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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorTales of Terror from the Tunnel's Mouth
Chris Priestley · 288 pages
The Collected Ghost Stories of E.F. Benson
E.F. Benson, Richard Dalby · 624 pages
A collection of horror stories - not only ghosts - by one of the early masters of the genre. Most are set in southern England, but there are stories also set in Scotland, the Alps and Egypt.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
William L. Hedges · 358 pages
Originally entitled, "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.", this collection of essays, sketches, and tales established Washington's reputation as America's foremost professional author. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle" are classics of American fiction and display Irving's ability to depict American landscapes and culture. This volume also contains a number of gently ironic
The Turn of the Screw and Other Short Novels
Henry James · 457 pages
A collection of short novels includes the title work, a chilling classic of psychological terror, as well as "Daisy Miller," "The Aspern Papers," "An International Episode," "The Altar of the Dead," and "The Beast of the Jungle."
The Face in the Glass and Other Gothic Tales
Mary Elizabeth Braddon · 256 pages
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things
Lafcadio Hearn · 101 pages
The Fall of the House of Usher
Edgar Allan Poe · 52 pages
"The Fall of the House of Usher" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, then included in the collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque in 1840. The short story, a work of Gothic fiction, includes themes of madness, family, isolation, and metaphysical identities.
The Waiting Room
F.G. Cottam · 304 pages
Julian Creed, a popular TV ghost hunter is invited to inspect a derelict railway station once used to transport troop to the Great War. Creed is something of a charlatan, his psychic ability put on for the viewers, but this is about to change.
Collected Ghost Stories
M.R. James · 468 pages
Considered by many to be the most terrifying writer in English, James's stories draw on the terrors of the everyday. Documents and objects unleash terrible forces, often in closed rooms and night-time settings where imagination runs riot.
Carnacki, the Ghost Finder
William Hope Hodgson · 134 pages
Best Ghost Stories of J.S. Le Fanu
J. Sheridan Le Fanu · 467 pages
Ghost and Horror Stories
Ambrose Bierce · 199 pages
Ambrose Bierce was one of the strangest phenomena of American letters, The adjectives used to describe his writing--and character--tend to have a rather uncomplimentary ring: "venomous,""vindictive," "paranoid," "rancorous," "malevolent," yet few would deny his brilliance of intellect and style. About half of his fiction output consisted of stories of horror and the supernatural, a genre which app
The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories
Algernon Blackwood · 176 pages
Collection of short fiction horror stories by the weird fiction writer Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951).
The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories
Michael Cox, R.A. Gilbert · 504 pages
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories
Roald Dahl · 235 pages
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton · 280 pages
The lady's maid's bell. -- The eyes. -- Afterward. -- Kerfol. -- The triumph of night. -- Miss Mary Pask. -- Bewitched. -- Mr. Jones. -- Pomegranate seed. -- The looking glass. -- All Souls'. --
Ghostly: A Collection of Ghost Stories
Audrey Niffenegger · 464 pages
Classic Tales of Horror
Rudyard Kipling, William Edmondstoune Aytoun, E.F. Benson, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, M.R. James, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins · 240 pages
Contains: [Assignation](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15645797W) [Berenice](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15645808W) [Black Cat](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41068W) [Cask of Amontillado](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41016W) [Fall of the House of Usher](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41078W) Hop-Frog [Imp of the Perverse](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15481077W) King Pest Lig
The Small Hand and Dolly
Susan Hill · 280 pages
Collects two ghost stories, including "The Small Hand," in which a bookseller is plagued by nightmares after stumbling across a derelict Edwardian house; and "Dolly," in which an orphan is haunted by a spiteful cousin's act of rage.