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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 Libro de los Muertos
    by Chaiene Santos
    £11.99

  • by Mere Joyce
    £10.49

    Being a Sender doesn't stop once Camp Wanagi ends. In this collection of ghostly tales, join members of the Shade Sector as they try to survive life on the opposite side of the year. Four months ago, MIM CASTILLO woke from a coma. Now, she has to face her first spirit since the failed exorcism that almost took her life-and the last spirit she intends to release with the Oracle. When DYLAN BENOWITZ is dragged to an abandoned theme park with his cousins, he thinks he's in for a dreary night exploring empty grounds-until an unexpected arrival gives him the chance to solve a ghostly mystery. On a gray, foggy day, KORNELÍA TUMISDOTTIR joins her brother for a photography session at the beach-only to encounter her first post-sixteen spirit in a way she never expected. MEANDER RHOADES thinks spending his winter break in Canada is the best decision he's ever made. But when a family spirit makes a holiday appearance, it threatens to ruin Christmas-for him and Cal both. Five Senders. Four Stories. Welcome to life outside the Oracle.

  • - Anti-Divine: The Original Comic Pages
    by Jarrod Elvin
    £10.99

    Torn between two worlds, Vanessa Woodbury, born the daughter of the Vampire King, is given the power to rid the world of vampires forever, unaware that she is being stalked by a demon from the very realm shehas been charged to destroy - The realm of the Anti-Divine.Originally made in and around 1998-2002, Anti-Divine has been rescanned, remastered and republished from the original artwork to finally join the MickMacks Meatbucket family. It also features galleries of additional art from the Anti-Divine universe, made at the time and through the subsequent years.

  • by Manen Lyset
    £10.49

  • - The J Club Book 3
    by Kimberlee Dodge
    £11.49

  • by Michael Anthony Steele
    £6.99

    When Batman and Mystery Inc. arrive at the same farm outside of Gotham City, they soon find themselves in for the fright of their lives! Every time an eerie fog rolls in, fearsome farm monsters come out to play. Can the Caped Crusader help Scooby and the gang crack this case of cursed cropland before the creepy creatures carry them away? Find out in this action-packed chapter book for fans of both Batman and Scooby-Doo!

  • by Michael Anthony Steele
    £6.99

    When an Amateur Detective Convention gets overrun by zombies, Batman and Batgirl team up with Mystery Inc. to get to the bottom of the oddball apocalypse. Turns out, the ghastly ghouls are part of a fiendish plan to reveal the Dark Knight's true identity. Can Batgirl, Scooby and the rest of the gang keep the Caped Crusader's greatest secret from falling into the hands of a criminal mastermind? Find out in this action-packed chapter book for fans of Batman and Scooby-Doo!

  • by Keri Kelly
    £6.99

    Hector Gilligan and his little sister, Cressy, can't wait for the fancy-dress party at the new local waterpark. Hector plans to go as the Jellyfish Joker while Cressy dresses up as the famous Crabzilla. But after the Gilligan family returns home, Cressy acts strangely. When they try to take off her costume they can't - because it's the real Crabzilla! How did they manage to bring home a giant-sized crab? And where is Hector's little sister?

  • by Thomas Kingsley Troupe
    £6.99

    Wally Featherby loves animals. He has several pets, including a frog, a tarantula, a hedgehog named Mimi and a parrot named Golly. But one day while teaching Golly to say Mimi's name, something strange happens. His family starts claiming to see Mimi all over the house, even though she's still in his room. Wally's friend, Axado, even calls to say Mimi is in her garden. When the friends investigate the mystery, they discover hundreds of hedgehogs overrunning the city! What's going on? What's causing the multiplying Mimis? And how will Wally and Axado stop the hedgehog horde?

  • by Thomas Kingsley Troupe
    £6.99

    Marisa and Lorenzo Conchito and their friends want to make an old-fashioned vampire movie. Luckily their friend Jeff knows just the place to film it. His uncle Felix was an actor in several old horror movies, and his creepy old mansion is the perfect location. Felix is happy to let them film their movie at his house. He has just one rule: "Don't go in the basement!" What secrets could Felix be hiding in the basement? And why does he sleep so much during the day?

  • by Megan Atwood
    £6.99

    Paxton is heartbroken. His best friend, Alice, is moving away in a month, and their summer plans seem dashed. Determined to have one last grand adventure together, Alice and Paxton vow to explore deeper into their nearby forest than ever before. Soon, the pair stumbles across a series of caves that hide a great, big, hairy secret. Alice is over the moon! She wants to strike it rich by capturing a picture of a legendary creature. But Paxton isn't sure that's such a good idea. After all, are riches really worth risking a standoff with a sasquatch?!

