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Top authors writing historical horror
Eric Ugland
164 ratings 4.45 ·
book · fantasy · epic · fiction · heroic-fantasy · dark · horror · litrpg · adult · dungeons-dragons · audiobook · sword-sorcery · high-fantasy · humor · ancient-civilization · historical · magic · wuxia · ancient-china · action-adventure
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Jonathan Moeller
759 ratings 4.25 ·
fiction · book · fantasy · adult · historical · myths · retellings · action-adventure · dark · horror · paranormal · high-fantasy · magic · sword-sorcery · supernatural · political-intrigue · assassins · audiobook · epic · demons
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Robert Beatty
114 ratings 4.19 ·
historical · audiobook · magic · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · horror · fantasy · animals · fiction · children · middle-grade · book · action-adventure · young-adult · mystery · children-books · paranormal · friendship · outdoors · gothic
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James Clemens
115 ratings 4.07 ·
high-fantasy · book · fiction · epic · fantasy · action-adventure · mystery · magic · family · paranormal · dragons · witches-wizards · horror · historical · young-adult · medieval · audiobook · dark-fantasy · politics · adult
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D. Rus
125 ratings 4.03 ·
litrpg · fiction · book · cyberpunk · audiobook · virtual-reality · action-adventure · magic · dungeons-dragons · fantasy · myths · colonization · super-powered · dark · horror · heroic-fantasy · retellings · historical · ancient-civilization · ancient-china
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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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Barbara Erskine
274 ratings 4.02 ·
adult · fiction · historical · paranormal · historical-fiction · book · fantasy · romance · supernatural · time-travel · mystery · horror · suspense · ghosts · gothic · drama · medieval · audiobook · womens-fiction · family
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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 · book · 20th-century · literary-fiction · dark · young-adult · urban-fantasy · crime · violent-conflict
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William Ritter
118 ratings 3.99 ·
book · paranormal · young-adult · fantasy · fiction · humor · myths · urban-fantasy · action-adventure · horror · magic · mystery · middle-grade · historical-fiction · industrial-era · fae · audiobook · historical · retellings · victorian
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Christopher Buehlman
115 ratings 3.95 ·
horror · dark · fiction · adult · fantasy · dark-fantasy · book · supernatural · paranormal · historical · action-adventure · audiobook · spooky · urban-fantasy · mystery · folk-horror · suspense · rural · historical-fiction · monsters
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Simone St. James
209 ratings 3.93 ·
horror · ghosts · crime · supernatural · mystery · book · audiobook · adult · spooky · fiction · suspense · paranormal · gothic · historical-fiction · killer · historical · murder · female-author · ww1 · thriller
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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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Stuart Turton
131 ratings 3.88 ·
horror · adult · mystery · fiction · supernatural · magical-realism · suspense · book · paranormal · historical · audiobook · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · crime · murder · action-adventure · killer · dark · gothic · spooky
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Susan Griffith
104 ratings 3.84 ·
sci-fi · steampunk · fiction · historical · alternate-history · magic · industrial-era · action-adventure · paranormal · urban-fantasy · supernatural · audiobook · historical-fiction · horror · young-adult · book · romance · shapeshifters · futuristic · mystery
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Clay Griffith
105 ratings 3.83 ·
fiction · steampunk · magic · historical · alternate-history · action-adventure · paranormal · urban-fantasy · industrial-era · sci-fi · supernatural · historical-fiction · horror · audiobook · young-adult · book · romance · mystery · shapeshifters · futuristic
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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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Robert Masello
170 ratings 3.79 ·
fiction · adult · supernatural · book · horror · paranormal · suspense · mystery · action-adventure · historical · historical-fiction · audiobook · thriller · crime · alternate-history · urban-fantasy · fantasy · gothic · murder · monsters
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Jess Kidd
111 ratings 3.78 ·
fantasy · audiobook · fiction · mystery · paranormal · adult · book · historical · horror · gothic · ghosts · supernatural · historical-fiction · dark · magical-realism · magic · literary-fiction · suspense · action-adventure · female-author
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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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Harold Schechter
308 ratings 3.77 ·- Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? by Harold Schechter
- Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer by Harold Schechter
- Ripped from the Headlines!: The Shocking True Stories Behind the Movies? Most Memorable Crimes by Harold Schechter
- The Pied Piper by Harold Schechter
- Little Slaughterhouse on the Prairie by Harold Schechter
adult · fiction · horror · mystery · historical · true-crime · book · victorian · historical-fiction · industrial-era · crime · gothic · dark-academia · western · psychological · epidemy · indigenous-mc · serial-killers · retellings · poc-mc
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Chris Priestley
125 ratings 3.76 ·
fiction · children-books · young-adult · horror · middle-grade · children · book · historical · fantasy · paranormal · historical-fiction · mystery · action-adventure · gothic · male-author · supernatural · ghosts · anthologies · death · law-enforcement
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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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Alma Katsu
143 ratings 3.71 ·
fiction · horror · paranormal · adult · fantasy · book · historical-fiction · historical · supernatural · dark · audiobook · mystery · urban-fantasy · suspense · steamy · vampires · romance · gothic · action-adventure · retellings
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Seth Grahame-Smith
163 ratings 3.67 ·
book · urban-fantasy · horror · historical · alternate-history · humor · supernatural · fantasy · young-adult · action-adventure · paranormal · historical-fiction · retellings · audiobook · fiction · parody · comedy · mystery · drama · satire
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A.N. Roquelaure
135 ratings 3.61 ·
lgbtq · fiction · romance · fantasy · adult · drama · medieval · womens-fiction · historical-fiction · retellings · historical · audiobook · steamy · book · abuse · gothic · female-author · slavery · dark · wlw
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Katherine Howe
155 ratings 3.60 ·- A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself by Katherine Howe
- Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by Katherine Howe
- The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs by Katherine Howe
- Nightmare Magazine 48: September 2016 by Katherine Howe
- The Appearance of Annie van Sinderen by Katherine Howe
fiction · historical-fiction · audiobook · horror · historical · mystery · book · suspense · paranormal · supernatural · literary-fiction · fantasy · magical-realism · adult · action-adventure · magic · urban-fantasy · female-author · family · young-adult
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Caleb Carr
138 ratings 3.55 ·
book · fiction · mystery · historical · adult · historical-fiction · audiobook · crime · literary-fiction · horror · action-adventure · suspense · drama · thriller · murder · killer · law-enforcement · death · industrial-era · psychological
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Marquis de Sade
167 ratings 3.49 ·- Incest by Marquis de Sade
- Philosophy in the Boudoir or, The Immoral Mentors by Marquis de Sade
- The Libertine Reader: Eroticism and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century France by Marquis de Sade
- The Misfortunes of Virtue and Other Early Tales by Marquis de Sade
- Gothic Tales of the Marquis de Sade by Marquis de Sade
classics · literary · steamy · fiction · adult · literary-fiction · philosophy · anthologies · horror · historical · transgressive-mc · historical-fiction · politics · male-author · psychological · drama · book · spirituality · western · bdsm
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