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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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Books containing stories by James Herbert
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The Mammoth Book of Body Horror (2012)
(The Mammoth Book of ...)
edited by
Paul Kane and Marie O'Regan
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Dark Masques (2001)
(Dark Masques)
edited by
J N Williamson
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The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (2000)
(The Mammoth Book of ...)
edited by
Peter Haining

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Award nominations
2004 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : 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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