mingled of steam…"

-Susan Hill, The Mist in the Mirror

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2. Thin Air

By: Michelle Paver

5.00

Format: 384 pages,

In 1935, young medic Stephen Pearce travels to India to join an expedition with his brother, Kits. … read more

Similar categories in Michelle Paver's Thin Air book and Michelle Paver's Thin Air

  • ghosts
  • adventure
  • historical
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • historical fiction
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3. The Woman in Black

By: Susan Hill , John Lawrence

3.85

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

What real reader does not yearn, somewhere in the recesses of his or her heart, for a really litera… read more

Similar categories in Susan Hill's The Woman in Black book and Michelle Paver's Thin Air

  • historical fiction
  • horror
  • fiction
  • ghosts

4. The White Road

By: Sarah Lotz

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A cutting-edge thriller about one man's quest to discover horror lurking at the top of the world. D… read more

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5. The Small Hand

By: Susan Hill

3.72

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

Returning home from a client visit late one evening, Adam Snow takes a wrong turn and stumbles acro… read more

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6. Boys in the Valley

By: Philip Fracassi

4.18

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

St. Vincent's Orphanage for Boys. Turn of the century, in a remote valley in Pennsylvania. Her… read more

Similar categories in Philip Fracassi's Boys in the Valley book and Michelle Paver's Thin Air

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • thriller
  • horror
" there is light all around me. There is light inside me. "

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"The sky is the color of stone, flat and hard in appearance, but brittle, as if it would crack like an eggshell - revealing black seams of the universe beyond - if struck hard enough. ."

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"We didn't hit it off like many others in similar situations....Instead, he and I sort of gravitated around each other, either friends nor foes, like the moons of a planet we had no interest in observ…"

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

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7. The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

By: A.M. Shine

3.93

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

This forest isn't charted on any map. Every car breaks down at its treeline. Mina's is no different… read more

Similar categories in A.M. Shine's The Watchers (The Watchers, #1) book and Michelle Paver's Thin Air

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
"Every grudge, if it is to stand the test of time, relies on the certainty of a selective memory."

-A.M. Shine, The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

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8. The House That Horror Built

By: Christina Henry

3.22

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

A single mother working in the gothic mansion of a reclusive horror director stumbles upon terrifyi… read more

Similar categories in Christina Henry's The House That Horror Built book and Michelle Paver's Thin Air

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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9. Where the Dead Wait

By: Ally Wilkes

3.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An eerie, atmospheric Polar Gothic following a Victorian explorer in search of his lost shipmate an… read more

Similar categories in Ally Wilkes's Where the Dead Wait book and Michelle Paver's Thin Air

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • thriller
  • horror
"Why would I want to die last?"

-Ally Wilkes, Where the Dead Wait

"You make a god of the things you fear or love. What could be more natural than that?"

-Ally Wilkes, Where the Dead Wait

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10. The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights

By: Bridget Collins

4.06

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the creators of The Haunting Season comes a dazzling collection of never-before-seen ghostly t… read more

Similar categories in Bridget Collins's The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights book and Michelle Paver's Thin Air

  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
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11. The Black Feathers

By: Rebecca Netley

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Where ghosts tread, black feathers fall . . . When Annie marries widower Edward Stonehouse and a… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Netley's The Black Feathers book and Michelle Paver's Thin Air

  • ghosts
  • historical
  • fiction
  • horror
  • historical fiction
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12. The Apparition Phase

By: Will Maclean

3.91

Format: 384 pages, ebook

An atmospheric and stunning literary debut, reminiscent of the gothic suspense of Shirley Jackson a… read more

Similar categories in Will Maclean's The Apparition Phase book and Michelle Paver's Thin Air

  • historical fiction
  • horror
  • fiction
  • ghosts
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13. The Drift

By: C.J. Tudor

3.71

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Three ordinary people risk everything for a chance at redemption in this audacious, utterly grippin… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Tudor's The Drift book and Michelle Paver's Thin Air

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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14. Starve Acre

By: Andrew Michael Hurley

3.71

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The worst thing possible has happened. Richard and Juliette Willoughby's son, Ewan, has died sudden… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Michael Hurley's Starve Acre book and Michelle Paver's Thin Air

  • fiction
  • horror
"What you go searching for and what you find aren't always the same."

-Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre

"The will of Richard's father had been to ensure that his son was in no doubt that a church was merely a meeting place for the mentally ill, and that all who gathered there--priest and parishioners--w…"

-Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre

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15. The House of Footsteps

By: Mathew West

3.26

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

If you loved The Haunting of Hill House, welcome to Thistlecrook… It’s 1923 and at Thistlecr… read more

Similar categories in Mathew West's The House of Footsteps book and Michelle Paver's Thin Air

  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
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16. A Haunting in the Arctic

By: C.J. Cooke

3.78

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

1901-ben ​járunk. A fiatal nőt, Nickyt megtámadják, majd egy bálnavadász hajó, az Ormen fedélzetén … read more

Similar categories in C.J. Cooke's A Haunting in the Arctic book and Michelle Paver's Thin Air

  • ghosts
  • historical
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • historical fiction
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17. The Whistling

By: Rebecca Netley

3.69

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Alone in the world, Elspeth Swansome has taken the position of nanny to a family on the remote Scot… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Netley's The Whistling book and Michelle Paver's Thin Air

  • ghosts
  • historical
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • historical fiction
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18. Pine

By: Francine Toon

3.38

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

They are driving home from the search party when they see her. The trees are coarse and tall in… read more

Similar categories in Francine Toon's Pine book and Michelle Paver's Thin Air

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
"...she can’t shake the discomfort of last night. It has seeped into the daylight."

-Francine Toon, Pine

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19. The Chamber

By: Will Dean

3.69

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

And Then There Were None meets The Last Breath in this tense and suspenseful locked-room thriller t… read more

Similar categories in Will Dean's The Chamber book and Michelle Paver's Thin Air

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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20. All the White Spaces

By: Ally Wilkes

3.58

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the wake of the First World War, Jonathan Morgan stows away on an Antarctic expedition, determin… read more

Similar categories in Ally Wilkes's All the White Spaces book and Michelle Paver's Thin Air

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • thriller
  • horror
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21. Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country

By: Edward Parnell

3.95

Format: 468 pages, Kindle Edition

In his late thirties, Edward Parnell found himself trapped in the recurring nightmare of a family t… read more

Similar categories in Edward Parnell's Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country book and Michelle Paver's Thin Air

  • horror
  • ghosts

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4.06

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4.00

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