Haunted Castles
By: Guillermo del Toro , Ray Russell
3.41
Format: 549 pages, Hardcover
Part of a new six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by award-winning director G…
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1. The Night Ocean
By: Paul La Farge
3.31
Format: 389 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author and New Yorker contributor, a riveting novel about secrets and scanda… read more
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- fiction
- horror
"The paradox of anthropology: to see something, you had to be outside of it, but when you were outside of it, you couldn't see it for what it was."-Paul La Farge, The Night Ocean
"The worst mistake you can make, Kroeber taught, is to see another person through the lens of your prejudices. And the second-worst mistake is to think you aren't looking though the lens of your preju…"-Paul La Farge, The Night Ocean
"The American id could not be educated, Spinks thought. It needed horror in order to stay awake and to justify its most pleasureful pursuit, the destruction of helpless people who had never done anyth…"-Paul La Farge, The Night Ocean
"Clearly, you don't know much about horror, he said. Horror is premised on the experience of what we do not and cannot understand, whereas what you're talking about is mere low-class smut, which every…"-Paul La Farge, The Night Ocean
2. Wylding Hall
By: Elizabeth Hand
3.80
Format: 176 pages, ebook
When the young members of a British acid-folk band are compelled by their manager to record their u… read more
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- gothic
- fantasy
- fiction
- horror
"But mostly I'm just respectful of old ways. I believe things for a reason, and in the old days they did things for a reason. And if you don't understand why—well, you might end up opening a few doors…"-Elizabeth Hand, Wylding Hall
3. Collected Ghost Stories
By: M.R. James
4.14
Format: 568 pages, Hardcover
M. R. James is widely regarded as the father of the modern ghost story, and his tales have influenc… read more
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- gothic
- classics
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
"The door was opening again. The seer does not like to dwell upon what he saw entering the room: he says it might be described as a frog - the size of a man - but it had scanty white hair about its he…"-M.R. James, Collected Ghost Stories
"Those that spend the greater part of their time in reading or writing books are, of course, apt to take rather particular notice of accumulations of books when they come across them. They will not pa…"-M.R. James, Collected Ghost Stories
"But it was in the life-saving competition that Stanley Judkins's conduct was most blameable and had the most far-reaching effects. The practice, as you know, was to throw a selected lower boy, of sui…"-M.R. James, Collected Ghost Stories
4. The Wine-Dark Sea
By: Peter Straub , Robert Aickman
4.10
Format: 452 pages, Paperback
From Publishers WeeklySince his death several years ago, British writer Aickman's reputation has co… read more
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- gothic
- classics
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
"Probably everything in the world is decided by tiny last straws."-Peter Straub, The Wine-Dark Sea
"You speak English beautifully, which means you can't be English."-Peter Straub, The Wine-Dark Sea
"Those who deem this either weak of me or incredible are invited to find themselves in a like situation."-Peter Straub, The Wine-Dark Sea
"Dreams, [...], are misleading, because they make life seem real. When it loses the support of dreams, life dissolves."-Peter Straub, The Wine-Dark Sea
5. Harvest Home
By: Thomas Tryon
3.82
Format: 401 pages, Hardcover
It was almost as if time had not touched the village of Cornwall Coombe. The quiet, peaceful place … read more
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- gothic
- classics
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
"His heart's in the right place, but his tongue's an affliction."-Thomas Tryon, Harvest Home
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- gothic
- classics
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
7. Suffer the Children
By: John Saul
3.72
Format: None pages,
Alternate cover edition for this ISBN can be found . One hundred years ago in Port Arbello a prett… read more
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- fiction
- horror
8. The Raven
By: Edgar Allan Poe
4.10
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
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- gothic
- classics
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
9. The Assignation
By: Edgar Allan Poe
3.84
Format: 352 pages,
The Assignationis a short story with Gothic touches and a tragic ending. The story was published as… read more
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- gothic
- classics
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
10. The Penguin Book of Witches
By: Katherine Howe
4.20
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
Chilling real-life accounts of witches, from medieval Europe through colonial America From a manual… read more
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- classics
- horror
11. Morella
By: Edgar Allan Poe
4.55
Format: 160 pages,
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- classics
- short stories
