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Jaime Jo Wright
4.22 · 130 ratings
spirituality · fiction · christian · historical-fiction · adult · romance · book · suspense · mystery · gothic · audiobook · historical · family · supernatural · contemporary · horror · ghosts · religion · crime · spooky
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón
4.06 · 456 ratings
fiction · mystery · historical-fiction · fantasy · suspense · action-adventure · magical-realism · book · historical · gothic · drama · horror · audiobook · crime · 20th-century · literary-fiction · dark · young-adult · adult · urban-fantasy
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Natasha Pulley
4.02 · 194 ratings- The Witching Hour: From the creators of The Haunting Season and The Winter Spirits comes a spellbinding new collection of original haunted tales by Natasha Pulley
- The Hymn to Dionysus by Natasha Pulley
- The Mars House by Natasha Pulley
- The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights by Natasha Pulley
- The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley
fiction · fantasy · adult · historical-fiction · historical · lgbtq · mystery · book · supernatural · paranormal · audiobook · action-adventure · gothic · magical-realism · victorian · industrial-era · suspense · literary-fiction · ghosts · mlm
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Mary Stewart
4.01 · 478 ratings
book · fiction · mystery · historical · literary · classics · historical-fiction · action-adventure · young-adult · 20th-century · romance · female-author · suspense · audiobook · gothic · literary-fiction · cozy · crime · fantasy · magic
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Kate Morton
4.00 · 341 ratings
audiobook · suspense · gothic · book · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · historical · mystery · fiction · womens-fiction · family · drama · female-author · adult · 20th-century · crime · 21st-century · romance · secrets · realistic
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Eve Chase
3.95 · 127 ratings
suspense · audiobook · book · gothic · historical-fiction · mystery · fiction · historical · family · drama · crime · coming-of-age · psychological · season-summer · adult · horror · womens-fiction · literary-fiction · young-adult · death
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Simone St. James
3.95 · 243 ratings
horror · mystery · paranormal · suspense · ghosts · adult · fiction · supernatural · book · crime · audiobook · spooky · killer · gothic · historical-fiction · historical · murder · thriller · female-author · 20th-century
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Susanna Kearsley
3.93 · 373 ratings
historical-fiction · fiction · mystery · adult · book · romance · historical · audiobook · paranormal · suspense · female-author · magical-realism · time-travel · action-adventure · drama · womens-fiction · gothic · supernatural · 20th-century · fantasy
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Laura Purcell
3.92 · 128 ratings
gothic · historical-fiction · adult · fiction · historical · book · spooky · supernatural · horror · industrial-era · ghosts · mystery · audiobook · paranormal · victorian · dark · suspense · female-author · drama · 21st-century
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Wendy Webb
3.92 · 179 ratings
fiction · adult · historical-fiction · book · supernatural · mystery · horror · gothic · ghosts · suspense · paranormal · audiobook · contemporary · female-mc · spooky · fantasy · haunted-places · magical-realism · family · drama
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Ron Rash
3.87 · 226 ratings
literary-fiction · historical-fiction · fiction · gothic · southern-gothic · rural · adult · historical · drama · mystery · family · audiobook · book · realistic · crime · outdoors · violent-conflict · suspense · dark · anthologies
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Stuart Turton
3.84 · 191 ratings- The Witching Hour: From the creators of The Haunting Season and The Winter Spirits comes a spellbinding new collection of original haunted tales by Stuart Turton
- The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton
- The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights by Stuart Turton
- The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
- The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
fiction · mystery · horror · adult · supernatural · crime · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · paranormal · murder · magical-realism · spooky · gothic · book · literary-fiction · suspense · fantasy · action-adventure · dark
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Edward Carey
3.82 · 119 ratings
fiction · fantasy · book · gothic · historical · magical-realism · adult · historical-fiction · low-fantasy · literary-fiction · horror · mystery · audiobook · 21st-century · humor · contemporary · middle-grade · myths · young-adult · fairy-tale
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Diane Setterfield
3.82 · 164 ratings
fiction · fantasy · book · mystery · drama · family · female-author · historical-fiction · historical · magical-realism · dark · supernatural · gothic · 21st-century · literary-fiction · audiobook · paranormal · suspense · literary · womens-fiction
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C.J. Cooke
3.82 · 112 ratings
fiction · audiobook · book · adult · horror · mystery · paranormal · suspense · gothic · supernatural · ghosts · spooky · historical · historical-fiction · family · fantasy · season-autumn · crime · witches-wizards · female-mc
