11 Top fantasy books like The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories by Arthur Machen

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The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories

By: Arthur Machen

3.89

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

Something pushed out from the body there on the floor, and stretched forth a slimy, wavering tentac…

"He could even talk about painting, and that's more than can be said of most painters."

-Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories

"He could even talk about painting, and that's more than can be said of most painters."

-Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories

"Most of us are just indifferent, mixed-up creatures; we muddle through the world without realizing the meaning and the inner sense of things, and, consequently, our wickedness and our goodness are alike second-rate, unimportant."

-Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories

"Most of us are just indifferent, mixed-up creatures; we muddle through the world without realizing the meaning and the inner sense of things, and, consequently, our wickedness and our goodness are alike second-rate, unimportant."

-Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories by Arthur Machen , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. 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

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2. Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe

By: Jeff VanderMeer , Thomas Ligotti

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Two terrifying classics by "the best kept secret in contemporary horror fiction" (TheWashington Pos… read more

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  • classics
  • weird fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
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3. Historia de la vida del Buscón

By: Francisco de Quevedo

3.00

Format: 76 pages,

Historia de la vida del Buscon -- read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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4. The Room in the Tower

By: E.F. Benson

3.97

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

E.F. Benson (1867-1940) fue, junto con M.R. James, uno de los maestros victorianos de la <>, un ter… read more

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  • gothic
  • classics
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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5. Tales of Edgar Allan Poe

By: Edgar Allan Poe , Harry Clarke

3.78

Format: None pages, Leather Bound

King pest -- MS. found in a bottle -- Silence-a fable -- Berenice -- William Wilson -- Ligeia -- Th… read more

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  • gothic
  • classics
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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6. Dagon

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.94

Format: 489 pages,

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  • classics
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy

7. Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories

By: Algernon Blackwood , S.T. Joshi

3.82

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

Spine-tingling supernatural tales from "the one absolute and unquestioned master of weird atmospher… read more

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8. Supernatural Horror in Literature

By: H.P. Lovecraft , E.F. Bleiler , Theodore Menten

4.36

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937), the most important American supernaturalist since Poe, has had an incal… read more

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9. 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
  • 19th century
  • weird fiction
  • 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

10. The House on the Borderland

By: William Hope Hodgson

5.00

Format: 32 pages,

A manuscript is found: filled with small, precise writing and smelling of pit-water, it tells the s… read more

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11. Hyperborea

By: Clark Ashton Smith

4.15

Format: None pages,

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12. My Work is Not Yet Done: Three Tales of Corporate Horror

By: Thomas Ligotti , None

3.87

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

When junior manager Frank Dominio is suddenly demoted and then sacked it seems there was more than … read more

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  • weird fiction
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
"Fear, when blended with failure, distills into a deadly brew."

-Thomas Ligotti, My Work is Not Yet Done: Three Tales of Corporate Horror

"Generally speaking: Expect nothing but nightmarish obscenities to be born when human heads come together in intercourse."

-Thomas Ligotti, My Work is Not Yet Done: Three Tales of Corporate Horror

"Every milestone in the history of the company, even when forecast with heaps of hoopla, was ultimately played out according to some secret timeline of geologic tedium, so that it was drained of all i…"

-Thomas Ligotti, My Work is Not Yet Done: Three Tales of Corporate Horror

"It all seemed so enticing, but like every other attraction along the world’s midway the greatest part of its appeal lay in those moments of anticipation. And after it was all over, the particular att…"

-Thomas Ligotti, My Work is Not Yet Done: Three Tales of Corporate Horror

13. The Ceremonies

By: T.E.D. Klein

3.86

Format: None pages,

Jeremy Freirs is a graduate student and teacher who decides to spend his summer working on his diss… read more

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14. The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies

By: S.T. Joshi , Clark Ashton Smith

4.11

Format: 14 pages, Paperback

A much-awaited collection of prose and poetry from one of the great cosmic masters of the supernatu… read more

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15. Songs of a Dead Dreamer

By: Thomas Ligotti

4.21

Format: 539 pages, Paperback

Songs of a Dreamerwas Thomas Ligotti's first collection of supernatural horror stories. When origin… read more

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16. Beneath a Pale Sky

By: Philip Fracassi

4.19

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Beneath a Pale Sky collects eight stories of horror, including two original novelettes, that will t… read more

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  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
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17. The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories

By: Arthur Machen

3.89

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

Something pushed out from the body there on the floor, and stretched forth a slimy, wavering tentac… read more

Similar categories in Arthur Machen's The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories book and Arthur Machen's The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories

  • gothic
  • classics
  • 19th century
  • weird fiction
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
"He could even talk about painting, and that's more than can be said of most painters."

-Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories

"Most of us are just indifferent, mixed-up creatures; we muddle through the world without realizing the meaning and the inner sense of things, and, consequently, our wickedness and our goodness are al…"

-Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories

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18. The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Deluxe Edition III (Vol. 7-9 Hardcover Omnibus)

By: Nagabe

4.61

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

The beautiful, critically acclaimed manga that was successfully Kickstarted into a feature-length a… read more

Similar categories in Nagabe's The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Deluxe Edition III (Vol. 7-9 Hardcover Omnibus) book and Arthur Machen's The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The King in Yellow and Other Horrors: The Best Weird Fiction & Ghost Stories of Robert W. Chambers by Robert W. Chambers

19. The King in Yellow and Other Horrors: The Best Weird Fiction & Ghost Stories of Robert W. Chambers

By: Robert W. Chambers

3.69

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

One of the most important works of American supernatural fiction since those of Poe, The King in Ye… read more

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  • gothic
  • classics
  • weird fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
"Have you seen The Yellow Sign?"

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow and Other Horrors: The Best Weird Fiction & Ghost Stories of Robert W. Chambers

"Let the red dawn surmise What we shall do, When this blue starlight dies And all is through."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow and Other Horrors: The Best Weird Fiction & Ghost Stories of Robert W. Chambers

"I had never yet done such a thing in life, but now I felt a desire to mock. ("In The Court Of The Dragon")"

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow and Other Horrors: The Best Weird Fiction & Ghost Stories of Robert W. Chambers

"Unsavoury as it is below, there is cheerfulness, and comfort, and hard, honest work above. ("In The Court Of The Dragon")"

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow and Other Horrors: The Best Weird Fiction & Ghost Stories of Robert W. Chambers

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20. 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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  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Deluxe Edition IV (Vol. 10-11+EX Hardcover Omnibus) by Nagabe

21. The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Deluxe Edition IV (Vol. 10-11+EX Hardcover Omnibus)

By: Nagabe

4.38

Format: 520 pages, Hardcover

The beautiful, critically acclaimed manga that was successfully Kickstarted into a feature-length a… read more

Similar categories in Nagabe's The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Deluxe Edition IV (Vol. 10-11+EX Hardcover Omnibus) book and Arthur Machen's The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror

14 must-read fiction books like The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories by Arthur Machen

Transform Your Habits

Collected Ghost Stories

M.R. James

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe

Jeff VanderMeer , Thomas Ligotti

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Historia de la vida del Buscón

Francisco de Quevedo

3.00

Transform Your Habits

The Room in the Tower

E.F. Benson

3.97

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16 must-read fiction books like My Work is Not Yet Done: Three Tales of Corporate Horror by Thomas Ligotti

Transform Your Habits

The Secret of Ventriloquism

Jon Padgett

3.90

Transform Your Habits

A Collapse of Horses

Brian Evenson

4.02

Transform Your Habits

The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)

Arthur Machen

3.69

Transform Your Habits

The Hellbound Heart

Clive Barker

4.07

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