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24 alternatives to The Tell-Tale Heart

A classic tale of gothic horror

The Tell-Tale Heart is a gothic horror book originally published in 1847 by Edgar Allan Poe. It follows an unnamed narrator who commits murder and becomes increasingly tormented by guilt, hearing the sound of his… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Tell-Tale Heart launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Dracula▲56
Irish gothic horror tale about the infamous vampire, Dracula
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Thirteenth Tale▲71
A twisted tale of gothic mystery and family history
2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →
3
Evil by Design▲68
Like Nir Eyal's "Hooked" but with more pictures, and evil.
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Yellow Wallpaper▲76
Super creepy, classic short story from 1892
2015 · its alternatives →
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A Little Dusty - A Little Scary▲70
One of the scariest horror stories ever told
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Lore - 19: Bite marks▲60
Lore explores the history of scary stories
2015 · lorepodcast.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
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Trigger Warning▲70
Short stories by Neil Gaiman. Different and Captivating!
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Madness, Rack, and Honey▲61
A book for anyone interested in the human heart
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Nature of the Beast: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel▲70
The boy who cried wolf gets a haunting update
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Read The Count of Monte Cristo and others in installments in your email▲220
2020 · serialliterature.com · its alternatives →
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The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural▲65
A must-read collection of bone-chilling horror stories.
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Into the Brambles▲60
Dark fantasy based on modernized classical myth
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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This American Life - 571: The heart wants what the heart wants▲87
A story about love and longing
2015 · thisamericanlife.org · its alternatives →
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Macbeth▲106
A tale full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Story▲83
The classic guide to the fundamentals of storytelling
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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tale.fyi, we deserve a home for fiction▲74
for decades, i have been concerned that the internet was being built around non-fiction, so i built something to show how we could celebrate great fiction on the web. i started with an amazing library from the public domain, and i also added tools to add your own stories super interested to hear any feedback, and if you read anything good!
Jul 2026 · tale.fyi · its alternatives →
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Anya's Ghost▲60
Anya falls down a well and makes a new friend... a ghost!
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Let Me Tell You A Story▲80
A new approach to healing through the art of storytelling
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe▲65
A classic from C.S. Lewis
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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One Hundred Years of Solitude▲82
A classic book about love, life, loss.
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Giver▲75
The haunting story of twelve-year-old Jonas
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle #1)▲87
Heroic fantasy by Patrick Rothfuss
2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →
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The Heart Goes Last▲55
A test for the human heart and spirit- jail v suburbs
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Letters Across Time▲81
Short-stories told through letters in the mail
2017 · lettersacrosstime.com · its alternatives →

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