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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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  • by Line Kyed Knudsen
    £6.99 - 8.49

    Alting bryder sammen, da en mystisk og dødelig epidemi breder sig med lynets hast. Tilbage står Emily. Det er hendes 18 års fødselsdag, men der er ingen at fejre den med. Hendes familie og venner er døde og den smukke, drømmende Anthony, som betyder så meget for hende, er forsvundet. Emily må finde ud af, om hun er den eneste, der har overlevet, og hvorfor. Men sandheden er langt mere uhyggelig, end hun aner ...

  • by Bjarne Reuter
    £4.49

    7. a og klassens to lærere tager på lejrskole til en gammel pension ved havet. Langsomt bliver de klar over, at der er en skæbnesvanger sammenhæng mellem dem og et skib, der engang forsvandt.

  • by Scott Cawthon
    £8.49

    A pulse-pounding collection of three terrifying Five Night's at Freddy's tales.

  • by Mette Finderup
    £9.49 - 11.49

    I en af landets mest øde egne bor den stenrige købmand Hieronimus Leitergang. Børnene i A.S.P.E. mistænker ham for at handle med dæmoniske genstande. Men der er brug for håndfaste beviser, hvis en så mægtig mand skal fældes …Gården er som et fæstningsværk, men A.S.P.E. får uventet hjælp, da de møder købmandens unge niece. Hun har en konstant fornemmelse af, at der snart vil ske noget virkelig forfærdeligt. Og hun er ikke selv i stand til at flygte, fordi hun er bundet til stedet med mørk magi …Heltegruppen A.S.P.E. består af:Alin (krigerpige) Silvius (troldmandslærling) Pilo (jæger) Ene (klatretyv)DØDENS KØBMÆND er sjette bog om A.S.P.E. Bøgerne i serien kan alle læses uafhængigt af hinanden.

  • by Scott Cawthon
    £8.49

    Five Nights at Freddy's fans won't want to miss this pulse-pounding collection of three novella-length tales that will keep even the bravest FNAF player up at night...

  • by Cassandra Clare
    £8.99 - 14.49

    Dark secrets and forbidden love threaten the very survival of the Shadowhunters in Cassandra Clare's Queen of Air and Darkness, the final novel in the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling The Dark Artifices trilogy. Queen of Air and Darkness is a Shadowhunters novel.

  • by Scott Cawthon
    £9.99

    Title: Five Nights at Freddy's: Survival Logbook, Author: Scott Cawthon, Publication Year: 2018-03-01, Publisher: Scholastic US, Language: eng

  • by Scott Cawthon
    £9.49

    Everything fans need to know about the Five Night's at Freddy's game,'Security Breach'!

  • - Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children
    by Ransom Riggs
    £8.99

  • by Scott Cawthon
    £8.49

    Five Nights at Freddy's fans won't want to miss this pulse-pounding collection of three novella-length tales that will keep even the bravest FNAF player up at night...

  • by Ransom Riggs
    £8.99 - 14.49

    A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. And a strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children who once lived here - one of whom was his own grandfather - were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a desolate island for good reason. And somehow - impossible though it seems - they may still be alive.

  • by Carly Anne West, Scott Cawthon & Andrea Waggener
    £9.99

  • - A Mystery
    by Maureen Johnson
    £8.49

    New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson weaves a delicate tale of murder and mystery in the first book of a striking new series, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and E.

  • by Ida-Marie Rendtorff
    £6.99 - 8.49

    Jeg kender allerede svaret. Jeg kan se det i Malcos øjne. "De har taget hende." Han ser ned i betonen. "Fianti."Jeg gisper efter vejret.Lara og Jarii kommer hjem til Husene med Laras far. Lara tror, at det bliver begyndelsen på et nyt liv, hvor hun er ude af dykkerbossens klør, og hvor hendes familie igen er samlet. Men så opdager hun, at hendes søster Fianti er blevet bortført af pirater. Sammen med Jarii og barndomsvennen Malco rejser Lara af sted for at prøve at finde piraterne. Ifølge et rygte holder de til i Atomzonen, hvor den radioaktive stråling er så stor, at intet levende kan eksistere ...ATOMZONEN er andet bind i Ida-Marie Rendtorffs dystopiske trilogi Kloden under vand. Bind 1 hedder DEN DRUKNEDE SOLDAT.