  • by Keri Kelly
    £6.99

    While exploring planet Buck, Buck, Buck, twin sisters Atari and Zaria don't realize that they're being watched by two alien natives. When the girls find the aliens hiding in their tent, all four are startled and chaos erupts as they chase each other through the forest. But things change when they all run into a giant, fire-breathing chicken! Will the aliens and humans learn to work together to defeat the monstrous chicken beast?

  • by Megan Atwood
    £6.99

    Kaci and Abby are not BFFs. But when a joint family camping trip throws them together, the girls must make the best of it. Luckily, a rickety old amusement park down the road provides the perfect distraction - until Kaci mysteriously disappears for two hours in a fun house. Abby is furious - but then she experiences a bizarre time-lapse of her own. Determined to figure out who is behind their otherworldly abductions, the girls set aside their differences to work together. Soon their close encounters make them BFFs of a different kind - best friends in fear!

  • by Megan Atwood
    £6.99

    Frankie is obsessed with all things paranormal. So when folks in her small town report seeing a large, flying man with red eyes, she suspects a Mothman is on the prowl. While legends say this creepy cryptid is a sign of ill things to come, Frankie isn't buying it. And to prove she's right, the young sleuth enlists the help of her best friend, Ruby, to track down the elusive creature. But can they handle the terrifying truth when they finally come face to face with the monster in the moonlight?

  • by Ashe Woodward
    £14.49 - 25.99

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    - Trials of Death
    by Darren Shan
    £15.99

  • by Melissa a Gibbo
    £13.49

  • - Arkansas)
    by E G Foley
    £11.49

  • - Alaska)
    by E G Foley
    £11.49

    Come along on a journey - if you dare - from sea to shining sea! In the great American tradition of the spooky campfire tale, New York Times bestselling author E.G. Foley presents 50 States of Fear, a frightful-but-funny paranormal series for kids, set in all 50 States! From Civil War ghosts in Alabama to weird Wyoming cowboy legends, there's always something to scream about in Ahhhh!-merica. THE DORK AND THE DEATHRAY - ALASKA - Land of the Midnight Sun... And the Black Helicopters? In the remote Alaskan wilderness lies a mysterious, high-tech research facility, home to a massive machine about which countless dark rumors swirl. Conspiracy nuts call it a weather weapon. Some claim it could be a mass mind-control device, while others simply dub it Tesla's Deathray. Whatever its true purpose, such an invention should never be allowed to fall into the wrong hands - especially those of an evil boy genius bent on becoming the world's youngest supervillain! Unfortunately, misfit wünderkind, Kelvin Mackowsky, uses trickery to take over the Northern Lights facility, and the chaos begins. When seventh-grader Gabby Reynolds arrives in Alaska, tagging along with her famous dad to prep for his next wildlife documentary, she finds herself on a collision course with Kelvin, and soon becomes entangled in a life-or-death adventure, where the stakes are nothing less than the entire future of America...

  • - Colorado)
    by E G Foley
    £11.49

  • - Alabama)
    by E G Foley
    £11.49

  • by Sabina Lungeanu
    £13.49

  • - The Imagined Adventures of my deceased cat
    by Meaghan Tosi
    £9.49

    I LOVE the comic...it's so adorable I could cry.Heartbreakingly cute. Really. I recommend it to anyone who has had a cat pass away.Definite need for any cat lover.I quite literally cried at the end.Based on the author's very real cat, "Dweedy" is a short spooky yet sweetly charming comic that chronicles the imagined adventures of a much-beloved deceased pet. Lovingly written and illustrated by Meaghan Tosi, whose previous work Kirkus Reviews praised as "delightful."

  • - Two Novellas of the Supernatural
    by John James Minster
    £16.99

  • by Joanne Cook
    £20.99

  • - Spooky Fun & Cute Halloween Coloring Book for Kids Ages 2-4, 4-8
    by Sally Activity Publication
    £8.49

  • - Spooky Cute Halloween Coloring Book for Kids Ages 4-8, 8-12
    by Sally Activity Publication
    £8.49

  • by Caleb Cook
    £9.99

    England at the end of the 19th century. A string of gruesome incidents alllead back toa single boy who was born into a world where chaos and order,and wealth andpoverty are deeply intertwined. Guided by a deep solitude,what fate awaits him in theend?

  • by Clement Lindsay Clement
    £15.49 - 24.49

  • by Heidi Williams
    £8.49

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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