134 books
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Ghost Story Books
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The Woman in Black (Paperback)
by (shelved 123 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.76 — 84,416 ratings — published 1983
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 106 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.81 — 411,392 ratings — published 1959
The Turn of the Screw (Paperback)
by (shelved 92 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.38 — 184,837 ratings — published 1898
The Graveyard Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 76 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 4.15 — 569,430 ratings — published 2008
A Christmas Carol (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 4.09 — 954,383 ratings — published 1843
The Sun Down Motel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.99 — 198,601 ratings — published 2020
The Little Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.57 — 60,601 ratings — published 2009
The Haunting of Maddy Clare (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.83 — 37,260 ratings — published 2012
Heart-Shaped Box (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.84 — 157,571 ratings — published 2007
The Broken Girls (ebook)
by (shelved 51 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 4.05 — 133,242 ratings — published 2018
Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna, #1)
by (shelved 51 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.91 — 107,942 ratings — published 2011
Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.66 — 456,098 ratings — published 2020
Dark Matter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.95 — 25,794 ratings — published 2010
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 47 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,744,243 ratings — published 1977
Home Before Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 4.04 — 331,714 ratings — published 2020
The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., #1)
by (shelved 43 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 4.25 — 77,335 ratings — published 2013
Her Fearful Symmetry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.27 — 96,572 ratings — published 2009
The Winter People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.81 — 102,515 ratings — published 2014
The Canterville Ghost (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.88 — 72,592 ratings — published 1887
This House Is Haunted (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.62 — 16,878 ratings — published 2013
City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.87 — 78,099 ratings — published 2018
Anya's Ghost (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.90 — 94,783 ratings — published 2011
Wait Till Helen Comes (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 4.11 — 26,459 ratings — published 1986
The Invited (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.79 — 46,540 ratings — published 2019
The Silent Companions (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.87 — 47,753 ratings — published 2017
Doll Bones (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.68 — 30,446 ratings — published 2013
How to Sell a Haunted House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.63 — 176,238 ratings — published 2023
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.77 — 156,952 ratings — published 1820
Ghost Story (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.91 — 84,110 ratings — published 1979
The Small Hand (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.47 — 7,684 ratings — published 2010
Bag of Bones (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.92 — 213,817 ratings — published 1998
The September House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.85 — 103,531 ratings — published 2023
An Inquiry Into Love and Death (ebook)
by (shelved 30 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.86 — 11,720 ratings — published 2013
The Book of Cold Cases (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.77 — 133,479 ratings — published 2022
Silence for the Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.80 — 17,548 ratings — published 2014
Deep and Dark and Dangerous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 4.19 — 23,686 ratings — published 2007
The Haunting of Ashburn House (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 26 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.81 — 43,457 ratings — published 2016
Joyland (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.93 — 183,413 ratings — published 2013
Ruined (Ruined, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.84 — 14,096 ratings — published 2009
Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 4.01 — 30,457 ratings — published 2018
The Creeping Shadow (Lockwood & Co., #4)
by (shelved 25 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 4.52 — 32,569 ratings — published 2016
The Thirteenth Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.98 — 329,347 ratings — published 2006
The Swan Lake Murders (Mary Wandwalker #4)
by (shelved 24 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 4.32 — 16,642 ratings — published
Hidden Pictures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 4.14 — 650,869 ratings — published 2022
The Hollow Boy (Lockwood & Co., #3)
by (shelved 24 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 4.38 — 37,372 ratings — published 2015
Horrorstör (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.65 — 130,926 ratings — published 2014
The Whispering Skull (Lockwood & Co., #2)
by (shelved 24 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 4.33 — 44,816 ratings — published 2014
The Dead Romantics (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.90 — 275,980 ratings — published 2022
The Winter Ghosts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.49 — 16,745 ratings — published 2009
Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as ghost-story)
avg rating 3.99 — 504,465 ratings — published 1987
“I did open the gates on this. And the only way I know to stop it is to go to Arcane House and figure out why it all started in the first place.”
― The Dead Room
― The Dead Room
“I couldn’t feel the spot where the bullet had struck. I couldn’t feel the ground beneath my feet. All I could feel was the icy wave of dread that rapidly engulfed me as I slowly turned to look at the lifeless, blood-soaked figure lying behind me.”
― Secondhand: And Other Stories
― Secondhand: And Other Stories