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Jess Kidd
3.81 · 136 ratings- The Witching Hour: From the creators of The Haunting Season and The Winter Spirits comes a spellbinding new collection of original haunted tales by Jess Kidd
- Murder at Gulls Nest by Jess Kidd
- The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights by Jess Kidd
- The Night Ship by Jess Kidd
- The Haunting Season: Eight Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights by Jess Kidd
audiobook · fiction · mystery · fantasy · adult · paranormal · historical · historical-fiction · ghosts · gothic · horror · supernatural · book · suspense · crime · dark · magical-realism · literary-fiction · magic · female-author
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Karen Maitland
3.80 · 122 ratings
audiobook · supernatural · gothic · book · adult · historical · historical-fiction · magical-realism · fantasy · fiction · mystery · medieval · horror · witches-wizards · paranormal · crime · religion · magic · spirituality · female-author
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Bridget Collins
3.78 · 141 ratings- The Witching Hour: From the creators of The Haunting Season and The Winter Spirits comes a spellbinding new collection of original haunted tales by Bridget Collins
- Of the Flesh by Bridget Collins
- The Silence Factory by Bridget Collins
- The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights by Bridget Collins
- The Haunting Season: Eight Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights by Bridget Collins
gothic · audiobook · fiction · adult · fantasy · mystery · historical · historical-fiction · paranormal · supernatural · spooky · ghosts · literary-fiction · lgbtq · horror · anthologies · season-winter · season-autumn · magical-realism · dark
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Max Porter
3.77 · 101 ratings
fiction · adult · literary-fiction · book · contemporary · audiobook · 21st-century · gothic · supernatural · fantasy · dark · historical-fiction · mental-illness · ghosts · paranormal · coming-of-age · family · drama · mystery · magical-realism
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Jane Aiken Hodge
3.74 · 113 ratings
book · romance · fiction · adult · historical-fiction · regency · suspense · industrial-era · historical · gothic · mystery · classics · literary · contemporary · action-adventure · pulp · audiobook · violent-conflict · crime · 20th-century
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Cat Winters
3.74 · 119 ratings
horror · historical · mystery · fantasy · paranormal · young-adult · gothic · historical-fiction · magical-realism · fiction · supernatural · book · 20th-century · female-author · family · audiobook · drama · ghosts · suspense · dark
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Elizabeth Kostova
3.70 · 138 ratings
gothic · book · literary-fiction · audiobook · 21st-century · suspense · action-adventure · mystery · fiction · drama · female-author · historical-fiction · historical · epic · realistic · epistolary · horror · adult · dark-academia · dark
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Carol Goodman
3.66 · 432 ratings
fiction · book · gothic · audiobook · supernatural · mystery · suspense · historical-fiction · thriller · crime · adult · psychological · paranormal · contemporary · action-adventure · myths · young-adult · friendship · murder · fantasy
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Andrew Michael Hurley
3.63 · 115 ratings- The Witching Hour: From the creators of The Haunting Season and The Winter Spirits comes a spellbinding new collection of original haunted tales by Andrew Michael Hurley
- The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights by Andrew Michael Hurley
- The Haunting Season: Eight Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights by Andrew Michael Hurley
- Starve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley
- This Dreaming Isle by Andrew Michael Hurley
supernatural · paranormal · fiction · spooky · horror · adult · gothic · ghosts · mystery · audiobook · fantasy · anthologies · historical-fiction · dark · rural · suspense · historical · myths · 21st-century · season-winter
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Kathryne Kennedy
3.62 · 112 ratings
fiction · fantasy · adult · romance · book · paranormal · historical · magic · gothic · historical-fiction · alternate-history · industrial-era · united-kingdom · england · supernatural · witches-wizards · europe · victorian · british-isles · urban-fantasy
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A.N. Roquelaure
3.61 · 199 ratings
fantasy · fiction · medieval · lgbtq · drama · womens-fiction · historical · adult · historical-fiction · retellings · book · steamy · romance · audiobook · wlw · slavery · female-author · horror · dark · royalty
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Gordon Dahlquist
3.46 · 104 ratings
mystery · action-adventure · fiction · historical-fiction · book · steampunk · industrial-era · victorian · historical · urban-fantasy · suspense · fantasy · crime · adult · supernatural · gothic · epic · male-author · dystopia · alternate-history
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Sarah Perry
3.41 · 106 ratings
horror · adult · fiction · gothic · historical-fiction · book · historical · literary-fiction · mystery · audiobook · female-author · magical-realism · spooky · friendship · fantasy · 21st-century · suspense · ghosts · folk-horror · season-autumn
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