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In this section you will find over 3.861 exciting and thrilling books about Horror. At Tales we have all types of good Horror books for each individual to enjoy, whether you want some of the classics, new or children’s horror books. We all need a little scare in our lives, to learn how to deal with the real world and acknowledge the fact that it is indeed okay to be scared. Scary stories also teach kids that Monsters are terrifying, but at the same time they’ll have an understanding of scary situations, and learn how to cope with them. Take a chance and let the mystery begin here.
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  • - El Diablo En El Capanario/Corazon Traidor/El Gato Negro/Silencio
    by Edgar Allan Poe
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  • by Christy Davis
    £10.99

  • by Allyson Hauptman
    £7.49

    Devin is a witch guide. Someone who helps witches to gain power without losing control. However, he was once a Freelancer. The line between good and evil. A fighter who fought both sides, and had only half a conscience.Brook is the witch under Devin's guidance. She's powerful and determined, and overprotective of her little sister Tara. Tara wishes her sister would see she's older. She wishes she would see past her innocence.Jamie and Jared are young freelancers who live on the streets of LA; along with Tara's future boyfriend Klide. When Devin, Tara, and Brook move into Jamie and Jared's warehouse, Tara begs for them to train her to be a powerful Freelancer like them. But with power comes loss of control.Now Jamie, Jared, Devin, Klide, Brook, and a prophet named Diego have to fight a war against a powerful adversary. A friend, a girlfriend, and a sister. But how do you fight someone you love?

  • by William Gohlke
    £10.49

  • by Kellie J Maliborski
    £8.49

    "She leaned back, shielding herself with the lace curtain, but it was as if the girl could see right through it. She smiled widely and waved, then went into the shed. Renee froze. The girl had gone into the shed, but she hadn't opened the door first!"When Renee is sent to spend the summer holidays with her Great Aunt Bella at Stirling Manor, she learns very quickly that it is no ordinary house. Things that move by themselves, music that drifts from an ancient piano, and glimpses of a phantom girl about her own age all leave Renee curiously excited.But all is not well at Stirling Manor. Aunt Hannah, part owner of the house, is trying to force Aunt Bella to sell. Renee realizes that if the house is sold, it is very probable she will never see the ghostly girl again.

  • by Mark (La Trobe University Australia) Harris
    £14.49

  • by Alex Bell
    £7.99

    The chilling prequel to FROZEN CHARLOTTE, CHARLOTTE SAYS explores the terrifying and mysterious backstory to the demonic Frozen Charlotte dolls

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    by Mark Roland Langdale
    £8.99

    Mark Roland Langdale's third children's book is a wacky and wonderful read that debunks the stigma of dyslexia.

  • by Rob Keeley
    £7.99

    Rob Keeley is back with High Spirits, the fourth instalment in his multi-award-listed Spirits series. The series allows young people to learn more about other times, as well as the time in which they live.

  • by Barry Hutchison
    £6.99

    First, it's too difficult, then there's a terrifying mess of smoky black tendrils that wants to kill him, then two teenagers explode through his window holding guns and throwing magic. Tested with awesome weapons and ancient magic, Denzel realises just how little he knows.

  • - A New Fear; House of Whispers; Forbidden Secrets
    by R.L. Stine
    £9.99

  • - Gold Edition
    by Elisa S Amore
    £19.49

    WHAT IF YOU FELL IN LOVE WITH DEATH?"Elisa S. Amore is one of the few phenomena in self-publishing." - Vanity Fair"Girls who dream of love, a new novel just for you has come out in bookshops." - Marie Claire"The Caress of Fate is the literary success of the year." -Tu Style"Unpredictable and mesmerizing: how do you cheat death when it comes looking for you?" −Tiffany, Goodreads ¿¿¿¿¿"If you loved Twilight, Hush, Hush, Fallen and other sagas, you can't miss this book for anything in the world." −Angela, Goodreads ¿¿¿¿¿"As seductive as Meet Joe Black. As mysterious as City of Angels. As powerful as Twilight."What are you willing to sacrifice when the only person who can save you is the same one who has to kill you?After vampires and werewolves, after wizards and fallen angels, a new breed of Angels is here to usher you into their dark world. An ancient, deadly, inescapable race.No one can see them. They're shadows of destiny. They're knights of death. They're the Subterraneans and they're here to claim our lives.Commanded by a mysterious congregation called the Màsala, the Angels of Death ensure that each man's destiny takes its due course on Earth.But what happens when love intervenes?Can an Angel of Death deny his own nature and challenge destiny?Can love rebel against fate?When Gemma's eyes first meet the dark, piercing gaze of Evan James, an ominous shadow creeps into her life, ultimately leading her to face her destiny. She doesn't realize Evan is one of Death's soldiers and that Death is summoning her.Her time is up: Gemma must die . . . and Evan has been sent to kill her.But what if she's the only one who can truly see him?Against every rule. Against fate itself. Against everything and everyone. A story of forbidden love and star-crossed destinies.Dark. Romantic. Dangerous.Fans of Veronica Roth, Stephenie Meyer, Cassandra Clare, and Lauren Kate will love this series by Elisa S. Amore.

