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
Surprising account of the Devil appearing to John Chesselden and James Arkins, at a town near the Missisippi [sic], on the 24th of May, 1784
John Chesselden, James Arkins
1792
Surprising account of the Devil's appearing to John Chesselden and James Arkins, at a town near the Mississippi on the 24th of May 1784
John Chesselden
1790
T - ghosts in the machine
Virtual Alien
2014
Tales from an Edinburgh tour guide
Graeme Milne
2022
Tales from haunted Scotland
Graeme Milne
2024
Tales of terror
Henry Clair
1833
The Child's plain path-way to eternal life; or An heavenly messenger
James Worthy
1765
The Marpingen apparitions
Charles Kemen
1877
The Plain path-way to heaven; or A celestial messenger
James Worthy
1788
The Psychic Biker meets the Extreme Ghost Hunter
Paul Green
2011
The a-z of paranormal Scotland
Ron Halliday
2000
The apparition at Pontmain in the diocese of Laval, in France
René Richard
1871
The big grey man of Ben MacDhui
Affleck Gray
1989
The book of spirits, and tales of the dead
W. Davenport
1828
The certainty of a future state, or, An occasional letter concerning apparitions
J. Roe
1698
The certainty of the world of spirits fully evinced
Richard Baxter, Cotton Mather
1834
The certainty of the worlds of spirits
Richard Baxter
1691
The certainty of the worlds of spirits and, consequently, of the immortality of souls
Richard Baxter
1691
The certainty of the worlds of spirits, fully evinced by unquestionable histories of apparitions and witchcrafts, operations, voices, &c
Richard Baxter
1691
The deemon of Marleborough, or, More news from VVilt-shire
Thomas Godard
1675
The extraordinary case of Elizabeth Hobson
John Wesley
1792
The flaming sword, or, A sign from heaven
Timothy P. Walker
1799
The ghost with trembling wings
Scott Weidensaul
2002
The ghostly and the ghosted in literature and film
Lisa Kröger, Melanie Anderson
2013