British Library Tales of the Weird
The British Library Tales of the Weird series revives and unearths classic strange fiction from the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the form of novels, single-author collections and thematic anthologies, complete with new introductions and fascinating notes by expert editors.
British Library Tales of the Weird consists of sixty-four books and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of four more books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
Updated 04/20/2025
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Speculative Fiction Books
Doorway to Dilemma: Bewildering Tales of Dark Fantasy (British Library Tales of the Weird #9 / 68)
2019 | horror, psychological horror, short stories, weird fiction, dark fiction
Roarings from Further Out (British Library Tales of the Weird #12 / 68)
2019 | horror, collection, short stories, weird fiction
Into the London Fog (British Library Tales of the Weird #16 / 68)
2020 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, weird fiction
Sunless Solstice (British Library Tales of the Weird #27 / 68)
2021 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, collection, short stories, weird fiction, ghosts, holiday/seasonal, christmas fiction, winter fiction, adventure
Polar Horrors (British Library Tales of the Weird #35 / 68)
2022 | horror, psychological horror, collection, short stories, weird fiction, winter fiction, adventure, mystery
The House on the Borderland (British Library Tales of the Weird #42 / 68)
1908 | horror, gothic horror, weird fiction
Doomed Romances (British Library Tales of the Weird #45 / 68)
2024 | horror, gothic horror, weird fiction, romance, dark fiction
The Undying Monster (British Library Tales of the Weird #46 / 68)
1922 | horror, werewolves, weird fiction, norse mythology, witches
The Human Chord (British Library Tales of the Weird #51 / 68)
1910 | fantasy, horror, psychological horror, weird fiction
The Haunted Vintage (British Library Tales of the Weird #55 / 68)
1921 | horror, weird fiction, ancient mythology
Julia Roseingrave (British Library Tales of the Weird #58 / 68)
2025 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, collection, short stories, weird fiction
Medusa (British Library Tales of the Weird #60 / 68)
2025 | horror, psychological horror, weird fiction, mythology
The Lost Stradivarius (British Library Tales of the Weird #63 / 68)
2018 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, weird fiction, ghosts, historical fiction, 19th century
The Tiger-Skin (British Library Tales of the Weird #65 / 68)
2025 | horror, psychological horror, collection, short stories, weird fiction | Release date September 18, 2025
Comics and Anthology
From the Depths (British Library Tales of the Weird #1 / 68)
2018 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, short stories, weird fiction
Haunted Houses (British Library Tales of the Weird #2 / 68)
2018 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, ghosts
Glimpses of the Unknown (British Library Tales of the Weird #3 / 68)
2018 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, short stories, weird fiction, ghosts
Mortal Echoes (British Library Tales of the Weird #4 / 68)
2018 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction
Spirits of the Season (British Library Tales of the Weird #5 / 68)
2018 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, weird fiction, christmas fiction
The Platform Edge (British Library Tales of the Weird #6 / 68)
2019 | horror, psychological horror, anthology, short stories, weird fiction
The Face in the Glass (British Library Tales of the Weird #7 / 68)
2019 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, short stories, weird fiction
The Weird Tales of William Hope Hodgson (British Library Tales of the Weird #8 / 68)
2019 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction
Evil Roots (British Library Tales of the Weird #10 / 68)
2019 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, short stories, weird fiction
Promethean Horrors (British Library Tales of the Weird #11 / 68)
2019 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, short stories, weird fiction
Tales of the Tattooed (British Library Tales of the Weird #13 / 68)
2019 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, splatterpunk, anthology, collection, weird fiction
The Outcast: and Other Dark Tales by E F Benson (British Library Tales of the Weird #14 / 68)
2020 | horror, anthology, weird fiction
A Phantom Lover (British Library Tales of the Weird #15 / 68)
2020 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction
Weird Woods (British Library Tales of the Weird #17 / 68)
2020 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, short stories, weird fiction
Queens of the Abyss (British Library Tales of the Weird #18 / 68)
2020 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, short stories, weird fiction, ghosts
Chill Tidings (British Library Tales of the Weird #19 / 68)
2020 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction, holiday/seasonal, christmas fiction
Dangerous Dimensions (British Library Tales of the Weird #20 / 68)
2021 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction
Heavy Weather (British Library Tales of the Weird #21 / 68)
