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James Herbert


UK flag (1943 - 2013)

James Herbert was Britain's number one bestselling writer (a position he held ever since publication of his first novel) and one of the world's top writers of thriller/horror fiction.

He was one of our greatest popular novelists, whose books are sold in thirty-three other languages, including Russian and Chinese. Widely imitated and hugely influential, his nineteen novels have sold more than forty-two million copies worldwide.
 

Genres: Horror, Fantasy
 
Series
Rats
   1. The Rats (1974)
     aka Deadly Eyes
   2. Lair (1979)
   3. Domain (1984)
   4. The City (1994)
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David Ash
   1. Haunted (1988)
   2. The Ghosts of Sleath (1994)
   3. Ash (2012)
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Novels
   The Fog (1975)
   The Survivor (1976)
   The Spear (1978)
   Fluke (1978)
   The Dark (1980)
   The Jonah (1981)
   Shrine (1984)
   Moon (1985)
   The Magic Cottage (1986)
   Sepulchre (1987)
   Creed (1990)
   Portent (1992)
   '48 (1996)
   Others (1999)
   Once (2001)
   Nobody True (2003)
   The Secret of Crickley Hall (2006)
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Non fiction
   James Herbert's Dark Places (1993)
   Ghost Movies (1995)
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Omnibus editions
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Anthologies containing stories by James Herbert
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Short stories
Maurice and Mog (1987)
Ghost Hunter (1988)
Hallowe'en's Child (1988)
Breakfast (1989)
Not Very Psychic (1997)
Others (excerpt) (1999)


Awards
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (1995) : The Ghosts of Sleath
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (2004) : Nobody True


James Herbert recommends
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Nightfall (2010)
(Jack Nightingale, book 1)
Stephen Leather
"Another great thriller from Stephen Leather but this time with a devilish twist!"
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Trauma (2002)
Graham Masterton
"One of the few true masters of the horror genre."
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Dead Cold (1999)
Uri Geller
"Kept me guessing 'til the end... A great thriller."
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Steel Gods (1990)
Scott Grønmark
"Terrific horror/thriller... Fast, furious and absorbing. Highly recommended."
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The Influence (1988)
Ramsey Campbell
"Gripping, touching exceptional. For me, it's Ramsey Campbell's finest."

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