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Books like The Vampyre
Loved The Vampyre by John William Polidori? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from horror, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.
10 books · ranked
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Dracula
Letters and diaries trace a creeping invasion by an ancient predator; the novel that fixed the vampire in our imagination.
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The Shining
A family caretakes an empty winter hotel that wants the father for itself; King's masterclass in dread.
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3
It
A group of friends face a shape-shifting evil in their home town, then again as adults; a doorstop of fear and friendship.
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The Haunting of Hill House
Four people spend a summer in a house that may be alive; the gold standard for the literary ghost story.
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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus (1818 text)
This is the original edition which was published in 3 volumes. The cover photograph is of Volume 1. Published anonymously. By Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. First edition. With half-titles. Title page w
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Nightmare Abbey
Nightmare Abbey, a venerable family-mansion, in a highly picturesque state of semi-dilapidation, pleasantly situated on a strip of dry land between the sea and the fens, at the verge of the county of
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The Haunted and the Haunters, Or, The House and the Brain
This is a classic ghost story. It will send chills through the reader. Great Book!Please Note: This book is easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. T
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Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque
Morella -- Lionizing -- William Wilson The man that was used up -- Fall of the House of Usher The Duc de l'Omelette -- Ms. found in a bottle -- Bon-bon -- Shadow -- The devil in the belfry -- Ligeia -
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The Lancashire Witches, a Romance of Pendle Forest
The Lancashire Witches begins in the 16th century, in Lancashire, England. When a Cistercian monk, Borlace Alvetham, is falsely accused of witchcraft and condemned to death by his rival, Brother Pasle
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
A courageous mongoose thwarts the evil plans of Nag and Nagaina, two big black cobras who live in the garden.