2021 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction
Minor Hauntings (British Library Tales of the Weird #22 / 68)
2021 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, short stories
Crawling Horror (British Library Tales of the Weird #23 / 68)
2021 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction
Cornish Horrors (British Library Tales of the Weird #24 / 68)
2021 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction
I Am Stone (British Library Tales of the Weird #25 / 68)
2021 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction, ghosts, witches
Randalls Round (British Library Tales of the Weird #26 / 68)
2021 | horror, gothic horror, anthology, collection, short stories, ghosts
Shadows on the Wall (British Library Tales of the Weird #28 / 68)
2022 | horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, weird fiction, ghosts, witches, dark fiction
The Ghost Slayers: Thrilling Tales of Occult Detection cover The Ghost Slayers (British Library Tales of the Weird #29 / 68)
2022 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction, ghosts
The Night Wire: and Other Tales of Weird Media (British Library Tales of the Weird #30 / 68)
2022 | horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction, ghosts
Our Haunted Shores (British Library Tales of the Weird #31 / 68)
2022 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, short stories, weird fiction
The Horned God (British Library Tales of the Weird #32 / 68)
2022 | anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction, psychological horror, gothic horror
Spectral Sounds (British Library Tales of the Weird #33 / 68)
2022 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction, ghosts
Haunters at the Hearth (British Library Tales of the Weird #34 / 68)
2022 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction, ghosts, holiday/seasonal, christmas fiction, winter fiction
The Flaw in the Crystal: And Other Uncanny Stories by May Sinclair (British Library Tales of the Weird #36 / 68)
2023 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction
The Ways of Ghosts (British Library Tales of the Weird #37 / 68)
2023 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction, ghosts, dark fiction
Holy Ghosts (British Library Tales of the Weird #38 / 68)
2023 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction, ghosts, dark fiction
The Uncanny Gastronomic (British Library Tales of the Weird #39 / 68)
2023 | horror, anthology, collection, short stories, werewolves, weird fiction, fairies, poetry
The Lure of Atlantis (British Library Tales of the Weird #40 / 68)
2023 | science fiction, horror, anthology, adventure
Dead Drunk (British Library Tales of the Weird #41 / 68)
2023 | horror, gothic horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction
Roads of Destiny (British Library Tales of the Weird #43 / 68)
2023 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction
Circles of Stone (British Library Tales of the Weird #44 / 68)
2023 | fantasy, horror, gothic horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction, mythology, ancient mythology, celtic mythology
Fear in the Blood (British Library Tales of the Weird #47 / 68)
2024 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction
Out of the Past (British Library Tales of the Weird #48 / 68)
2024 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction, historical fiction
Deadly Dolls (British Library Tales of the Weird #50 / 68)
2024 | horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction
Eerie East Anglia (British Library Tales of the Weird #52 / 68)
2024 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction, ghosts
The Haunted Trail (British Library Tales of the Weird #53 / 68)
2024 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction
The Weird Tales of Dorothy K. Haynes (British Library Tales of the Weird #54 / 68)
2024 | anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction, psychological horror, gothic horror
Summoned to the Séance (British Library Tales of the Weird #56 / 68)
2024 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction, ghosts, demon, dark fiction
Weird Sisters (British Library Tales of the Weird #57 / 68)
2025 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, short stories, weird fiction
Spores of Doom (British Library Tales of the Weird #59 / 68)
2025 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, short stories, weird fiction
Return of the Ancients (British Library Tales of the Weird #61 / 68)
2025 | fantasy, horror, psychological horror, anthology, short stories, weird fiction, mythology, ancient mythology, celtic mythology, roman mythology
Phantoms of Kernow (British Library Tales of the Weird #62 / 68)
2025 | horror, psychological horror, anthology, short stories, weird fiction
The Wayfarer's Weird (British Library Tales of the Weird #64 / 68)
2025 | horror, psychological horror, anthology, short stories, weird fiction | Release date August 21, 2025
All the Fear of the Fair (British Library Tales of the Weird #66 / 68)
2025 | horror, psychological horror, anthology, short stories, weird fiction | Release date October 16, 2025
The Haunted Library (British Library Tales of the Weird #67 / 68)
2025 | horror, anthology, short stories | Release date November 13, 2025