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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 Lee McPhail
    £7.99

    Who was the strange old lady who lived in the old upside-down bucket on the island of Nantucket? How did she get there? What was her story? Why did she live all alone in that strange-looking home? There were so many questions - it was time for some answers.

  • by Austin Ray Bouse
    £10.49

    THE FIRST PART OF A NEW HORROR/FANTASY SERIES FOR KIDS WHO LOVE THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT!Identical twins Jane and Catherine Gracey are known as the weird kids. Mocked and misunderstood for their love of the strange and the unusual, they only have each other to feel less alone. That is until they meet a friendly witch named Mrs. Macabre, who takes them to a world filled with monsters and where every day is like Halloween. But something from Mrs. Macabre's past is haunting their adventures. Something that could mean great danger to them both.Fans of Mary Poppins, Tim Burton, and Lewis Carroll, will surely love this story that celebrates the spookiness within us all.

  • by Elaine Wiley
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  • by Nadine Buch
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  • by Oliver Erhardt
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  • by Sylvester Barzey
    £12.49

    It's Jane The Virgin meets The Walking Dead! Sylvester Barzey brings you the continuation of the zombie comedic thrill ride known as Planet Dead Welcome to 17 floors of zombie hell, with a fatal and final stop in Planet Dead! Months before The Ringmaster. Before the rundown farmhouse. And before the Atlanta outbreak, there was an event that was never met to be spoken of. In Austin, TX, Christian Fidal is coming to terms with a car accident that killed his father and placed his little brother in a coma. Chris just wants to leave the real world behind, but bills don't stop just because a life does. Returning back to work at Austin's most popular hotel, The Eastman, Chris is forced by his office crush Trinity and his cousin Hector to go to the hotel's holiday party.What was meant to be a fun night turns into a fight for their lives when a mysterious virus quickly starts claiming victims within the grand walls of the Eastman hotel, but when these victims die, they don't stay dead. Confusion is spreading just as fast as the virus but one man knows exactly what's going on because he's the cause of it all and the Eastman is just his first stop on his infectious North American tour, up next is Mexico. Can Christian put his own troubles aside long enough to save his life as well as the rest of Texas? The race is on to stop this modern-day Typhoid Mary from bringing North America to its knees. If you're looking for gory, action-packed excitement, and horror, then this book is a must-read! Warning This series contains: Bad language Stomach wrenching gore And a lot of zombie kills. It's not for everyone, tell your Mama that!

  • by Jack London
    £22.49

  • by Gabriel Dylan
    £7.99

    Welcome to Shiver Point, a hair-raising new horror series!

  • by A. R. Longo
    £7.99

  • by Devesh Pandey
    £9.49

    A fictional book that defines the huants and mysteries at cementry *it is just an imaginary story does not relate to any culture, caste and religion

  • by Michelle Lemke Riggs
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  • by George Jumara
    £15.99

    Preparing for the first day of school can be scary. Mom has to do some errands with the boys to get them ready, but the boys' imaginations run wild. Can Mom keep their fears under control and keep them on track so they can finish in time to meet Dad for dinner?

  • by Anusha Roy
    £11.49

    Orenda traces a girl's life and love story and what lies beneath the surface of a good face. It's not just one love story, but many through generations. This isn't any cliche story, but something that will keep you hanging till the end. Dive into this world to know more about what lies beneath the surface...

  • by Sumeet Kumar
    £8.99

    Relationships are those that give you peace in life, but in my life, instead of peace, I have found hatred in him, and I cannot remove him from myself even by saying this, because his creation has also been done by my own hands, and We make the house with our own hands, how can we break the structure of the last one, and you all know that those relations in which I consider my own, are home for me, and if even a small piece of them is out of that house If it happens, maybe my soul will also go away from me.

  • by Sumeet Kumar
    £8.99

    Friendship is that wish of life which gives someone the courage to live, but if it becomes poison, it gives a grave to a person while alive this is not just a story, it is the beginning of a happy life that I have lived in hope of deception.Atul Chaurisaya I don't know how long my life will hold me ,because the one who has given his life to death has traded my life so many times that now even death considers me as his lover.

  • by Mmudliyar Uday
    £10.49

    This story is about an abonded haunted island . The team of treasure hunter's in hunt of treasure . Will they successful ?? Part 1 is full of this . Part 2 small clue is given . Dont forget to rate it !!

  • by Chad Lynch
    £25.99

    Enter the land of Sarvania, where all is well until a great earthquake unleashes from an underground tomb the ancient evil of a vampire emperor.Sworn to take revenge against those responsible for his imprisonment, the emperor unleashes his army of demons and vampires against the people of Sarvania, covering the land in darkness. But with his return, a prophecy is being fulfilled.Thorn, a child born with the mark of the mighty dragon, will one day grow up and learn to wield the mighty Blade of Shovac. Thorn will lead the Sarvanian army against the vampire emperor and his demons. Thus the fantasy adventure Thorn and the Blade of Shovac takes flight.Along with his companions and other mystical creatures from across the land, Thorn must find the strength to wield the mighty sword and destroy the evil of the vampire threat.Author Bio : Inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien, Chad Lynch's next book is a sequel titled Thorn and the Eye of Shadizar. He lives in Oakland City, Indiana.