  • by Cliff McNish
    £7.99

    Winner of the Salford Book Award, the Calderdale Book Award and the Virginia Readers' Choice Award. In May 2013 Breathe was voted by the Schools Network of British Libraries as one of the top 100 adult and children's novels of all time.

  • by Sarah Jude
    £8.99

    Those are the rules in Rowan's Glen, a remote farming community in the Missouri Ozarks where Ivy Templeton's family has lived for centuries. It's an old-fashioned way of life, full of superstition and traditions, and sixteen-year-old Ivy loves it. The other kids at school may think the Glen kids are weird, but Ivy doesn't care.

  • - Ancient Roots, Modern Boots
    by Gerard Siggins
    £8.99

    Eoin Madden is captain of the Junior Cup team, training with Leinster and aiming for Ireland's Under 16 World Cup team. He also has to deal with grumpy friends, teachers piling on the homework - AND a ghost on a mission that goes back to the very origins of the game of rugby. Books, crooks and rucks - it's all to play for this term!

  • by Hacker ( Murphy
    £6.99

    Hacker Murphy is gathering more evidence about the half-man-half-plant monster who calls himself The Creeper. A spooky churchyard is the perfect place for The Creeper to hatch, literally, his latest plan. The plan is big, the plan is evil, the plan has eight legs . . . and the situation is grave . . . Goosebumps for a new generation!

  • by Michelle Magorian
    £7.99

    A spookily atmospheric tale full of heart-pounding suspense that will keep readers gripped right up to the very last page. From an award-winning author, this haunting story is sure to thrill and chill ghost-story lovers everywhere. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 12+

  • by Chris Priestley
    £7.99

    Do you dare to read the Tales of Terror? A stunning and commercial new paperback package for this chilling collection of short stories, illustrated throughout by David Roberts and featuring a gloriously creepy new cover!Uncle Montague lives alone in a big house and his regular visits from his nephew give him the opportunity to retell some of the most frightening stories he knows.But as the stories unfold, another even more spine-tingling narrative emerges, one that is perhaps the most frightening of all. Uncle Montague's tales of terror, it transpires, are not so much works of imagination as dreadful, lurking memories. Memories of an earlier time in which Uncle Montague lived a very different life to his present solitary existence...Can't get enough spooky stories? Crack open the other thrilling titles in the Tales of Terror series: Tales of Terror from the Black Ship and Tales of Terror from the Tunnel's Mouth!

  • by Guy Bass
    £6.99

    When eccentric explorer Dotty Dauntless crash-lands on top of Castle Grotteskew, Stitch Head knows it can only mean trouble.

  • by Hacker ( Murphy
    £6.99

    Strange things are going on around Jake's patch. The gardens keep getting destroyed, and a shadowy figure is hanging around. Oh, and there's a terrifying half-man-half-plant on the rampage. What is going on?! All is revealed in the case notes of Hacker Murphy's Creeper Files, released to the public for the first time.

  • by Robert Louis Stevenson
    £6.99

    What is the mystery that binds respectable Dr Henry Jekyll and despicable lowlife Edward Hyde together?

  • by Malachy Doyle
    £5.99

    A fun and quirky story against anything but your average team, perfect for children learning to read.

  • - Book 2
    by Julian Sedgwick
    £6.99

    J G Ballard's Empire of the Sun meets Susan Hill's The Woman in Black in a compelling teen thriller ...

