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Top authors writing historical horror
Jez Cajiao
4.50 · 100 ratings
horror · adult · fiction · book · dark · steampunk · industrial-era · fantasy · humor · heroic-fantasy · litrpg · historical · mythical-creatures · action-adventure · paranormal · sword-sorcery · dark-fantasy · grim-dark · audiobook · magic
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Eric Ugland
4.46 · 212 ratings
book · litrpg · heroic-fantasy · fiction · fantasy · horror · epic · dark · dungeons-dragons · audiobook · adult · high-fantasy · sword-sorcery · ancient-civilization · wuxia · humor · historical · magic · ancient-china · action-adventure
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Winston S. Churchill
4.31 · 138 ratings- Letters for the Ages Winston Churchill: The Private and Personal Letters by Winston S. Churchill
- This Sceptred Isle, Vol. 6: The First British Empire 1702-1760 by Winston S. Churchill
- Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown by Winston S. Churchill
- A History of the English Speaking Peoples: The Birth of Britian, The New World, The Age of Revolution, and The Great Democracies by Winston S. Churchill
- The Birth of Britain by Winston S. Churchill
fiction · horror · fantasy · historical · adult · anthologies · western · 20th-century · gothic · politics
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G. Akella
4.28 · 121 ratings
fiction · fantasy · book · horror · litrpg · audiobook · adult · dark · heroic-fantasy · virtual-reality · action-adventure · epic · wuxia · ancient-civilization · historical · ancient-china · magic · male-mc · supernatural · cyberpunk
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Robert Beatty
4.19 · 114 ratings
historical · magic · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · horror · children · fiction · action-adventure · fantasy · animals · audiobook · middle-grade · young-adult · book · children-books · mystery · paranormal · friendship · outdoors · magical-realism
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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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Michael McDowell
4.04 · 213 ratings
fiction · adult · horror · gothic · book · historical · audiobook · fantasy · mystery · supernatural · historical-fiction · paranormal · southern-gothic · monsters · family · ghosts · shapeshifters · dark · drama · spirituality
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D. Rus
4.03 · 145 ratings
litrpg · cyberpunk · book · fiction · audiobook · virtual-reality · action-adventure · myths · colonization · dungeons-dragons · magic · fantasy · super-powered · heroic-fantasy · paranormal · wuxia · ancient-civilization · young-adult · horror · historical
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Barbara Erskine
4.02 · 274 ratings
adult · fiction · historical · paranormal · historical-fiction · fantasy · time-travel · supernatural · book · romance · mystery · horror · suspense · ghosts · gothic · drama · audiobook · medieval · family · womens-fiction
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William Ritter
3.99 · 163 ratings
young-adult · book · paranormal · fiction · fantasy · urban-fantasy · action-adventure · magic · myths · humor · mystery · historical-fiction · horror · supernatural · audiobook · middle-grade · industrial-era · steampunk · victorian · historical
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Christopher Buehlman
3.97 · 130 ratings
fiction · adult · horror · dark · fantasy · supernatural · dark-fantasy · book · paranormal · action-adventure · spooky · audiobook · historical · urban-fantasy · folk-horror · historical-fiction · rural · suspense · mystery · anthologies
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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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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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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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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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Susan Griffith
3.82 · 119 ratings
historical · magic · sci-fi · fiction · action-adventure · alternate-history · industrial-era · steampunk · paranormal · urban-fantasy · historical-fiction · horror · audiobook · young-adult · supernatural · book · romance · dark · mystery · futuristic
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Clay Griffith
3.81 · 120 ratings
historical · magic · sci-fi · fiction · action-adventure · alternate-history · industrial-era · steampunk · paranormal · urban-fantasy · historical-fiction · horror · audiobook · young-adult · supernatural · book · romance · dark · mystery · futuristic
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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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Robert Masello
3.79 · 170 ratings
supernatural · adult · fiction · book · horror · mystery · paranormal · suspense · historical · action-adventure · historical-fiction · audiobook · thriller · crime · alternate-history · urban-fantasy · fantasy · gothic · monsters · murder
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Sarah Rayne
3.78 · 133 ratings
book · fiction · adult · horror · mystery · historical · gothic · spooky · supernatural · ghosts · suspense · paranormal · fantasy · historical-fiction · psychological · crime · haunted-places · family · revenge · small-town
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Chris Priestley
3.75 · 126 ratings
fiction · young-adult · children-books · horror · middle-grade · children · paranormal · historical · fantasy · book · historical-fiction · mystery · action-adventure · gothic · male-author · ghosts · supernatural · audiobook · death · anthologies
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Harold Schechter
3.75 · 368 ratings- Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects by Harold Schechter
- Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? by Harold Schechter
- Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer by Harold Schechter
- Ripped from the Headlines!: The Shocking True Stories Behind the Movies? Most Memorable Crimes by Harold Schechter
- The Pied Piper by Harold Schechter
fiction · horror · adult · historical · book · true-crime · mystery · industrial-era · historical-fiction · victorian · gothic · crime · dark-academia · 20th-century · anthologies · psychological · classics · season-summer · western · suspense
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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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Katherine Howe
3.63 · 194 ratings- The Penguin Book of Pirates by Katherine Howe
- A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself by Katherine Howe
- Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune by Katherine Howe
- Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by Katherine Howe
- The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs by Katherine Howe
fiction · audiobook · horror · historical · mystery · book · historical-fiction · suspense · paranormal · literary-fiction · fantasy · supernatural · magic · urban-fantasy · magical-realism · adult · action-adventure · young-adult · family · drama
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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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