The Haunted Library

Name: The Haunted Library
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ISBN: 9780712355292

Tales of Cursed Books and Forbidden Shelves

Tanya Kirk

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British Library
01 January 2026

Classic horror & ghost stories; Horror

Series: British Library Tales of the Weird

As he turned over its stiff and yellow pages, he noticed with pleasure the smell of corruption that had first repelled him in these decaying volumes, a smell, he now thought, of ancient and secret knowledge...

Researchers prying into an obscure manuscript come face to face with its ghoulish guardian. A bookseller digging through an attic disturbs something far more dangerous than dust. An uncanny tome tempts its reader onto a path of untold evil. Welcome to The Haunted Library, a collection of fourteen tales steeped in the dark psychic traces found in the stacks and shelves of libraries, bookshops, and other troves of hidden knowledge.

Including stories from rare pulp magazines, classics from the minds of M. R. James, L. P. Hartley and Margaret Irwin, and modern chillers from Penelope Lively and C. J. Faraday, this volume invites you into a hushed realm of cursed authors, ghostly bibliophiles, and readers haunted by the weird powers of the written word.

Edited by: Tanya Kirk
Imprint: British Library
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 190mm, Width: 130mm,
ISBN: 9780712355292
ISBN 10: 0712355294
Series: British Library Tales of the Weird
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 January 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tanya Kirk is a librarian at St John's College, Cambridge and was a curator of the Western Heritage collection at the British Library. She has edited many seasonal collections in the British Library's Tales of the Weird series including Haunters at the Hearth, Sunless Solstice, Chill Tidings and Spirits of the Season.