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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 David West
    £8.99

  • by Peg Kehret
    £8.99

    When Katie Osborne goes to visit her new friend Shannon Lindstrom, a stranger says Shannon's at her piano lesson. The next day Shannon is reported missing and Katie is the victim of a hit-and-run driver. Katie doesn't realize that she's the only one who can identify Shannon's kidnapper--or that she's still in grave danger.

  • by Joseph Delaney
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    Another thrilling and magical adventure from master storyteller Joseph Delaney, set in the multi-million copy bestselling world of The Spook's ApprenticeWe are entering a new age of darkness. Hell has grown in power and neither priest nor Spook can do anything about it. So go home now while you can . . . Years have passed since Wulf and Tilda vanished from the County. Alice and Tom have given up hope of ever seeing them again - until a terrible enemy from the past forces them to take drastic action, and reach out through time in a bid for help.Now Wulf faces the greatest and most powerful demon who has ever walked the Dark: the Fiend. He will have to use all his powers - and gather some new ones - to have even a chance of survival . . .

  • by GRAHAM DAY
    £7.99

    Lux Fischer and Sparrow Highwater have a big problem. They've grown up reading adventure books. Now, they're living in one.One day, walking home from school, Lux finds a strange, glowing ring. The magic it contains doesn't seem to follow any rules. And before she knows it, the ring has transported them on an adventure through time and space - threatening all of reality in the process.That means Lux and Sparrow have to save not just our world, but all the worlds that have ever existed- but can they even manage to save themselves?

  • by Melissa Gunn
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  • by Rachelle Kampen
    £11.49

    Things are looking up for half-werewolf, half-witch Rosie Hart. She and her best friend and fellow werewolf, Lucas Beckett, have discovered a mate bond that transcends the human experience of love.Only one problem...The United States Werewolf Council has ordered Rosie to mate with an alpha when she is of age, and Lucas isn't an alpha. At least not yet.Lucas secretly has been promised a future as alpha among his family's pack, but the question remains, will it happen before the Council decides it's time for Rosie to fulfill their wishes?Even as the threat of being ripped apart looms, Rosie and Lucas's love flourishes. But when the Council shows up at Hart House and orders Rosie to start courting Calvin, future alpha of the neighboring Cramer pack, impending threats become a current affair.Rosie is suddenly thrust into a werewolf world that is different from her father's leadership in the Hart pack. The Cramers hold to old, misogynistic, barbaric traditions, and Rosie fears being forced into a life she hates.With tensions rising at home between the Hart family and local hunters, and Rosie forced to spend her weekends with the Cramers, the future looks bleak. She must find a way to navigate life with a pack that questions and threatens her very existence if she is to survive.

  • by The Anderson Family
    £9.99

    There's a new candy shop in town and it's all the rage. In fact, you could say that children are dying to get in. The problem is, they don't always come out. It's too bad Mr. Krinkle's Candy is so good! It'll keep you coming back for more, until you just don't come back. When a student goes missing, Devin and his friends learn this the hard way. Some tales are so sweet, they're to die for.

  • by Mitchell Janae Mitchell
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  • by Patricia Ward
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    by Chris Samnee
    £9.99

    "In the final arc of our incredible tale, we learn the origins of the strange creatures that have invaded the planet, draining it of resources--as well as that of fellow adventurers Gor and Nomi. All the threads converge inside the mysterious giant egg! With the fate of their family and possibly the whole world at stake, can Jonna and Rainbow rescue their dad, battle countless monsters, and tell each other how they really feel?"--Publisher marketing.

  • by Foxglove Lee
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    Chaque famille a ses fantômes ...En décembre 1994, Sylvie passe Noël dans une petite ville canadienne où son père rénove la vieille maison dans laquelle il a grandi. Le manoir victorien est hanté, selon les traditions locales. Les villageois sont prêts à camper sur la pelouse jusqu'à ce qu'ils voient quelque chose de fantasmagorique !Quand une fille mystérieuse nommée Céleste convainc Sylvie qu'elle peut communiquer avec les esprits, est-ce que les deux filles vont déterrer des scandales du passé de la famille ... ou est-ce qu'elles vont découvrir quelque chose de bien plus sinistre?Un roman jeunesse de Foxglove Lee, une écrivaine lesbienne acclamée qui vit en Ontario. La fiction de Foxglove a été appelée SPECTACULAIRE par Rainbow Reviews et INOUBLIABLE par USA Today !

  • by Ashik Yadav
    £9.49

    marghat : jahaan jinda bhi murda ho jaate hai.samay badalta hai aur samay ke sath manav ka swabhav aur rahan-sahan bhi badalta hai. bah unnati krta hai,lekin is baat ko manane se hamesha inkar krta hai ki samy ke sath-sath kuch shaktiyaan bhi unnati krti hai. bah apne shikar ko naye aur anokhe tarike se shikar banati hai.yah kahani ek manav ke bare me hai, jiska naam ravi hai. uske sath bhi kuch aisa hi hota hai aur uska karan ek television hota hai. jise bah kharidkar ghar lata hai. uske sath kya hota hai, janane ks liye pade yah kahani...

