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Tessa Dawn
167 ratings 4.26 ·
book · fantasy · paranormal · audiobook · fiction · horror · romance · supernatural · dark · adult · vampires · magic · action-adventure · shapeshifters · dark-fantasy · gothic · suspense · steamy · alpha-mc · urban-fantasy
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Michael McDowell
205 ratings 4.02 ·
fiction · adult · horror · book · gothic · audiobook · historical · mystery · supernatural · fantasy · historical-fiction · paranormal · southern-gothic · family · ghosts · dark · drama · spirituality · hauntings · anthologies
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón
310 ratings 4.00 ·
historical · mystery · gothic · fantasy · suspense · action-adventure · historical-fiction · fiction · magical-realism · horror · drama · audiobook · 20th-century · book · literary-fiction · dark · young-adult · urban-fantasy · crime · violent-conflict
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Darcy Coates
419 ratings 3.97 ·
horror · fiction · mystery · book · supernatural · paranormal · suspense · ghosts · gothic · fantasy · adult · spooky · audiobook · hauntings · young-adult · dark · monsters · haunted-places · contemporary · female-author
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Simone St. James
209 ratings 3.93 ·
suspense · paranormal · audiobook · fiction · spooky · adult · book · horror · mystery · supernatural · crime · ghosts · killer · historical-fiction · gothic · historical · murder · female-author · womens-fiction · dark
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Laura Purcell
114 ratings 3.92 ·
fiction · adult · historical-fiction · gothic · historical · industrial-era · book · paranormal · spooky · audiobook · supernatural · mystery · ghosts · horror · suspense · victorian · dark · female-author · drama · 21st-century
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Shea Ernshaw
105 ratings 3.91 ·
fantasy · fiction · dark · young-adult · paranormal · book · gothic · mystery · spooky · supernatural · audiobook · magic · horror · contemporary · romance · magical-realism · urban-fantasy · suspense · ghosts · female-author
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Stuart Turton
131 ratings 3.88 ·
horror · fiction · mystery · supernatural · adult · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · murder · magical-realism · crime · literary-fiction · book · suspense · paranormal · killer · dark · spooky · gothic · action-adventure
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Wendy Webb
146 ratings 3.87 ·
paranormal · suspense · book · adult · gothic · fiction · spooky · ghosts · mystery · supernatural · audiobook · historical-fiction · horror · contemporary · haunted-places · drama · female-author · fantasy · female-mc · family
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Daphne du Maurier
441 ratings 3.86 ·
fiction · adult · horror · gothic · classics · literary · mystery · historical · 20th-century · book · female-author · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · anthologies · audiobook · suspense · drama · supernatural · romance · crime
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J.D. Horn
132 ratings 3.83 ·
fiction · witches-wizards · supernatural · fantasy · paranormal · horror · audiobook · book · urban-fantasy · magic · dark · gothic · magical-realism · historical-fiction · mystery · suspense · young-adult · demons · adult · ghosts
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David Stuart Davies
186 ratings 3.83 ·- Sherlock Holmes: Η Σατανική Υπόσχεση by David Stuart Davies
- The Halloween Mask: And Other Strange Tales by David Stuart Davies
- Spinechillers: Tales for Hallowe'en and Other Dark Nights by David Stuart Davies
- The Lurking Fear: Collected Short Stories Volume 4 by David Stuart Davies
- The Dead of Night: The Ghost Stories of Oliver Onions by David Stuart Davies
adult · fiction · horror · literary · classics · anthologies · supernatural · gothic · ghosts · fantasy · mystery · paranormal · historical · victorian · industrial-era · spooky · historical-fiction · suspense · crime · contemporary
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Karen Maitland
112 ratings 3.80 ·
magical-realism · book · historical · audiobook · historical-fiction · gothic · fantasy · adult · medieval · mystery · fiction · supernatural · horror · witches-wizards · paranormal · crime · religion · spirituality · magic · epidemy
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V.C. Andrews
1707 ratings 3.80 ·
fiction · young-adult · book · family · suspense · gothic · horror · contemporary · drama · romance · mystery · womens-fiction · abuse · psychological · epic · dark · realistic · classics · literary · audiobook
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Jess Kidd
111 ratings 3.78 ·
audiobook · fiction · fantasy · paranormal · adult · mystery · dark · historical-fiction · magical-realism · book · horror · historical · supernatural · gothic · ghosts · suspense · action-adventure · female-author · magic · literary-fiction
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Sarah Rayne
127 ratings 3.77 ·
fiction · book · mystery · adult · horror · historical · spooky · gothic · supernatural · ghosts · suspense · paranormal · historical-fiction · psychological · fantasy · crime · haunted-places · family · magical-realism · small-town
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton
113 ratings 3.77 ·- Haunted House Short Stories by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- SF UNIVERSE - The Ultimate Collection: 160+ Space Adventures, Lost Worlds, Dystopian Novels & Post-Apocalyptic Tales: The War of the Worlds, Anthem, Space ... America, A Traveler in Time, The Guardians… by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- The Haunts & Horrors Megapack: 31 Modern & Classic Stories by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories: From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Favorite Ghost Stories by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
adult · fiction · horror · supernatural · anthologies · gothic · literary · classics · fantasy · ghosts · industrial-era · historical · literary-fiction · mystery · victorian · paranormal · book · monsters · historical-fiction · terror
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Barbara Michaels
385 ratings 3.76 ·
gothic · romance · fiction · book · mystery · suspense · supernatural · paranormal · adult · fantasy · historical-fiction · horror · ghosts · historical · psychological · literary-fiction · contemporary · audiobook · vampires · crime
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Cat Winters
108 ratings 3.73 ·
fiction · magical-realism · historical-fiction · young-adult · paranormal · mystery · supernatural · gothic · fantasy · horror · historical · book · female-author · 20th-century · audiobook · family · drama · ghosts · spooky · dark
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A.N. Roquelaure
135 ratings 3.61 ·
historical-fiction · audiobook · historical · retellings · romance · fiction · lgbtq · medieval · adult · drama · womens-fiction · fantasy · book · steamy · horror · dark · slavery · wlw · abuse · female-author
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