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Top authors writing historical horror
Eric Ugland
164 ratings 4.45 ·
book · fiction · epic · fantasy · dark · horror · litrpg · heroic-fantasy · dungeons-dragons · adult · audiobook · sword-sorcery · high-fantasy · wuxia · ancient-china · humor · ancient-civilization · magic · historical · action-adventure
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Jonathan Moeller
759 ratings 4.25 ·
fiction · book · fantasy · adult · historical · myths · retellings · action-adventure · dark · horror · paranormal · high-fantasy · magic · sword-sorcery · supernatural · political-intrigue · assassins · audiobook · epic · demons
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Robert Beatty
114 ratings 4.19 ·
children · middle-grade · book · action-adventure · young-adult · historical · audiobook · magic · historical-fiction · horror · law-enforcement · fantasy · animals · fiction · paranormal · children-books · mystery · friendship · supernatural · family
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James Clemens
115 ratings 4.07 ·
book · high-fantasy · epic · fiction · fantasy · action-adventure · magic · mystery · dragons · paranormal · family · horror · historical · witches-wizards · young-adult · medieval · dark-fantasy · adult · politics · dark
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D. Rus
125 ratings 4.03 ·
book · cyberpunk · litrpg · fiction · virtual-reality · action-adventure · audiobook · colonization · myths · super-powered · magic · fantasy · dungeons-dragons · ancient-china · male-mc · paranormal · wuxia · heroic-fantasy · young-adult · historical
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Michael McDowell
205 ratings 4.02 ·
fiction · adult · horror · book · gothic · audiobook · historical · supernatural · mystery · fantasy · historical-fiction · paranormal · southern-gothic · family · dark · ghosts · spirituality · drama · anthologies · hauntings
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Barbara Erskine
274 ratings 4.02 ·
fiction · adult · historical · historical-fiction · paranormal · supernatural · romance · fantasy · book · time-travel · mystery · horror · suspense · ghosts · gothic · drama · medieval · audiobook · womens-fiction · family
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón
310 ratings 4.00 ·
mystery · gothic · fantasy · historical · magical-realism · fiction · historical-fiction · action-adventure · suspense · drama · horror · audiobook · literary-fiction · book · 20th-century · dark · young-adult · crime · urban-fantasy · supernatural
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William Ritter
118 ratings 3.99 ·
fiction · fantasy · paranormal · young-adult · book · humor · horror · magic · urban-fantasy · action-adventure · myths · mystery · historical-fiction · middle-grade · supernatural · victorian · steampunk · audiobook · retellings · historical
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Christopher Buehlman
115 ratings 3.95 ·
fiction · adult · dark · horror · fantasy · paranormal · supernatural · dark-fantasy · book · spooky · audiobook · action-adventure · historical · urban-fantasy · historical-fiction · rural · folk-horror · suspense · mystery · grim-dark
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Simone St. James
209 ratings 3.93 ·
horror · mystery · supernatural · crime · book · ghosts · audiobook · fiction · spooky · adult · suspense · paranormal · gothic · historical-fiction · killer · historical · murder · female-author · ww1 · romance
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Laura Purcell
114 ratings 3.92 ·
historical · gothic · historical-fiction · adult · fiction · book · industrial-era · paranormal · horror · ghosts · mystery · supernatural · audiobook · spooky · dark · victorian · suspense · 21st-century · drama · female-author
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Stuart Turton
131 ratings 3.88 ·
horror · adult · fiction · mystery · supernatural · historical · audiobook · historical-fiction · crime · literary-fiction · murder · magical-realism · suspense · book · paranormal · killer · dark · gothic · spooky · action-adventure
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Susan Griffith
104 ratings 3.84 ·
fiction · steampunk · magic · alternate-history · historical · paranormal · urban-fantasy · action-adventure · industrial-era · sci-fi · supernatural · historical-fiction · horror · audiobook · young-adult · book · romance · mystery · futuristic · shapeshifters
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Clay Griffith
105 ratings 3.83 ·