  • by Sharon Sala
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    by Melissa Albert
    £7.99

    'I couldn't put it down' Karen M. McManus'Every line reads like an incantation' V.E. SchwabSECRETS. LIES. SUPER-BAD CHOICES. WITCHCRAFT. This is Our Crooked Hearts - a gripping mystery crossed with a pitch-dark fantasy from Melissa Albert, global bestselling author of The Hazel Wood.In our family, we keep our magic close, but our secrets closer . . . Ivy's summer kicks off with a series of disturbing events. As unnatural offerings appear on her doorstep, she's haunted by fragmented memories from her childhood, suggesting there's more to her mother, Dana, than meets the eye.Dana's tale starts the year she turns sixteen, when she embarks on a major fling with the supernatural. Too late she realizes that the powers she's playing with are also playing with her.Years after it began, Ivy and Dana's shared story will come down to a reckoning between a mother, a daughter and the dark forces they never should have messed with.'Electrifyingly brilliant' Katherine Webber'Riveting' Angeline Boulley

  • by Jaye Thomas
    £15.49

    Short Story Compilations of Horror and Mystery includes 40 stories to make you sit on the edge of your chair in suspense and anticipation, from the living and the dead.They will stir up emotions of betrayal, revenge, temptation, fear, and coming-of-age issues.Short stories are perfect for bedtime when they're filled with a mix of spine-chilling and breathtaking thrillers and mystery. There's something for everyone. Read at your own risk.

  • by Eve McDonnell
    £7.99

    Who can catch a memory thief? Follow Piaf and her brother deep into the catacombs below the city of Paris in wild pursuit of the memory thief. 'McDonnell has created a captivating, if dastardly world' THE TIMES BOOK OF THE WEEK

  • by Valia Lind
    £25.49

  • by Yuvraj Patel
    £16.49

    Anamika is the story of black magic and tantra practice, its heroine is a normal girl who is raped by some anti-social elements, then how she faces them all by becoming a police officer with her hard work and courage.This story will take you to a world in which things like black powers and chudlo exist, they do not exist in the present era, this is a story written for entertainment purposes only. In this story you will get to see a very horrific heart-crying rape scene and a very bad death scene. The purpose of this story of ours is only for entertainment, it is not written with any other intention, I am sorry if this story of ours causes any mental, religious sentiments.

  • by Jenny McLachlan
    £7.99

    Meet the ghosts in this hilariously heart-racing and spooky adventure and young souls of 8+ by the author of the bestselling Land of Roar series. Perfect for fans of BBC's Ghosts!Sid Jones loves hanging out in the graveyard with her best friend Zen - they are desperate to see a real-life ghost!But when Sid accidentally summons a 300-year-old pirate from the dead, it opens the door to the HALFWAY HOUSE - a magical inn FULL of lost souls from across the ages, all trapped there by a sinister landlord.There are more ghosts that Sid could ever have imagined - and they're all sure Sid is there to save them! (Sid's sure there's been some kind of mistake.)But someone else is watching, and they're not happy about Sid helping the ghosts . . . TICK, TOCK - TIME IS RUNNING OUTAnother epic adventure series from the author of the Land of Roar, with magic, peril, pirates, lots of laughs and LOADS of ghosts!

  • by Sayan de
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    by R.L. Stine
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    by Tori Bovalino
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  • by Sahil Singh
    £13.49

    A horror adventure of three friends, who got chosen to defeat SATAN, The Enemy of God.They must stop him or the SATAN will destroy the world and the God.

  • by Berlie Doherty
    £7.99

    When Carl visits the Peak District with his parents to try and recover from the fallout of a horrific accident, he becomes caught up in the mysterious tale of the Lost Lad. Are the hills actually haunted or is Carl being chased by his own demons? As past and present collide, Carl must learn to come to terms with the loss of his best friend, Jack and find a way to move on.Illustrated by Tamsin Rosewell.

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    by J P Rose
    £7.99

    Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award and many moreLonglisted for the UKLA and Diverse Book AwardsAfter a shocking event leaves Tyrese struggling with grief, he¿s taken to visit family in Jamaica. From the first night, strange things start happening: impossible visions, blackouts, swarms of insects, and the discovery of a grave hidden deep in the forest¿ Tyrese can¿t explain what¿s going on and he¿s scared that he¿s losing his grip on reality. Then Tyrese is warned he¿s being hunted by the mysterious Shadow Man. Under threat, Tyrese and his friends set out on a terrifying journey across the island to try and uncover the Shadow Man¿s sinister history. Who can Tyrese trust when his own mind is falling apart and there¿s nowhere left to hide?

  • by Eva Frantz
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    A CHILLING MIDDLEGRADE GHOST STORY SET IN A SPOOKY SANATORIUM DURING THE 1920S The grown-ups all think she's going to die soon-she can see it in their eyes. Still, when poor twelve-year-old Stina is sent to remote Raspberry Hill Sanatorium she can't believe her luck. She gets to ride in a real motor car to the hospital, which looks like a magnificent castle hidden deep in the forest. But as Stina explores the long, echoey corridors of her eerie new home, she begins to suspect that the building is concealing a dark secret. How did the old East Wing burn down? Why doesn't her mother reply to any of her letters? And what are the nurses all so afraid of? Stina is determined to solve the mystery of Raspberry Hil­l-but as she edges closer to the truth, she finds herself in terrible danger...

  • by Jack Meggitt-Phillips
    £7.99

    The third beastly book in the deliciously gruesome and hilarious series by Jack Meggitt-Phillips, perfect for little beasts aged 8-12.

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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