Horror Books of the 1840s
The 10 most-read horror books first published between 1840 and 1849, led by A Christmas Carol (1843), The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841) and The Raven (1845).
This list collects 10 books from the 1840s by 4 authors, published between 1840 and 1849. 3 are free to read and 4 have a free audiobook. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
10 books
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A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Edgar Allan Poe
The Raven
Edgar Allan Poe
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The Cask of Amontillado
Edgar Allan Poe
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The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain
Charles Dickens, John Tenniel
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque
Edgar Allan Poe
The Lancashire Witches, a Romance of Pendle Forest
William Harrison Ainsworth
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String of Pearls
Unknown
Tales (Black Cat / Colloquy of Monos and Una / Conversation of Eiros and Charmion / Descent Into the Maelström / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Lionizing / Man in the Crowd / Mesmeric Revelation / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery of Marie Roget / Purloined Letter)
Edgar Allan Poe
TALES OF THE GROTESQUE AND ARABESQUE - In Two Volumes - Vol. I (Bon-Bon / Devil in the Belfry / Duc de L’omelette / Fall of the House of Usher / King Pest / Ligeia / Lionizing / Man That Was Used Up / Morella / Ms. Found in a Bottle / Scythe of Time / Shadow / Signora Zenobia / William Wilson)
Edgar Allan Poe