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Witch City: Tragic Tomes

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Welcome to Tabitha's quaint bookshop here in the heart of Witch City. Tragic Tomes is a cheerfully musty, overcrowded bookshop with rows upon rows of horror novels, gruesome non-fiction about true crime, and a huge collection of Stephen King books. S...
 
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Here's a collector's edition hardback of Anne Rice's legendary "Interview with the Vampire" novel. It has a shiny gold cover and deckled edges, plus the title is embossed.
Interview with the Vampire [Deckle Edge] Knopf
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Here's a beautiful gift edition of the complete tales and poems of Edgar Allan Poe, by Vintage publishing.
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
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Here is the deluxe hardbound edition of the Greatest Works of Edgar Allan Poe. It's from Fingerprint Classics, and features gold gilt edges and leather binding.
Greatest Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Deluxe
 
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Here is the keepsake edition of "Dracula" by Fingerprint Classics. It features gilt gold edges and a leather binding.
Dracula (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)
 
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Every witch's home library should probably have a copy of The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales. Here's the beautiful deluxe edition by Fingerprint Classics.
The Complete Grimms' Fairy Tales - Fingerprint Classics
 
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Here is the deluxe edition of Bram Stoker's Dracula from Fingerprint Classics. It looks fantastic sitting on a display or your coffee table during the spooky season.
Dracula (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)
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Here's a beautiful deluxe leatherbound edition of H.P. Lovecraft Tales of Horror. The publisher is Canterbury Classics.
H. P. Lovecraft Tales of Horror - (Leather-Bound Classics) by H P Lovecraft (Leather Bound)
 
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The striking red and black cover of this edition of Edgar Allan Poe's collected works is quite unsettling. (Love it!) This deluxe edition is by Canterbury Classics.
Edgar Allan Poe: Collected Works (Leather)
 
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The Night Circus is such a fantastic, imaginative book. I like to re-read it every year or two during the spooky season. It has come out in several different paperback editions, all with stunning covers, but I like to cherish my original 2011 hardcov...
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
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This collection of Greatest Horror Stories from Around the World is a deluxe edition by Fingerprint Classics.
Greatest Horror Stories Worldwide (Deluxe)
 
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This deluxe edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a keepsake library edition from Peter Pauper Press.
Frankenstein (Masterpiece Library Edition)
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This deluxe edition of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley features Frankenstein's monster on the cover. It's by Fingerprint Classics.
Frankenstein (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)
 
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Stephen King decided to let other authors play (and write) in his "The Stand" universe. Here are original short stories set in that world by authors including Josh Malerman, Joe R. Lansdale, Meg Gardiner, Catriona Ward, Richard Chizmar, and many othe...
The End of the World: New Tales of The Stand
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Arcturus Classics does a fabulous job with their deluxe and gilded editions. This is their pocket version of Edgar Allan Poe's Classic Tales of Horror.
Edgar Allan Poe's Classic Tales of Horror
 
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This edition of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" is so beautiful, it could make me weep into my teacup. This deluxe edition is by Fingerprint Classics.
The Raven (Deluxe Hardbound) Fingerprint!
 
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Here's a beautifully designed set of books for your horror home library, The H.P. Lovecraft Collection slipcased box set of books. It's by Arcturus Classics. The set includes Macabre Stories, The Randolph Carter Tales, Stories of Dreamlands, At the M...
H. P. Lovecraft Deluxe 6-Book Hardcover Set
 
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Stephen King's The Shining is a great snowy day read. It's fun to revisit it every few winters, especially if I have a night alone in the dark by my fireplace.
The Shining by Stephen King
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This excellent book refashioned the vampire myths for the modern age. It was a bit intimidating to pick up such a large book and dive in, but it was worth it. An incredible, dark, beautiful vampire novel.
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
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This leatherbound edition of Dracula and Other Stories is truly gorgeous in person. It's a collectible edition from Barnes & Noble.
Dracula and Other Horror Classics
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This is a beautiful special hardcover edition of "The Vampyre" by John Polidori (who was friends with Mary Shelley, Percy Shelley and Lord Byron). It's a Penguin Speculative Fiction edition, published just before Halloween 2025.
The Vampyre and Carmilla (Penguin Speculative Fiction)
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Here's a special edition of the classic horror novella "The Woman in White" by Wilkie Collins. This book is part of the Clothbound Classics series.
The Woman in White|Hardcover
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Here's the Clothbound Classics edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
Frankenstein (Penguin Classics) Hardcover
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This intricate and elaborate edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray is part of the Fingerprint! Classics series.
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Fingerprint! Classics)
 
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This edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray is a slim volume from the Clothbound Classics series of classic horror books.
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Penguin Classics)
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This keepsake edition of Frankenstein contains the text of the book, and also the incredibly inventive paper art creations by MinaLima Classics. There are interactive letters you can pull out, flaps you can open, and pop-up art inside this book.
Frankenstein (MinaLima Edition)
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This keepsake edition of Beauty and the Beast has MinaLima's incredible paper artistry, including interactive elements and 3-D pop-up papercraft.
Beauty and the Beast (MinaLima Edition)
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MinaLima applied their paper art wizardry to this interactive Snow White and Grimm's Fairy tales book. It's a stunning, creative, colorful edition that should be on every goth's bookshelf.
Snow White & Other Grimms' Tales MinaLima
 
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Here is my favorite book to re-read every autumn: The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch. It's a Pride & Prejudice Jane Austen retelling with beautiful witchy themes and a clever sense of humor.
The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch
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Here's a unique take on a witch book: it's set during The Gilded Age in New York. Louisa Morgan writes so well and immerses you in the setting.
The Age of Witches: A Novel
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Grady Hendrix sets this horror novel at Wellwood House in St. Augustine, Florida, where unwed mothers are hidden by their families until they have their babies in secret.
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
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Here is the spellbinding book that began the All Souls series. The writing is so wonderful, and the storyline is practically a page turner. It doesn't hurt that there's a (not very spicy) romance with a handsome vampire.
A Discovery of Witches: A Novel (All Souls Series)
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The Black Bird Oracle continues the All Souls series of witch books.
The Black Bird Oracle: A Novel (All Souls Series)
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In this world, witches control the climate. But magic is becoming more erratic.
The Nature of Witches
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This historical fiction book is set in Boston in 1662. A 24 year old woman, Mary Deerfield, wants a divorce from her abusive husband, and runs into problems with the other Puritans.
Hour of the Witch: A Novel
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Here's a lovely supernatural themed book about a family of witches. It begins in El Paso in 1943.
The Witches of El Paso: A Novel
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Here's a disturbing fiction read for quiet autumn evenings. "Ten years ago, three little girls went missing from their tiny mountain town. While one was returned, the others were never seen again."
The Witch's Orchard: A Novel
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Set in 1348 as the Black Plague is ravaging Italy. Historical fiction with interesting worldbuilding involving the hidden powers of gemstones.
The Stone Witch of Florence: A Novel
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This book about witches is set in 1911 in New York City, where a young seamstress mourns the mysterious death of her brother months before.
The Witch Haven
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Here's a beautiful keepsake edition of "Dracula" from The Prestige Collection by Paper Mill Press.
Dracula (The Prestige Collection by Paper Mill Press)
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Here's a keepsake edition of "The Phantom of the Opera" from The Prestige Collection by Paper Mill Press.
The Phantom of the Opera (The Prestige Collection by Paper Mill Press)
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Here's a stunning edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein from The Prestige Collection by Paper Mill Press.
Frankenstein (The Prestige Collection by Paper Mill Press)
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