  • - Det gyldne kompas 2
    by Philip Pullman
    £12.99 - 10.99

    Nu som lydbog. Samme udgave som tidligere udgivelse på kassettebånd. Will er tolv år, og han har lige slået en mand ihjel. Nu er han på flugt og fast besluttet på at finde ud af, hvad der er sket med hans far, som forsvandt under en ekspedition for tolv år siden. Ved et tilfælde kommer Will igennem en skjult åbning og ind i en anden verden. Her møder han Lyra, en mærkelig, vild pige, som også har en opgave, som hun vil løse, koste hvad det vil. Men Cittàgazze er et uhyggeligt sted. De øde gader hjemsøges af genfærd, som spiser sjæle, og fra luften højt oppe høres vingeslag fra engle. I et tårn i byen opbevares en genstand, som mennesker fra mange verdener vil dræbe for at erhverve.Skyggernes kniv er andet bind af en trilogi. Første bind Det gyldne kompas og tredje bind Ravkikkerten er ligeledes indlæst som lydbøger. I 2005 modtog Philip Pullman børnebøgernes svar på Nobelprisen, Astrid Lindgren-prisen, med den begrundelse, at han er en mesterlig og alsidig historiefortæller og en forfatter, der med original opfindsomhed, sproglig elegance og psykologisk indsigt skaber og udforsker sin egen verden uden at miste forbindelsen til virkeligheden. Han har desuden modtaget Carnegie-medaljen, Guardian Fiction Prize og Whitbread Book of the Year.

  • by Neil Gaiman
    £19.99

    _______________From award-winning author Neil Gaiman comes this collector's edition box set, which contains paperback editions of three of his bestselling novels: The Graveyard Book, Coraline, and Fortunately, The Milk. Each book in this set is illustrated in trademark inspired, hilarious and moving style by acclaimed artist Chris RIddell, Children's Laureate and two-time winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal.From the creepy mists of the strange house in Coraline to the laugh-out-loud hilarity of Fortunately, the Milk, this box set is guaranteed to delight children and adults alike. The Graveyard Book: Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a graveyard, raised and educated by ghosts. There are dangers and adventures for Bod in the graveyard. But it is in the land of the living that the real danger lurks, for it is there that the man Jack lives.Coraline:There is something strange about Coraline's new home. It's not the mist, or the cat that always seems to be watching her. It's the other house. Another mother and father with black-button eyes are waiting for Coraline to join them there. And they want her to stay with them. For ever...Fortunately, the Milk:Mum's away. Dad's in charge. There's no milk. So Dad saves the day by going to buy some. Really, that's all that happens. Very boring. There are absolutely NO aliens, pirates, or intergalactic police inside. And most definitely NOT a time-travelling hot-air balloon piloted by the brilliant dinosaur scientist Professor Steg...

  • by Scott Cawthon
    £8.99

    Three chilling Five Nights at Freddy's stories that will haunt even the bravest FNAF fan.

  • by Helena Dahlgren
    £7.49

    De fire venner Anne, Linda, Alex og Lisa modtager et mystisk, håndskrevet brev uden afsender. Brevet sender dem af sted mod en øde campingplads, hvor de slår lejr for natten. Ved lejrbålet begynder de at fortælle hinanden uhyggelige spøgelseshistorier, men inden natten er ommme, havner de selv i den uhyggeligste spøgelseshistorie af dem alle ... Bogen indeholder fine illustrationer i farver, ligesom Fire fortællinger fra Jorvik.Star Stable-bøgerne er klassisk fantasy fuld af eventyr, heste og magi i ægte bogslugerstil! Tag med, når Lisa, Alex, Linda og Anne opdager nye kræfter og slynges ud på et hæsblæsende eventyr langt væk fra hverdagen i skolen og livet i stalden ?Bøgerne bygger på verdens hurtigst voksende online hestecomputerspil Star Stable. Og er man glad for hestebøger, fantasy eller spiller Star Stable, vil bøgerne være et hit!Fra ca. 8 årI samme serie:Jorvik kalder (1) Legenden vågner (2)Mørket truer (3) Fire fortællinger fra Jorvik

  • by Kristoffer J. Andersen & Niki Topgaard
    £9.99 - 8.49

    Niki Topgård: YouTuber, professionel filmklipper, ejer af en Tesla model 3 og … på en psykopatisk bamses dødsliste.Af en eller anden grund bliver Niki jagtet af en møgirriterende psykopatbamse. Det er selvfølgelig kun en bamse, så den er ikke sååå svær at slå ihjel.Men selv om Niki har brændt den, blendet den, låst den nede i en affaldscontainer, hugget hovedet af den med et samuraisværd, sprængt den i luften med en håndgranat og sparket den temmelig hårdt i maven,bliver den ved med at vende tilbage, genopstå, respawne, vågne til live, rejse sig fra de døde eller hvad den slags møgirriterende bamser nu gør.Og gider Nikis venner at hjælpe ham? Nej, det gør de ikke. De sender ham til psykolog og siger at man altså ikke er helt rask når man kaster med håndgranater og ser bamser over det hele.Men er Niki virkelig syg? Eller er der en psykopatisk dødsbamse efter ham?Og hvis der er: HVAD I HELVEDE VIL DEN SÅ, OG HVORFOR KAN DEN IKKE BARE LADE HAM VÆRE I FRED!

