Tradition 13 of 33
Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists
Apparitions, haunted places, poltergeists, ghost lore, and investigations of hauntings.
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- Books
- 2,446
- Earliest
- 1016
- to 2026
- Read free
- 40%
- 971 with public full text
- With covers
- 57%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match2,349
- Metadata match79
- Query match14
- Source classification (retained through merging)4
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Key subjects
- Ghosts494
- Fiction335
- Apparitions332
- Ghost stories258
- Apparitions and miracles197
- Haunted houses152
- Juvenile fiction130
- Haunted places129
- History122
- Gespenst107
- Children's fiction102
- Early works to 180097
- Fantômes89
- Poltergeists88
- Scotland65
- Supernatural65
- Horror tales60
- Social Sciences60
- Horror stories58
- holy ghost53
- occultism52
- Art51
- Short Stories51
- Fiction, horror46
Top languages
- English1,410 · 58%
- French339 · 14%
- German209 · 9%
- Spanish103 · 4%
- Japanese57 · 2%
Notable authors
All authors- Robert Lawrence Stine29 in this tradition54 books
- Charles Dickens22 in this tradition29 books
- Daniel Defoe16 in this tradition31 books
- Ludwig Lavater12 in this tradition19 books
- Augustin Calmet12 in this tradition18 books
- Joseph Glanvill11 in this tradition19 books
- 叶兴阳双语音标有声读物10 in this tradition23 books
- Johann Heinrich Jung-Stilling10 in this tradition13 books
- Richard Baxter9 in this tradition29 books
- Algernon Blackwood8 in this tradition13 books
- Hans Holzer8 in this tradition13 books
- Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu8 in this tradition11 books
2,446 books
A Strange and wonderfull discovery of a horrid and cruel murther committed fourteen years since upon the person of Robert Eliot, of London, at Great Driffield in the East-Riding of the county of York
Isabel Binnington
1662
A blow at modern sadducism
Joseph Glanvill
1668
A choir of ghosts
Janette Ayachi
2013
A decade of drinking with ghosts
Bobby Gant
2024
A disquisition concerning the state of the souls of men, (especially of good men) when separated from their bodies
Increase Mather
1707
A handful of ghosts
George Herbert Bushnell
1993
A hatching of ghosts
Bernard Briggs
2011
A letter to some divines
J. W. P
1695
A mosque in the jungle
Othman Wok, Yi-Sheng Ng
2021
A mysterious spirit
Charles Bailey Bell
1972
A philosophical endeavor in the defence of the being of witches and apparitions
Joseph Glanvill
1668
A philosophical endeavour in the defence of the being of witches and apparitions
Joseph Glanvill
1668
A relation of apparitions of spirits, in the county of Monmouth, and the principality of Wales
Edmund Jones
1813
A remarkable vision!
Hezekiah Goodwin
1795
A report of the mysterious noises, heard in the house of Mr. John D. Fox, in Hydesville, Arcadia, Wayne county, authenticated by the certificates, and confirmed by the statements of the citizens of that place and vicinity ...
John D. Fox, E. E. Lewis
1848
A surprising account of the Devil's appearing to John Chesselden and James Arkins, at a town near the Missisippi [sic], on the 24th of May, 1784
John Chesselden, James Arkins
1785
A treatise of ghosts
Noël Taillepied
1933
A treatise of specters, or, An history of apparitions, oracles, prophecies, and predictions
Thomas Bromhall
1658
A true and impartial relation of a wonderful apparition
Captain in the King's camp
1692
A true and perfect account of a strange and dreadful apparition which lately infested and sunk a ship bound for New-Castle, called the Hope-well of London
John Master Pye
1672
A true relation of a strange apparition which appear'd to the Lady Gray
Mary Grey Countess of Tankerville
1681
A true relation of the apparition of Mrs. Veal
Daniel Defoe
1808
A true relation of the apparition of Mrs. Veal, the next day after her death, to Mrs. Bargrave, at Cantebury, the eighth day of September, 1705
Daniel Defoe
1808
A true relation of the apparition of one Mrs. Veal, the next day after her death, to one Mrs. Bargrave, at Canterbury, the 8th of September, 1705
Daniel Defoe
1707