  • by Sylvester Barzey
    £12.49

    They built a wall to keep everyone out, but now the US is locked in with no way to escape. Will Catherine survive a nation overrun by the undead?In a Post-Apocalyptic America, Army veteran Catherine Briggs feels like she's on borrowed time. Holed up in an abandoned house as people die in the streets and rise up again as flesh-eating monsters, the lone woman has almost given up hope of finding her son and husband live. But her temporary safety shatters when she hears someone screaming at her door for help with zombies hot on their heels.Quickly letting the clueless sorority girl inside and gunning down the ugly creatures, the reluctant hero allows the hapless blonde to come along on the search for her family. But a harrowing journey filled with killer clowns, plague-ridden cities, and a sometimes-infuriating companion brings Catherine closer and closer to being eaten alive…Can she track her loved ones through a land infested with gory mayhem?Planet Dead is the action-packed first book in the Planet Dead zombie horror series. If you like badass Black heroines, nightmarish landscapes, and edge-of-your-seat suspense, then you'll be slayed by Sylvester Barzey's bloodstained dark comedy.Buy Planet Dead to jump into a gruesome quest today!

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    by Emily Hampshire
    £11.49

    Inspired by Emily Hampshire's popular Instagram posts documenting a life at home during COVID lockdowns.From the weirdo mind of actor, writer, and producer Emily Hampshire (SCHITT'S CREEK, CHAPELWAITE, 12 MONKEYS), AMELIA AIERWOOD: Basic Witch follows the least-favorite daughter of L.A.’s most famous family of witches, the Aierwoods. Amelia’s sisters have all followed in the footsteps of their prominent parents but everything Amelia does is just a little… off-brand. A late bloomer who has yet to find her calling, Amelia uses her powers for mostly mundane problems but even those lead to magical misfires. As her family's fame continues to rise, they have no choice but to exclude their bumbling black-sheep daughter from the next great chapter of the Aierwoods - reality TV! With the help of her adopted brother Spaghetti - who she accidentally turned into a yeti… long story - Amelia must carve her own path outside of her family’s influence.

  • by Ko Ransom
    £9.99

    "Her double dealt with, Pieta has willed her way to a new tomorrow. With a bounce in her step, she splashes through sidewalk puddles, but mysteries still creep in damp alley ways...Her flames reduce the world to ash. People, possessions, joy--all ash. Her envy, fuel. Her world, all ash."--

  • by Michael Morpurgo
    £7.99

    A thrilling ghost story that revisits Cornwall's industrial past. Short-story-telling at its very best, from the UK most beloved writer for children.

  • by Amanda Haley
    £9.99

    Within the forest, Mira, a girl who calls the night, and her kindly doctor, Rei, live in solitude, until a fluffy goat like visitor appears on their doorstep. Their caller¿s cute facade and enchanting stories of mysterious objects quickly captivate Mira...

  • by Agostina Dánae Perrone
    £7.99

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    by Laura E. Weymouth
    £10.99

    A girl who can see spirits must work together with a Lord's son in order to solve the mysterious deaths at the local manor home in this eerie historical mystery perfect for fans of The Bone Witch and Downton Abbey.

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    by Alexandra Christo
    £7.99

    A DARK FANTASY ROMANCE FROM ALEXANDRA CHRISTO, AUTHOR OF TIKTOK SENSATION, TO KILL A KINGDOM.

  • by Jelim
    £15.49

    The Eldovian Empire covers an ancient land that has seen the rise and fall of many a dynasty. Now word has begun to spread in the most secret parts of the country that the current Imperial bloodline has little time left...In the rural north, eleven-year-old Rassa is burdened with a secret nature he would do anything to be rid of. His desire to be normal like all his friends seems like a dream most days, and an impossible reality when the gluttonous hunger within him is unleashed at night. His excitement at even the mildest of solutions makes him careless, and the slightest mistake proves fatal for more reasons than one.In the mightiest Ducal House of the Empire, thirteen-year-old Aegin trains to be the perfect servant, spy and assassin, just like his father. But his curiosity holds him back at the best of times even when his physical skills are a bar above the rest. When given a mission despite his youth, he knows that he needs to prove himself, or lose the faith of those he looks up to.When the two boys meet, their individual masks are beginning to slip, but can the two recognise the similarities in each other's plights before their masks crumble for all to see the monsters within?

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    by Sue H. Cunningham
    £7.99

    A one-of-a-kind, hilarious, high-stakes murder mystery! Seventeen-year-old Jess is recovering from heart transplant only to realise she is being haunted by the disgruntled ghost of her donor, Tilly. Tilly is determined there is more to her death than meets the eye, and insists that she won't stop haunting Jess until she helps solve her own murder.

  • by Jay Michael Night
    £11.49

    Dive into the award-winning story of 'The Source of Death.'On the night that monsters with glowing eyes attacked, something awoke inside Mikey Black. Something hungry.Left orphaned and alone, he was cursed with an eerie aura that brought sickness and death to those around him. Tossed from one fleeting foster home to another, Mikey resigned himself to a lonely existence until a kind-hearted mailman named Arthur offered to adopt him.As Mikey finally finds hope for a real home, he discovers that his new foster father holds a secret as extraordinary and dangerous as Mikey's own nature. After learning the truth, Mikey begins to unravel the mystery behind the night that changed his life while confronting a world of hidden powers, ancient prophecies, and a destiny bigger than he could have imagined.Can he survive against the monsters that haunt his past?Or the one that dwells within?Here is what some ¿¿¿¿¿ reviewers are saying:"The Source of Death has monsters, vampires, monster hunters, sorcerers, magical powers, and everything you can imagine. I love this book.""If you love Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, and anything supernatural...you will love this book.""Compelling and enthralling, Jay Michael Night makes a very solid impression as a new author to watch carefully. Recommended for fantasy lovers (and aren't we all?)"

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    by Eibhlis Carcione
    £7.99

    When her parents disappear, 12 -year-old Raven McKay is put into foster care with Kitty Stromsoe in the town of Grave's Pass. It's not an ordinary town. It's a town where the living and the dead live side by side, but few wear their identity on their sleeves. Enter a world full of ghosts and goblins where few can be trusted and no one is safe.

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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