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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 Lemony Snicket
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    The three youngsters encounter a greedy and repulsive villain, itchy clothing, a disastrous fire, a plot to steal their fortune and cold porridge for breakfast.

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    by Joseph Delaney
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    The second terrifying tale in the Spook's spin-off series from bestselling author Joseph Delaney.Thomas Ward was working as the new County Spook, fighting the Dark with his own apprentice. But a new enemy stirred in the north, and Tom s calling required him to leave his home and lead an uprising against a legion of beasts: creatures of the dark intent on locking the whole earth in a never-ending winter.Then something went horribly wrong, and now Tom lies cold in a grave, while those who remain are in despair.Who can now take up the battle? And how much time remains before the dark army brings the fight back to the County, and the world is changed for ever?

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    by Scott Cawthon
    £10.99

    Color in your favorite characters and animatronics from Five Nights at Freddy's in this deluxe coloring book with 24 glow in the dark pages!Based on the bestselling horror video game series Five Nights at Freddy's, this coloring book is packed full of terrifyingly wonderful scenes from the books, comics, and games for fans to color in and enjoy. With over 96 pages of coloring fun featuring the newest characters and animatronics and 24 glow in the dark pages, this book is perfect for any Freddy Fazbear's Pizza super fan!

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    by AidaIro AidaIro
    £66.99

    Toilet-bound Hanako-kun: First Stall is a captivating book penned by the talented Aidairo. Published in 2023 by Little, Brown & Company, this book takes you on a unique journey that's hard to forget. The genre of the book is a perfect blend of mystery and supernatural elements that keep the readers on the edge of their seats. The story revolves around a ghost, Hanako-kun, who dwells in a school's bathroom stall. The intricate plot and the engaging narrative style of Aidairo make this book a must-read. So, if you're looking for a book that offers a blend of thrill and suspense, Toilet-bound Hanako-kun: First Stall should be your next pick.

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    by Kalynn Bayron
    £7.99

    This heart-pounding slasher by New York Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation Kalynn Bayron is perfect for fans of Tiffany D. Jackson's White Smoke, Friday the 13th, The Haunting of Bly Manor and Get Out.Charity Curtis has the summer job of her dreams, playing the "final girl" at Camp Mirror Lake. Guests pay to be scared in this full-contact terror game, as Charity and her summer crew recreate scenes from a classic slasher film, Curse of Camp Mirror Lake. The more realistic the fear, the better for business.But in the last weekend of the season, Charity's co-workers begin disappearing. And when one ends up dead, Charity's role as the final girl suddenly becomes all too real. If Charity and her girlfriend Bezi hope to survive the night, they'll need to figure out what this killer is after. Is there more to the story of Mirror Lake and its dangerous past than Charity ever suspected?

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    by Kathryn Foxfield
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  • by Scott Cawthon
    £7.99

    Five Nights at Freddy's fans won't want to miss this collection of three chilling stories that will haunt even the bravest player.

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    by Scott Cawthon
    £7.99

    Somniphobia (Five Nights at Freddy's: Tales from the Pizzaplex #3) is a thrilling book written by the renowned author Scott Cawthon. Published on November 3, 2022, by Scholastic US, this book takes you on a spine-chilling journey that keeps you on the edge of your seat. As part of the widely popular Five Nights at Freddy's series, Somniphobia delves deeper into the eerie world of the Pizzaplex. Cawthon masterfully crafts a tale that is both captivating and terrifying, making it a standout addition to the horror genre. Don't miss out on this latest installment from Scott Cawthon, brought to you by Scholastic US.

  • by Steve Jackson
    £7.99

    You, the hero, must face the unknown terrors of the Mampang Fortress. Hidden inside the keep is the Crown of Kings, but beware the monsters and traps waiting for you...