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- horror
12. Haunted Castles
By: Guillermo del Toro , Ray Russell
3.41
Format: 549 pages, Hardcover
Part of a new six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by award-winning director G… read more
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- gothic
- classics
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
13. The White People
By: Arthur Machen
4.57
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Of living creators of cosmic fear raised to its most artistic pitch, few if any can hope to equal … read more
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- gothic
- classics
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
14. Melmoth the Wanderer
By: Charles Robert Maturin , Victor Sage
3.68
Format: None pages, Paperback
Created by an Irish clergyman, Melmoth is one of the most fiendish characters in literature. In a s… read more
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- gothic
- classics
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
15. The Tribe
By: Bari Wood
4.06
Format: 663 pages, Paperback
Highly acclaimed when first published in 1981, The Tribe follows a group of Jewish people who not o… read more
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16. Greener Pastures
By: Michael Wehunt , Michael Bukowski
3.98
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
*Shirley Jackson Award Finalist, Single-Author Collection* *Shortlisted for the Crawford Award* *Ru… read more
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17. Classic Horror Tales and Other Disturbing Stories
By: None
3.87
Format: 252 pages, Leather Bound
This chilling collection of scary stories will keep you awake for hours! Psychological horrors, dis… read more
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18. 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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- gothic
- classics
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
"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
19. Bon-Bon
By: Edgar Allan Poe
4.46
Format: 170 pages, Paperback
A short story about Bon-Bon, the famous chef/philosopher meeting the devil. read more
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20. Powers of Darkness: The Lost Version of Dracula
By: Bram Stoker , None , Dacre Stoker , Valdimar Ásmundsson , None
4.37
Format: 383 pages, Hardcover
Powers of Darknessis an incredible literary discovery: In 1900, Icelandic publisher and writer Vald… read more
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22. Dark Tales
By: Shirley Jackson
3.93
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
The perfect read for Hallowe'en, this new hardback volume of Jackson's finest stories reveals the q… read more
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23. 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
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- gothic
- fantasy
- fiction
- 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
24. Scanlines
By: Todd Keisling
3.83
Format: 83 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1987, Congressman Benjamin Hardy III died by suicide on live television amidst accusations of po… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
- horror
25. Body Shocks: Extreme Tales of Body Horror
By: Ellen Datlow
3.75
Format: 380 pages, Paperback
Bestselling editor Ellen Datlow (Lovecraft's Monsters) presents body horror at its most wide-rangin… read more
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- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
26. Bless Your Heart (Bless Your Heart, #1)
By: Lindy Ryan
3.63
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Rise and shine. The Evans women have some undead to kill. It’s 1999 in Southeast Texas and the E… read more
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- fiction
- horror
27. H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth
By: Gou Tanabe
4.47
Format: 450 pages, Paperback
A new manga adaptation of the only H.P. Lovecraft story published as a book during his lifetime, by… read more
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- fiction
- horror
28. Ghosts From the Library: Lost Tales of Terror and the Supernatural
By: Tony Medawar
3.39
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A brand new anthology of previously unpublished and uncollected supernatural mysteries by some of t… read more
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- gothic
- classics
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
29. A Light Most Hateful
By: Hailey Piper
3.21
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
When a summer storm sweeps through a sleepy town unleashing a monstrous and otherworldy power that … read more
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- fiction
- horror
30. A Human Stain
By: Kelly Robson
3.56
Format: 40 pages, ebook
A Human Stain by Kelly Robson is a disturbing horror novelette about a British expatriate at loose … read more
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- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
31. How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive
By: Craig DiLouie
3.43
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
From Bram Stoker Award‑nominated author Craig DiLouie comes a darkly humorous horror novel that see… read more
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