M.R. James

483 books

The 13 Best Horror Stories of All Time by Bram Stoker, Leslie Pockell, M.R. James, Algernon Blackwood, Robert Louis Stevenson, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, W.W. Jacobs, Arthur Machen, Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Oliver Onions, Shirley Jackson, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, H.G. Wells

The 13 Best Horror Stories of All Time

Bram Stoker, Leslie Pockell, M.R. James, Algernon Blackwood, Robert Louis Stevenson, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, W.W. Jacobs, Arthur Machen, Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Oliver Onions, Shirley Jackson, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, H.G. Wells

400 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents Stories for Late at Night by Robert Trout, Edward L. Perry, William Hope Hodgson, Margaret Millar, Brett Halliday, M.R. James, Jerome Bixby, Cyril Hume, Philip MacDonald, John Collier, Gouverneur Morris, John B.L. Goodwin, Evelyn Waugh, Pauline C. Smith, Will F. Jenkins, Roald Dahl, C.L. Moore, Ruth Chatterton, Margaret Ronan, Frank Belknap Long, George Langelaan, Robert Arthur, Ray Bradbury, Henry Slesar

Alfred Hitchcock Presents Stories for Late at Night

Robert Trout, Edward L. Perry, William Hope Hodgson, Margaret Millar, Brett Halliday, M.R. James, Jerome Bixby, Cyril Hume, Philip MacDonald, John Collier, Gouverneur Morris, John B.L. Goodwin, Evelyn Waugh, Pauline C. Smith, Will F. Jenkins, Roald Dahl, C.L. Moore, Ruth Chatterton, Margaret Ronan, Frank Belknap Long, George Langelaan, Robert Arthur, Ray Bradbury, Henry Slesar

469 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 12 Stories For Late At Night by Robert Trout, M.R. James, Philip MacDonald, John Collier, Gouverneur Morris, John B.L. Goodwin, Evelyn Waugh, Alfred Hitchcock, Will F. Jenkins, C.L. Moore, Frank Belknap Long, Robert Arthur, Ray Bradbury

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 12 Stories For Late At Night

Robert Trout, M.R. James, Philip MacDonald, John Collier, Gouverneur Morris, John B.L. Goodwin, Evelyn Waugh, Alfred Hitchcock, Will F. Jenkins, C.L. Moore, Frank Belknap Long, Robert Arthur, Ray Bradbury

223 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

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Alfred Hitchcock's Fear and Trembling by Elizabeth Bowen, Henry S. Whitehead, John Metcalfe, M.R. James, John Collier, Hugh Walpole, Alfred Hitchcock, John Buchan, H. Russell Wakefield, William Irish, Ambrose Bierce, Ray Bradbury, H.G. Wells, Lord Dunsany

Alfred Hitchcock's Fear and Trembling

Elizabeth Bowen, Henry S. Whitehead, John Metcalfe, M.R. James, John Collier, Hugh Walpole, Alfred Hitchcock, John Buchan, H. Russell Wakefield, William Irish, Ambrose Bierce, Ray Bradbury, H.G. Wells, Lord Dunsany

192 pages • first pub 1948 (editions)

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The Apocryphal New Testament by M.R. James

The Apocryphal New Testament

M.R. James

627 pages • first pub 1924 (editions)

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The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Horror Anthology by E.T.A. Hoffmann, Charles Dickens, Honoré de Balzac, Andrew Barger, Wilhelm Hauff, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Samuel Warren

The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Horror Anthology

E.T.A. Hoffmann, Charles Dickens, Honoré de Balzac, Andrew Barger, Wilhelm Hauff, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Samuel Warren

250 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

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Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature by Alberto Manguel

Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature

Black Water #1

Alberto Manguel

967 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

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Blood Thirst: 100 Years of Vampire Fiction by Leslie Roy Carter, Suzy McKee Charnas, Anne Rice, John Cheever, E.F. Benson, Susan Casper, M.R. James, Algernon Blackwood, Charles Beaumont, F. Marion Crawford, Woody Allen, Joyce Carol Oates, Fredric Brown, Richard Matheson, Leonard Wolf, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Fritz Leiber, Edward Bryant, Tanith Lee, C.L. Moore, Laura Anne Gilman, Stephen King, Whitley Strieber, August Derleth, Roger Zelazny, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Lafcadio Hearn

Blood Thirst: 100 Years of Vampire Fiction

Leslie Roy Carter, Suzy McKee Charnas, Anne Rice, John Cheever, E.F. Benson, Susan Casper, M.R. James, Algernon Blackwood, Charles Beaumont, F. Marion Crawford, Woody Allen, Joyce Carol Oates, Fredric Brown, Richard Matheson, Leonard Wolf, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Fritz Leiber, Edward Bryant, Tanith Lee, C.L. Moore, Laura Anne Gilman, Stephen King, Whitley Strieber, August Derleth, Roger Zelazny, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Lafcadio Hearn

379 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

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The Body-Snatcher and Other Classic Ghost Stories by Michael Kelahan

The Body-Snatcher and Other Classic Ghost Stories

Michael Kelahan

461 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

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Bound for Evil: Curious Tales of Books Gone Bad by Ian Shoebridge, Kurt Newton, David M. Fitzpatrick, Barbara Roden, J. Michael Shell, Ian Rogers, John Teehan, R. Michael Burns, Simon Strantzas, Lorne Dixon, Chris Willrich, Lavie Tidhar, J.G. Faherty, M.R. James, Robert W. Chambers, Jeff Ryan, Josh Vogt, Scáth Beorh, Patrick LoBrutto, Rhys Hughes, Alfred Noyes, Christopher Fulbright, Margaret Irwin, T.A.C. Amaral, John R. Platt, Eugene Field, Ramsey Campbell, Tom English, Rui Cruz, Allen Koszowski, Gary Fry, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Jeffrey A. Rice, Vincent L. Scarsella, Michael Lovell, Angeline Hawkes, Orrin Grey, Glynn Owen Barrass, Mark McLaughlin, R.E. Hartman, Mark Leslie, Jill Zeller, Michael D. Winkle, Ben Thomas, S. Levett-Yeats, Fred Chappell, Rick Moore, H.P. Lovecraft, Saki, John Shire, Mark Tullius, Erin MacKay, Terri Nixon, Gary McMahon, Andrew J. Wilson, Barry Napier, Michael McGrorty, Jeffrey Thomas, John Llewellyn Probert, Montague Summers, Louise Norlie

Bound for Evil: Curious Tales of Books Gone Bad

Ian Shoebridge, Kurt Newton, David M. Fitzpatrick, Barbara Roden, J. Michael Shell, Ian Rogers, John Teehan, R. Michael Burns, Simon Strantzas, Lorne Dixon, Chris Willrich, Lavie Tidhar, J.G. Faherty, M.R. James, Robert W. Chambers, Jeff Ryan, Josh Vogt, Scáth Beorh, Patrick LoBrutto, Rhys Hughes, Alfred Noyes, Christopher Fulbright, Margaret Irwin, T.A.C. Amaral, John R. Platt, Eugene Field, Ramsey Campbell, Tom English, Rui Cruz, Allen Koszowski, Gary Fry, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Jeffrey A. Rice, Vincent L. Scarsella, Michael Lovell, Angeline Hawkes, Orrin Grey, Glynn Owen Barrass, Mark McLaughlin, R.E. Hartman, Mark Leslie, Jill Zeller, Michael D. Winkle, Ben Thomas, S. Levett-Yeats, Fred Chappell, Rick Moore, H.P. Lovecraft, Saki, John Shire, Mark Tullius, Erin MacKay, Terri Nixon, Gary McMahon, Andrew J. Wilson, Barry Napier, Michael McGrorty, Jeffrey Thomas, John Llewellyn Probert, Montague Summers, Louise Norlie

800 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

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