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    by Erica Waters
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    Sawkill Girls meets Beautiful Creatures in this lush and eerie debut, where the boundary between reality and nightmares is as thin as the veil between the living and the dead. If I could have a fiddle made of Daddys bones, Id play it. Id learn all the secrets he kept. Shady Grove inherited her fathers ability to call ghosts from the grave with his fiddle, but she also knows the fiddles tunes bring nothing but trouble and darkness. But when her brother is accused of murder, she cant let the dead keep their secrets. In order to clear his name, shes going to have to make those ghosts sing. Family secrets, a gorgeously resonant LGBTQ love triangle, and just the right amount of creepiness make this young adult debut a haunting and hopeful story about facing everything that haunts us in the dark.

  • by Rory Power
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    &i>Burn Our Bodies Down &/i>is the second novel from &i>New York Times &/i>bestselling author Rory Power: an arresting, visceral story of devastating family secrets.

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    by Chelsea Pitcher
    £7.99

    A thrilling page-turner, perfect for fans of Riverdale,One of Us is Lying and A Good Girls Guide to Murder. Tell the truth. Or face the consequences. One year ago, there was a party. At the party, someone died.Five teens all played a part and up until now, no one has told the truth. But tonight, the five survivors arrive at an isolated mansion in the hills, expecting to compete in a contest with a $50,000 grand prize. But of course . . . some things are too good to be true. They realize they've been lured together by a revenge seeker who wants to unravel the truth about what actually happened that deadly night, one year ago. Five arrived, but not all can leave. Will the truth set them free?Or will their lies destroy them all? Praise for This Lie Will Kill You: The story . . .was dark and full of conflict and passion and so many twists. No one is who they seem and everything was captivating NetGalley user Definitely keeps you on your toes NetGalley user This book kept me hooked from the start NetGalley user

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    by Maureen Johnson
    £7.99

    After another death, Stevie must navigate mysterious riddles and track down a missing David at the same time a massive storm forces her to confront a killer.

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    by Joseph Delaney
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    The Spook's Sacrifice is the sixth book in Joseph Delaney's terrifying Wardstone Chronicles over 3 million copies sold worldwide!'Witches, Mam? We've made an alliance with witches?'As the Spook's apprentice, Tom's first duty is to protect the County from the dark. But now Mam needs his help in her homeland of Greece to rise up against one of the Old Gods, the Ordeen. But what secret is Mam keeping from Tom? And what sacrifices must be made in the battle against the dark?

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    by Joseph Delaney
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    The Spook's Mistake is the fifth book in Joseph Delaney's terrifying Wardstone Chronicles over 3 million copies sold worldwide!'The moment of danger is close. Very soon our enemies will be here.'The Spook has sent his apprentice, Tom, to be trained by another Spook whose methods are harsh and tough. But faced with a powerful water witch, Bill makes a fatal error, leaving Tom to face his enemies alone. Can the Spook get there in time to save his apprentice? Or will his own mistakes give final victory to the dark?

  • by Kat Ellis
    £7.99

    It's an old-fashioned puppet. The details are hard to make out in the dim light, but it looks like the puppet's neck is broken. It's a sad-looking thing, trapped there in its cage. Maybe I should let it out... THE MUST-HAVE THRILLER OF 2020 THAT WILL KEEP YOU GRIPPED, KEEP YOU GUESSING, AND KEEP YOU UP ALL NIGHT. 'A captivating and creeping mystery full of brilliantly twisting turns and dark secrets' - Holly Jackson, bestselling author of A Good Girls' Guide to Murder 'If you like Stephen King, snap this up!' - Cass Green, Sunday Times bestselling author of In a Cottage in a Wood 'This book crawled under my skin and made itself a home there, and I can't wait for people to start reading it so that I can scream about the ending with everyone I know' - Inkandplasma book review 'Scream meets The Babadook in small-town USA' - Kirsty Logan, award-winning author of The Gracekeepers Lola Nox is the daughter of a celebrated horror filmmaker - she thinks nothing can scare her. But when her father is brutally attacked in their New York apartment, she's swiftly packed off to live with a grandmother she's never met in Harrow Lake, the eerie town where her father's most iconic horror movie was shot. The locals are weirdly obsessed with the film that put their town on the map - and there are strange disappearances, which the police seem determined to explain away. And there's someone - or something - stalking Lola's every move. The more she discovers about the town, the more terrifying it becomes. Because Lola's got secrets of her own. And if she can't find a way out of Harrow Lake, they might just be the death of her...