  • by A.H. Jackson
    £7.99

  • by Madeleine Roux
    £7.99

    Sometimes the past is better off buried.Senior year is finally over. After all they've been through, Dan, Abby, and Jordan are excited to take one last road trip together, to visit Jordan's uncle in New Orleans. But on the way, the three friends notice that someone appears to be following them. Then Dan starts receiving phone messages from someone he didn't expect to hear from again?someone who died last Halloween.As the strange occurrences escalate, Dan is forced to accept that everything that has happened to him in the past year may not be a coincidence but fate?a fate that ties Dan to a group called the Bone Artists, who have a sinister fascination with notorious killers of the past. Now Dan's only hope is that he will make it out of his senior trip alive.In this third installment of the New York Times bestselling Asylum series, found photographs help tell the story of three teens who exist on the line between past and present, genius and insanity.Read all the mind-bending books in the Asylum series.

  • by B. A. Frade
    £9.49

    Clones on the loose spell double trouble at camp in the third book in a spooky new series that's Goosebumps meets Wayside School

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    by Karen Healey
    £7.99

    At her boarding school in New Zealand, Ellie Spencer is like any ordinary teen: she hangs out with her best friend, Kevin; obsesses over her crush on a mysterious boy; and her biggest worry is her essay deadline. Until everything changes. In the foggy woods near the school, something ancient and deadly is waiting.

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    by Jeanne Ryan
    £8.99

    Film tie-in edition of 2016's hottest YA film starring Emma Roberts, Dave Franco & Juliette Lewis. Black Mirror meets Pretty Little Liars - perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and The Maze Runner.

  • by Helen Paiba
    £7.99

    A collection of funny stories sure to delight seven-year-olds, with a gorgeous cover illustrated by Adam Stower.

  • - Four American Ghost Stories
    by Lori Haskins Houran
    £6.49

    American history mixes with legend in four classic ghost tales for Step 4 early readers: a Cape Cod ghost horse that leads ships away from danger; a portrait that protests being moved within Virginia's Shirley Plantation museum; a Colorado miner who continued to look for love even after his bones were dumped down an outhouse hole; and a one-handed California sea captain whose ghost is still said to prowl Stinson Beach. Step 4 Readers use challenging vocabulary and short paragraphs to tell exciting stories. For newly independent readers who read simple sentences with confidence.

The Horror Genre
Horror is a cultural genre that is meant to scare, shock and repulse its audience. An important thing to remember about this type of genre is that it elicits a dreadful sense in the reader through frightening and terrifying themes, situations and descriptive images. When we read a horror book, everything is important, such as the storyline, characters and the whole atmosphere. It is meant to provoke and shock the reader with its exploration of the unknown. The depreciating value that horror has, will help us understand why something is indeed scary. Look at it this way, once you see the monster come into the light, and you see it for what it truly is, it will help you to be less afraid. This genre also has several sub-genres, some of them consist of; Gothic, Science fiction, Survival, Occult, Dark fantasy, Paranormal, etc. Each has its own distinct characteristics. 

Classic Horror books
If we think about some of the popular classic horror books, the first author that will pop up is most likely the gothic writer Edgar Allan Poe. The gothic novel is a subgenre under horror that specifically has a focus on death, originated in the 18th century and is mastered by him. In the 19th and 20th century the horror writers focused on something completely different, such as tales involving occult ideas, and the popular books Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Dracula by Bram Stoker came into the picture and still kept their relevance today. Frankenstein is a classic story about a scientist who accidentally creates a monster when his experiment goes horribly wrong. And Dracula is a gothic novel about a vampyre who has a desire to spread the undead curse to as many mortal humans as possible. These two popular stories are well known worldwide and they will never lose their relevance, no matter how old they get. That is the magic of being a classic.  

New Horror books
As for the newer horror books, 2019-2021 had been some epic years for horror fiction. It is an ever-evolving genre and so many new voices blossomed. Most of the popular horror stories today involve crime writing, especially serial killers, slashers, and the ghost of the past. Something about newly written gothic stories that take place in the Victorian-era is so thrilling to read about, here we find books like the Stalking Jack the Ripper series by Kerri Maniscalo. The author incorporates themes of equality and social justice which takes the mystery of the infamous murderer to a whole new level. The main character Audrey Rose, eschews polite society for the very scandalous pastime of learning burgeoning science of forensic medicine. While she spends her time being captivated by science, there’s a serial killer on the loose. There’s nothing more thrilling and entertaining than reading about an inspiring heroine who solves mystery crimes. 
Children’s horror books are also important to address. Here we find Nightmares by Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller, where the younger audience can explore dark territory but at the same time be comforted. It is a book that’ll reassure you how to overcome the power of fear. The main character Charlie’s and his friends’ adventure in the Netherworld is harrowing, because they’re in constant danger, but together they try to face their fears and conquer their nightmares. 

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