alternate-history · historical · magic · steampunk · fiction · sci-fi · industrial-era · paranormal · urban-fantasy · action-adventure · young-adult · audiobook · historical-fiction · horror · supernatural · book · romance · dark · futuristic · shapeshifters
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Karen Maitland
112 ratings 3.80 ·
book · adult · fantasy · gothic · medieval · fiction · mystery · magical-realism · supernatural · historical · audiobook · historical-fiction · witches-wizards · horror · paranormal · crime · religion · spirituality · magic · dark
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Robert Masello
170 ratings 3.79 ·
supernatural · fiction · adult · horror · book · mystery · paranormal · suspense · historical · action-adventure · historical-fiction · audiobook · thriller · crime · alternate-history · fantasy · gothic · urban-fantasy · monsters · murder
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Jess Kidd
111 ratings 3.78 ·
fantasy · audiobook · fiction · mystery · paranormal · adult · book · historical · horror · gothic · ghosts · supernatural · dark · historical-fiction · magical-realism · magic · literary-fiction · suspense · action-adventure · female-author
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Sarah Rayne
127 ratings 3.77 ·
book · fiction · adult · horror · mystery · historical · spooky · gothic · suspense · supernatural · ghosts · paranormal · historical-fiction · crime · psychological · fantasy · haunted-places · family · revenge · small-town
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Chris Priestley
125 ratings 3.76 ·
fiction · children-books · young-adult · horror · children · middle-grade · book · fantasy · historical · paranormal · historical-fiction · mystery · action-adventure · gothic · male-author · supernatural · ghosts · anthologies · death · spooky
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Barbara Michaels
385 ratings 3.76 ·
gothic · romance · fiction · mystery · book · suspense · supernatural · adult · paranormal · fantasy · historical-fiction · horror · ghosts · historical · psychological · literary-fiction · audiobook · contemporary · crime · vampires
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Cat Winters
108 ratings 3.73 ·
fiction · magical-realism · historical-fiction · young-adult · paranormal · mystery · supernatural · gothic · fantasy · horror · historical · book · female-author · 20th-century · audiobook · family · drama · ghosts · spooky · dark
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Alma Katsu
143 ratings 3.71 ·
fiction · horror · fantasy · paranormal · adult · book · historical · historical-fiction · supernatural · audiobook · mystery · dark · urban-fantasy · vampires · romance · gothic · steamy · suspense · anthologies · dark-fantasy
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A.N. Roquelaure
135 ratings 3.61 ·
steamy · book · lgbtq · fiction · romance · fantasy · adult · medieval · drama · womens-fiction · historical-fiction · retellings · historical · audiobook · literary · mlm · classics · paranormal · royalty · fairy-tale
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Katherine Howe
156 ratings 3.60 ·- A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself by Katherine Howe
- Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by Katherine Howe
- The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs by Katherine Howe
- Nightmare Magazine 48: September 2016 by Katherine Howe
- The Appearance of Annie van Sinderen by Katherine Howe
fiction · mystery · historical · horror · book · audiobook · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · fantasy · supernatural · paranormal · suspense · magic · urban-fantasy · adult · magical-realism · action-adventure · drama · witches-wizards · female-author
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Caleb Carr
138 ratings 3.55 ·
book · fiction · mystery · historical · adult · historical-fiction · audiobook · literary-fiction · crime · horror · action-adventure · suspense · drama · thriller · murder · killer · law-enforcement · death · industrial-era · psychological
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Marquis de Sade
167 ratings 3.49 ·- Incest by Marquis de Sade
- Philosophy in the Boudoir or, The Immoral Mentors by Marquis de Sade
- The Libertine Reader: Eroticism and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century France by Marquis de Sade
- The Misfortunes of Virtue and Other Early Tales by Marquis de Sade
- Gothic Tales of the Marquis de Sade by Marquis de Sade
adult · classics · literary · steamy · fiction · philosophy · literary-fiction · anthologies · horror · historical · transgressive-mc · historical-fiction · drama · politics · male-author · psychological · book · spirituality · western · satire
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