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    by Kazu Kibuishi
    £9.49

    In the third installment of the thrilling Amulet series, Emily, Navin, and their crew of resistance fighters charter an airship and set off in search of the lost city of Cielis, which is believed to be located on an island high above the clouds. The mysterious Leon Redbeard is their guide, and there's a surprising new addition to the crew: the Elf King's son, Trellis. But is he ally or enemy? And will Emily ever be able to trust the voice of the Amulet?

  • by Victoria Schwab
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    Cass thinks she might have this ghost-hunting thing down. After all, she and her ghost best friend, Jacob, have survived two haunted cities while travelling for her parents' TV show. But nothing can prepare Cass for New Orleans, which wears all of its hauntings on its sleeve, as she takes on her most dangerous challenge yet.

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    by Maureen Johnson
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    In the second novel in "New York Times"-bestselling author Johnson's series, there are more twists and turns than young detective Stevie Bell can imagine as he races to discover the truth behind the Ellingham Academy murders--unaware someone will pay for it with their life.

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    by Joseph Delaney
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    The third chilling instalment in the new Spook's legend .

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    by L. J. Smith
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    A phenomenally popular vampire sequence - now showing on ITV - from the best selling author of Night World.

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    by Susan Hill
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    'Heartstoppingly chilling' Daily ExpressAs The Woman in Black celebrates thirty years on stage, discover the truly terrifying classic English ghost story behind the play. Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, the sole inhabitant of Eel Marsh House.

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    by Joseph Delaney
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    It s a dangerous job, but someone has to do it. For years, the local Spook kept the county safe from evil. But now his time has ended, and there is only one boy who can take over Thomas Ward, barely more than a child himself. Now he too must take on an apprentice, a girl called Jenny who is untested but willing to be trained in the dangerous life of a Spook.When girls start dying in mysterious circumstances, they soon find themselves on the path of a terrifying and deadly beast. Monstrous assassins are loose in the County, and far to the north, a new darkness is rising that threatens to engulf the whole world. Do Tom and Jenny stand a chance against the might of the Kobalos?The first terrifying tale in the Starblade Chronicles, from the bestselling author of The Spook s Apprentice

  • - Dangerous Girls and the Taste of Night
    by R L Stine
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    You'll love them--to death.Twin sisters Destiny and Livvy Weller return home from summer vacation with a dark secret . . . and an inhuman desire to drink blood. What have they become? Can they ever turn back? As their deadly secret becomes harder to keep, more questions arise and loyalties are tested. And as one sister descends into darkness, the other must find a way to save her--and herself. Who will live to see the glow of the next full moon? Which sister will survive?In Dangerous Girls and Dangerous Girls #2: The Taste of Night, published together in Bitten, bestselling author R.L. Stine explores the dark creatures of the night.

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    by Akira Hiramoto
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    "First published in Japan in 2016, 2017 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo"--Colophon.

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    by Victoria Schwab
    £7.99

    When Cass's family heads off to Edinburgh, Cass meets a girl who shares her "gift" of entering the world of the spirits. Cass still has a lot to learn about the Veil - and herself. And fast... A thrillingly spooky and action-packed tale of hauntings, history, mystery, and the bond between friends (even if that friend is a ghost...)

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    by Akira Hiramoto
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    Finally, the final shoulder wars showdown between Shadow and OfficialStudent Councils begins!! The plan to resurrect the Vice President succeeds,filling Kiyoshi and Mari with confidence. But just as it looks like smoothsailing, Joe begins to talk, awakened to the "Ants'' prophecy"...that the ShadowStudent Council will lose!!

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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