Ghost Stories Books

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The Haunting of Hill House The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 230 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.81 — 402,396 ratings — published 1959
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The Woman in Black The Woman in Black (Paperback)
by (shelved 214 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.76 — 83,264 ratings — published 1983
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The Turn of the Screw The Turn of the Screw (Paperback)
by (shelved 162 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.38 — 182,417 ratings — published 1898
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The Graveyard Book The Graveyard Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 125 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 4.15 — 567,615 ratings — published 2008
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A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol (Paperback)
by (shelved 107 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 4.09 — 947,265 ratings — published 1843
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Her Fearful Symmetry Her Fearful Symmetry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 101 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.27 — 96,327 ratings — published 2009
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The Little Stranger The Little Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 101 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.57 — 60,142 ratings — published 2009
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Collected Ghost Stories Collected Ghost Stories (Hardcover)
by (shelved 91 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,961 ratings — published 1931
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Dark Matter Dark Matter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 89 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.95 — 25,176 ratings — published 2010
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The Shining (The Shining, #1) The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 84 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,725,724 ratings — published 1977
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Heart-Shaped Box Heart-Shaped Box (Hardcover)
by (shelved 77 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.84 — 155,594 ratings — published 2007
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The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.89 — 5,090 ratings — published 1934
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Wait Till Helen Comes Wait Till Helen Comes (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 4.11 — 26,290 ratings — published 1986
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This House Is Haunted This House Is Haunted (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.62 — 16,692 ratings — published 2013
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The Canterville Ghost The Canterville Ghost (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.88 — 71,836 ratings — published 1887
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The Sun Down Motel The Sun Down Motel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.99 — 194,699 ratings — published 2020
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The Small Hand The Small Hand (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.47 — 7,635 ratings — published 2010
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Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 4.05 — 5,801 ratings — published 1904
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Ghost Story Ghost Story (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.92 — 83,605 ratings — published 1979
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The Haunting of Maddy Clare The Haunting of Maddy Clare (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.83 — 36,474 ratings — published 2012
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Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna, #1) Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna, #1)
by (shelved 62 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.91 — 107,754 ratings — published 2011
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The Broken Girls The Broken Girls (ebook)
by (shelved 60 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 4.05 — 130,777 ratings — published 2018
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.77 — 156,009 ratings — published 1820
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Home Before Dark Home Before Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 4.04 — 321,800 ratings — published 2020
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The Silent Companions The Silent Companions (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.87 — 46,136 ratings — published 2017
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The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., #1) The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., #1)
by (shelved 54 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 4.25 — 76,314 ratings — published 2013
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20th Century Ghosts 20th Century Ghosts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.89 — 49,727 ratings — published 2005
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Deep and Dark and Dangerous Deep and Dark and Dangerous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 4.19 — 23,502 ratings — published 2007
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Mexican Gothic Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.66 — 448,939 ratings — published 2020
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The Winter People The Winter People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.81 — 100,568 ratings — published 2014
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Hell House Hell House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.69 — 64,238 ratings — published 1971
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Beloved Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.98 — 496,939 ratings — published 1987
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All the Lovely Bad Ones: A Ghost Story All the Lovely Bad Ones: A Ghost Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 4.02 — 12,609 ratings — published 2008
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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Scary Stories, #1) Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Scary Stories, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 4.06 — 73,266 ratings — published 1981
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The Book of Cold Cases The Book of Cold Cases (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.78 — 131,888 ratings — published 2022
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The Invited The Invited (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.80 — 45,423 ratings — published 2019
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The Old Willis Place The Old Willis Place (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 4.14 — 11,255 ratings — published 2004
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Doll Bones Doll Bones (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.68 — 30,330 ratings — published 2013
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Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories (Perfect Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.64 — 6,356 ratings — published 1983
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The September House The September House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.86 — 100,247 ratings — published 2023
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City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake, #1) City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.87 — 77,460 ratings — published 2018
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The Man in the Picture The Man in the Picture (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.64 — 6,264 ratings — published 2007
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Anya's Ghost Anya's Ghost (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.90 — 94,289 ratings — published 2011
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The Lovely Bones The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,470,229 ratings — published 2002
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How to Sell a Haunted House How to Sell a Haunted House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.63 — 171,885 ratings — published 2023
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The Ghost Bride The Ghost Bride (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.81 — 37,845 ratings — published 2013
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The Collected Ghost Stories of E.F. Benson The Collected Ghost Stories of E.F. Benson (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,637 ratings — published 1992
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The Mist in the Mirror The Mist in the Mirror (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.34 — 4,268 ratings — published 1992
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The Seance The Seance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 3.56 — 7,802 ratings — published 2008
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Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1) Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as ghost-stories)
avg rating 4.00 — 407,586 ratings — published 2019
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Jennifer Egan
“There are no ghosts in this story, I say to Davis.
Oh yeah? Then show me where the people are.
I look up at him. What people?
Davis waves the pages I've left on my tray so they flap in the air. These people, he says. I can see them, I can hear them, I know them, but they're not in this room. They're not on this block.
They're not in this prison or this town or this country or even this same world as you and me. They're in some other place.
[…]
They're ghosts, brother, he says. Not alive, not dead.
An in-between thing.
[…]
You could say that about any story there is, I tell him.
Now you're singing my song, brother.”
Jennifer Egan, The Keep

Margaret Atwood
“I mean, everyone who tells a ghost story starts by saying it’s true, but I want to know if it’s really true.”
Margaret Atwood, Fourteen Days

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