7 must-read classics books like The Descendant by H.P. Lovecraft

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The Descendant

By: H.P. Lovecraft

4.40

Format: 436 pages, ebook

"The Descendant" is a story fragment by H.P. Lovecraft, believed to have been written in 1927. It w…

If you liked the classics plot in The Descendant by H.P. Lovecraft , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. The Angel of the Odd

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.39

Format: 12 pages, Kindle Edition

The story follows an unnamed narrator who reads a story about a man who died after accidentally suc… read more

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2. An Inhabitant of Carcosa

By: Ambrose Bierce

3.69

Format: 7 pages,

Written by Ambrose Bierce, this story concerns a man from the ancient city of Carcosa who awakens f… read more

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"For there be divers sorts of death—some wherein the body remained; and in some it vanished quite away with the spirit."

-Ambrose Bierce, An Inhabitant of Carcosa

"They were obviously headstones of graves, though the graves themselves no longer existed as either mounds or depressions; the years had leveled all. Scattered here and there, more massive blocks show…"

-Ambrose Bierce, An Inhabitant of Carcosa

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3. Rip Van Winkle

By: Washington Irving

3.81

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

What would you do if you met the Strange Men in the mountains? Would you dare to pass the haunted t… read more

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4. The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar

By: Edgar Allan Poe

2.83

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

Suspense, fear and the supernatural provide the center for this tale by the master prose writer. In… read more

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5. Manuscript Found in a Bottle

By: Edgar Allan Poe

4.27

Format: 359 pages,

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  • horror
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6. A Descent into the Maelstrom

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.98

Format: None pages,

Inspired by the Moskstraumen, it is couched as a story within a story, a tale told at the summit of… read more

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7. The Descendant

By: H.P. Lovecraft

4.40

Format: 436 pages, ebook

"The Descendant" is a story fragment by H.P. Lovecraft, believed to have been written in 1927. It w… read more

Similar categories in H.P. Lovecraft's The Descendant book and H.P. Lovecraft's The Descendant

  • classics
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  • 20th century
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  • horror
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8. The Repairer of Reputations: Magical Antiquarian, a Weiser Books Collection

By: Robert W. Chambers , Lon Milo DuQuette

4.27

Format: 412 pages, ebook

Master of modern occultism, Lon Milo DuQuette, (author of "Enochian Vision Magick" and "The Magick … read more

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9. El escarabajo de oro

By: Edgar Allan Poe

2.35

Format: 62 pages, Paperback

El escarabajo de oro (titulo original en ingles: The Gold Bug) es uno de los cuentos mas conocidos … read more

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10. H.P. Lovecraft's the Dunwich Horror

By: Joe R. Lansdale , Peter Bergting , Robert Weinberg , Shawn Lee

2.86

Format: 442 pages, Paperback

H.P. Lovecraft is known as one of the key founders of modern horror, cited as a major influence by … read more

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11. The Yellow Sign

By: Robert W. Chambers

3.50

Format: None pages,

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