Horror Books of the 1850s
The 8 most-read horror books first published between 1850 and 1859, led by The House of Seven Gables Readalong (1851), Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires (Berenice / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Colloquy of Monos and Una / Conversation of Eiros and Charmi / Devil in the Belfry / Fall of the House of Usher / Four Beasts in One / Hop-Frog / Imp of the Perverse / Island of the Fay / King Pest / Lionizing / Man of the Crowd / Masque of the Red Death / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / Power of Words / Shadow / Silence / Some Words with a Mummy / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson) (1857) and The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe in Four Volumes - I - Tales (1857).
This list collects 8 books from the 1850s by 5 authors, published between 1851 and 1859. 1 is free to read and 5 have a free audiobook. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
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The House of Seven Gables Readalong
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires (Berenice / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Colloquy of Monos and Una / Conversation of Eiros and Charmi / Devil in the Belfry / Fall of the House of Usher / Four Beasts in One / Hop-Frog / Imp of the Perverse / Island of the Fay / King Pest / Lionizing / Man of the Crowd / Masque of the Red Death / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / Power of Words / Shadow / Silence / Some Words with a Mummy / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson)
Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Baudelaire
The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe in Four Volumes - I - Tales
Edgar Allan Poe
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Varney, the Vampyre Vol. 1
Thomas Peckett Prest
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Chronicles of Wolfert's Roost and Other Papers
Washington Irving
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Varney, the Vampyre Vol. 2
Thomas Peckett Prest
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Varney, the Vampyre Vol. 3
Thomas Peckett Prest
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Lifted Veil
George Eliot