  • - Signed
    by Jonathan Stroud
    £8.49

    Lockwood & Co. But its three agents - Lockwood, Lucy and George - are exceptional Talents. Well, that's if they can put aside their personal differences for long enough to march into action with their rapiers, salt and iron .'Stroud is a genius' - Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series.

  • by Nicole Boyle Rødtnes
    £6.99 - 8.49

    "Jeg springer til side og mærker kuglen flyve forbi mig. Den flænser mit ærme og efterlader en lille rift på min arm. Jeg stirrer chokeret på den lille stribe blod. Hvis jeg havde flyttet mig bare et sekund senere, var jeg død nu." Da en gal pistolmand angriber Siris skole, bliver hun tvunget til at vise verden, at hun ikke bare er en pige med slangehår, men en ægte superhelt. Men hvordan skal hun redde sine klassekammerater uden selv at blive skudt? OM SERIEN: Ved et mystisk uheld i zoologisk have bliver Siri og hendes lillesøster Lia begge angrebet af flere giftslanger. Efter at have ligget i koma i et halvt år vågner Siri til en helt ny virkelighed: Hendes hår er væk, hendes lillesøster er stadig i koma, og hvad værre er … Der vokser slanger frem i hendes hovedbund!

  • by Dennis Jürgensen
    £9.99 - 8.49

    Dette er faktisk en novellesamling med fire historier. Flere gennemgående træk ses dog i alle noveller såsom en stor tung nøgle med initialerne HM, en stor sort ubehagelig hund med grønne øjne og ikke mindst en fortællestil, der får det til at løbe koldt ned ad ryggen på dig, mens og efter du har læst dem. Det hele foregår i en lille fredelig landsby ude på landet. Området har dog en dyster fortid, der bl. a. byder på en stor bygning ensomt beliggende på en bakke lige ved siden af en meget stor kirkegård, som selv ligger i nærheden af resterne af en ruin med en brønd, der efter sigende har været rammen om et drama for mange år siden. Det er dog ikke nødvendigt at være i nærheden af nogen af de steder, for at det kan gå helt galt. Forbandelserne lurer nemlig også i nye skikkelser, som er lige så dødbringende som de mere klassiske. "Grønne øjne" er en gyser for de garvede børn og unge. Kosten er til tider så hård, at det ikke kan anbefales til de sarte, der vil have deres nattesøvn i ro (fred være med jer). Langt de fleste anmeldere er af den opfattelse, at det er skrevet på en meget attraktiv måde og har en stil, som Dennis altid har været kendt for. Som hans første gyserbog går den dog lige til benet, når det drejer sig om at give dig kuldegysninger. Det makabre dukker til tider op som en trold i en æske og øger uhyggen til det direkte ubehagelige læsning. Det hele bliver dog holdt sammen af 4 historier, der aldrig mister overtaget mod det væmmelige, men holder det i kort snor, så læseren er nødt til at få det med. De fire historier er desuden vævet sammen af krydsreferencer (henvisninger til hinanden), så du for hver historie bliver klogere på de andre.

  • - The Empty Grave
    by Jonathan Stroud
    £8.49

    Want to hear a ghost story? That s good. I know a few . . .After their recent adventures, the Lockwood & Co team deserve a well-earned break . . . so naturally they decide to risk their lives breaking into a heavily-guarded crypt. A building full of unsettled souls, it s also the final resting place of Marissa Fittes, the legendary and (supposedly) long-dead ghost hunter though the team have their suspicions about just how dead she might be. What they discover changes everything.Pitched into a desperate race to get to the truth behind the country s ghost epidemic, the team ignite a final, epic battle against the Fittes agency. A battle that will force them to journey to the Other Side, and face the most terrifying enemy they have ever known. Can everyone make it out alive?Join Lucy, Lockwood, George and Holly for one last time as they battle ghosts and humans for truth and justice in this breathtaking finale to the bestselling series.'Stroud is a genius' Rick Riordan

  • by Cassandra Clare
    £8.99

    The Dark Artifices series continues the adventures of Emma, Julian, and Mark in Lord of Shadows, the sequel to Cassandra Clare's #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Lady Midnight.

