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Books like Ghost Story Megapack: 9 series to read next

Ghost Story Megapack is ghost stories and horror, set in 19th century, eerie in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Ghost Story Megapack is 9 books, 1900–2020.

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The Uninvited (Dorothy Macardle)
Shadows
The Woman in Black
The Turn of the Screw
Haunted Hearts Legacy
Carnacki
David Ash
Jerusalem's Lot
Greystone Bay

The Uninvited (Dorothy Macardle)Series

seriesDorothy Macardle & Tim Kelly2 books1942

Set in mid 20th century.

“Siblings Roderick and Pamela Fitzgerald buy Cliff End, a long-abandoned house, and must lay the resident ghost.”
from the catalogue description of The Uninvited

Start with The Uninvited →

ShadowsSeries

seriesCharles L. Grant & T. E. D. Klein13 books1978

Set in contemporary.

“The short stories appearing in the Shadows largely dispensed with traditional Gothic settings, and had very little physical violence.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Shadows →

The Woman in BlackSeries

seriesSusan Hill, Martyn Waites & Stephen Mallatratt3 books1983

Tense in tone, set in small town.

“A television film adaptation with a screenplay by Nigel Kneale, was produced in 1989.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Woman in Black →

The Turn of the ScrewSeries

seriesHenry James, Michael Hastings & Rebecca Lenkiewicz3 books1898

Gothic, set in 19th century and british isles.

“A stage adaptation of James's original text also exists.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Turn of the Screw →

Haunted Hearts LegacySeries

seriesA. G. Howard3 books2016

Emotional in tone.

“A lady imprisoned by deafness, an architect imprisoned by his past, and a ghost imprisoned within the petals of a flower – intertwine in this love story that transcends life and death.”
from the catalogue description of The Architect of Song

Start with The Architect of Song →

CarnackiUniverse

universe102 books1909

Set in early 20th century.

“The card arrives without preamble: dinner at 472 Cheyne Walk, and afterward the tale.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder →

David AshSeries

seriesJames Herbert3 books1988

Set in contemporary.

“David Ash is a professional skeptic, a paranormal investigator who makes his living debunking hauntings until a case in an old English house convinces him something genuinely malicious is at work.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Haunted →

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Dark in tone, about vampires, set in contemporary and small town.

“Stephen King's 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot follows writer Ben Mears as he returns to his childhood town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, only to discover that its residents are being turned into vampires by a newly arrived stranger.”
from the catalogue description

Start with 'Salem's Lot →

Greystone BaySeries

seriesCharles L. Grant & Chelsea Quinn Yarbro5 books1985

Set in contemporary and small town.

Start with The First Chronicles of Greystone Bay →

Why these

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Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

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What should I read after Ghost Story Megapack?: The Uninvited (Dorothy Macardle) — the closest match to Ghost Story Megapack on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Ghost Story Megapack?: The Ghost Story Megapack: 25 Classic Tales by Masters. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Ghost Story Megapack.
How big is Ghost Story Megapack?: Ghost Story Megapack is 9 books, 1900–2020.

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