18 books like It's Halloween

What to read after It's Halloween — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The Night Before Christmas Clement Clarke Moore · 1857 · ★ 4.4 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Challenging A well-known poem about an important Christmas Eve visitor. Shares: Juvenile poetry, Children's poetry, Poetry

Fairy tales Александр Сергеевич Пушкин · 1919 · 106p · ≈ 3h · Challenging An illustrated collection of four Pushkin stories in verse. Shares: Juvenile poetry, Children's poetry, Poetry

Peacock pie, a book of rhymes Walter De la Mare · 1913 · 120p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Peacock Pie presents an extensive selection of de la Mare's best poetry, in thematically themes sections such as are "Up and Down," "Boys and Girls," "Three Queer Tales," "Places and People," "Beasts," "Witches and Fairies," "Earth and Air," and "Songs." Shares: Children's poetry, Poetry

The man from Snowy River Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson · 1900 · ★ 4.0 · 133p · ≈ 4h · Challenging In the ballads and poetry of Banjo Paterson are captured the spirit of the Australian Outback, and the essences of the bushmen and women who pioneered it. The vast distances, the droughts, the floods, the flies, the heat ... and the harsh and beautiful places of Outback Australia were brought to the city people of the late 1880's through the writings of Andrew Barton Paterson.A true folk poet, a… Shares: Children's poetry, Poetry

The song of Hiawatha Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1855 · ★ 3.9 · 213p · ≈ 7h · Challenging From the book:The Song of Hiawatha is based on the legends and stories of many North American Indian tribes, but especially those of the Ojibway Indians of northern Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. They were collected by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, the reknowned historian, pioneer explorer, and geologist. He was superintendent of Indian affairs for Michigan from 1836 to 1841. Schoolcraft married… Shares: Juvenile poetry, Children's poetry, Poetry

War in heaven Charles Williams · 1930 · 258p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Williams gives a contemporary setting to the traditional story of the Search for the Holy Grail. Examining the distinction between magic and religion, War in Heaven is an eerily disturbing book, one that graphically portrays a metaphysical journey through the shadowy crevices of the human mind. ( Amazon) Shares: Supernatural, Poetry

The complete poetical works Robert Burns · 1786 · ★ 4.1 · 268p · ≈ 8h · Demanding Poetry written by the Scottish author Robert Burns. Shares: Juvenile poetry, Children's poetry, Poetry

Making friends with Frankenstein Colin McNaughton · 1993 · 90p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Presents a collection of silly, scary, and disgusting poems about monsters and other unusual creatures. Shares: Juvenile poetry, Children's poetry, Poetry

Down-adown-derry Walter De la Mare · 1922 · 195p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Reprint of the 1922 ed. published by Holt, New York. Shares: Children's poetry, Poetry

Struwwelpeter Heinrich Hoffmann · 1865 · ★ 4.2 · 24p · ≈ 48m · Challenging Struwwelpeter is a collection of children's poetry meant to serve as instructions for life's lessons. Most of the stories tell the tale of a child's misbehavior and the grizzly end they will meet if they do not change their ways. Shares: Juvenile poetry, Children's poetry, Poetry

Les contemplations Victor Hugo · 1856 · ★ 4.0 · 457p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Les Contemplations est un recueil de poésie de Victor Hugo, publié en 1856. Il est composé de 158 poèmes rassemblés en six livres. La plupart de ces poèmes ont été écrits entre 1841 et 1855, mais les poèmes les plus anciens de ce recueil datent de 1830. Les Contemplations est un recueil du souvenir, de l’amour, de la joie mais aussi de la mort, du deuil et même d'une certaine foi mystique. Le… Shares: Poetry

Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell Charlotte Brontë · 1846 · ★ 3.9 · 165p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell was a volume of poetry published jointly by the three Brontë sisters,  Charlotte,  Emily and Anne in 1846 (see 1846 in poetry), and their first work to ever go in print. To evade contemporary prejudice against female writers, the Brontë sisters adopted androgynous first names. All three retained the… Shares: Poetry

The Complete Poetical Works Edgar Allan Poe · 1849 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Challenging The eerie tales of Edgar Allan Poe remain among the most brilliant, enduring, and influencial works in American literature. But Poe is also the author of some of the most haunting poetry ever written–poems of love, death and loneliness that have lost none of their power to enthrall in this unique Signet Classic edition. Shares: Poetry

Jabberwocky Lewis Carroll · 1881 · ★ 3.8 · 15p · ≈ 30m · Challenging The illustrations set the classic nonsense poem taken from "Through the Looking Glass" in medieval times. Shares: Children's poetry, Picture books, Poetry

The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog Sarah Catherine Martin · 1790 · ★ 3.9 · 31p · ≈ 1h · Demanding Old Mother Hubbard runs errand after errand for her remarkable dog. Shares: Juvenile poetry, Children's poetry, Poetry

Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe [21 stories, 34 poems] Edgar Allan Poe · 1940 · ★ 4.0 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Challenging 21 stories: Tell-tale Heart Cask of Amontillado Hop-Frog Black Cat Ligeia Assignation The Oval Portrait . Masque of the Red Death Fall of the House of Usher The Murders in the Rue Morgue . The Mystery of Marie Roget Purloined Letter Gold-Bug Shadow—A Parable . MS Found in a Bottle . Descent into the Maelstrom Pit and the Pendulum The Sphinx The Man of the Crowd The System of Doctor Tarr and… Shares: Juvenile poetry, Supernatural, Poetry

Selections From Poe [6 stories, 35 poems] Edgar Allan Poe · 1907 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Shares: Juvenile poetry, Supernatural, Poetry Shares: Juvenile poetry, Supernatural, Poetry

Tales of Mystery, Imagination, & Humour, and Poems [8 stories, 11 poems] Edgar Allan Poe · 1852 · 282p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Shares: Juvenile poetry, Supernatural, Poetry Shares: Juvenile poetry, Supernatural, Poetry

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