  • by Nicole Boyle Rødtnes
    £6.99 - 8.49

    "Han stirrer på mig et par sekunder, og så begynder han at forsvinde. Jeg tager fat om hans arm. Så længe jeg har fat i ham, kan han ikke blive væk. Men jeg når knap nok at tænke tanken, før mine fingre glider gennem armen!" En tyv bryder ind på doktor Rakens klinik og stjæler en række journaler. Siri sætter sig for at finde ham. Under jagten kommer hun i kontakt med den mystiske GHOST, og han fortæller hende, at den sande fjende måske er tættere på, end hun tror. OM SERIEN: Ved et mystisk uheld i zoologisk have bliver Siri og hendes lillesøster Lia begge angrebet af flere giftslanger. Efter at have ligget i koma i et halvt år vågner Siri til en helt ny virkelighed: Hendes hår er væk, hendes lillesøster er stadig i koma, og hvad værre er … Der vokser slanger frem i hendes hovedbund!

  • - Det gyldne kompas 3
    by Philip Pullman
    £12.99 - 10.99

    Will har netop haft en frygtelig og sindsoprivende oplevelse; og derefter finder han ud af, at Lyra er forsvundet. Nu befinder han sig alene i et uvejsomt og stormfuldt bjergområde. To engle kommer til ham og fortæller ham, at han som bærer af Skyggernes kniv har en uhyre vigtig mission, og at han skal følge med dem nordpå til Lord Asriels fæstning, hvor et slag af kosmiske dimensioner er under opsejling. Men Will nægter at adlyde dem, for han har kun én tanke i hovedet: Han må finde Lyra. Og det viser sig at være en større udfordring, end han havde forestillet sig.Da han endelig finder hende, kastes de to børn ud på en uhyggelig og farefuld færd, der blandt andet fører dem til de dødes rige, til afsløring af hemmeligheden om Støv, samt opdagelse af kærlighedens sande væsen.Ravkikkerten er tredje bind i trilogien. De to første bind Det gyldne kompas og Skyggernes kniv er ligeledes indlæst som lydbøger.Pullmans trilogi har vundet utallige priser, inklusive Carnegie-medaljen, Guardian Fiction Prize, Whitbread Book of the Year samt 'børnenes Nobel-pris': Astrid Lindgren-prisen. Den internationale bestseller - oversat til 39 sprog - har tryllebundet millioner af børn og voksne over hele verden.

  • by Scott Cawthon
    £8.49

    "Five Nights at Freddy's fans won't want to miss this collection of three chilling stories that will haunt even the bravest player ... Have you ever experienced a gut feeling that told you something was wrong? ... Caden senses the underwater animatronics in Freddy's Fantasy Water Park have a mind of their own. Robbie knows deep down that the minds of the members of the Fazbear Fan Club have been taken over by something. And Abe can't shake the feeling that the animatronic assistants in his Fazplex Tower apartment are hiding things from him. But in the world of Five Nights at Freddy's, when something feels wrong, it's often too late to do anything about it"--

  • by Caroline O’Donoghue
    £8.99

    A dark and supernatural contemporary teen debut by multi-talented author and journalist Caroline O'Donoghue."So gripping, so intriguing, so layered ¿ All Our Hidden Gifts feels like a book that should have always existed." Kiran Millwood Hargrave"A seductive and brilliant book. Fiercely, furiously good." Melinda Salisbury"The most authentic teenage voice I've read in ages... I was utterly bewitched." Holly Bourne"Grim, gripping and gorgeous. I devoured it." Deirdre SullivanMaeve Chambers doesn't have much going for her. Not only does she feel like the sole idiot in a family of geniuses, she managed to drive away her best friend Lily a year ago. But when she finds a pack of dusty old tarot cards at school, and begins to give scarily accurate readings to the girls in her class, she realizes she's found her gift at last. Things are looking up ¿ until she discovers a strange card in the deck that definitely shouldn't be there. And two days after she convinces her ex-best friend to have a reading, Lily disappears.Can Maeve, her new friend Fiona and Lily's brother Roe find her? And will Maeve's new gift be enough to bring Lily back, before she's gone for good?

  • by David Levithan
    £8.49

    Soon to be a major NETFLIX series! 'After reading this I wanted to read it all over again' - Zoe Sugg aka Zoella.

  • by Neil Gaiman
    £8.49 - 9.49

    WINNER of the 2010 Cilip Carnegie Medal, the Newbery Medal and the Booktrust Teenage Book Prize 2009, and shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award Adult edition of Neil Gaiman's highly anticipated new novel, stunningly illustrated by Gaiman's long-time collaborator, Dave McKean.

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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