Ghosts

Dark Matter

Michelle Paver · Horror

A terrifying 1930s ghost story set in the haunting wilderness of the far north.

gothic atmosphere · ghosts · survival · psychological thriller · historical fiction

Fabulous Bodies

Chuck Tingle · Horror

Fashion influencer by day and grave-robber by night, Poppy Stringer is on call when Eddie Michaels—a flamboyant, piano-slamming rockstar and queer…

romantic comedy · found family · ghosts

Bodies of Work

Clay McLeod Chapman · Horror

“Clay McLeod Chapman is one of my favorite horror storytellers working today.” — Jordan Peele A murderous artist is haunted by the spirits of those…

psychological thriller · revenge plot · ghosts · grimdark

Beloved

Toni Morrison · Literary Fiction

Toni Morrison--author of Song of Solomon and Tar Baby--is a writer of remarkable powers: her novels, brilliantly acclaimed for their passion, their…

historical fiction · magical realism · trauma recovery · haunted setting · ghosts

Ninth House

Leigh Bardugo · Fantasy

Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class.

dark academia · urban fantasy · trauma recovery · ghosts · demons

Wretch

Eric LaRocca · Horror

From rising horror star and award-winning author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke comes a nightmarish, haunting, tech-Gothic thrill…

dark romance · obsessive love · trauma recovery · gothic atmosphere · ghosts

The Silent Companions

Laura Purcell · Horror

**When newly widowed Elsie is sent to see out her pregnancy at her late husband's crumbling country estate, The Bridge, what greets her is far from…

gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · ghosts · locked room · psychological thriller

The Girl with a Thousand Faces

Sunyi Dean · Fantasy

Mercy Chan is a triad exorcist with a mysterious past.

gothic atmosphere · ghosts · historical fiction · urban fantasy · trauma recovery

Turn Off the Light

Jacquie Walters · Horror

Two women living centuries apart are bound by the same dark secret in this haunting novel that "upends everything you think you know about ghost…

gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · multiple timelines · ghosts · twist ending

Heart-Shaped Box LP

Joe Hill · Horror

Judas Coyne is a collector of the macabre: a cookbook for cannibals .

psychological thriller · ghosts · obsessive love · revenge plot

Soul Searching

Lyla Sage · Romance

Home is where the heart is—and this one is haunted.

paranormal romance · small town · slow burn · ghosts · trauma recovery

The Brides

Charlotte Cross · Horror

Before Dracula, there were the brides .

gothic atmosphere · ghosts · paranormal romance · haunted setting · twist ending

Sing, Unburied, Sing

Jesmyn Ward · Literary Fiction

**A SEARING AND PROFOUND SOUTHERN ODYSSEY BY NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER JESMYN WARD** In Jesmyn Ward's first novel since her National Book…

coming of age · found family · trauma recovery · magical realism · ghosts

The Dead Romantics

Ashley Poston · Romance

paranormal romance · slow burn · ghosts · forbidden romance · romantic comedy

Hunger

Joe Hill · Horror

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of King Sorrow, The Fireman, and NOS4A2 comes a chilling new novel about the battle for a country's…

ghosts · psychological thriller · high stakes survival

Stolen Tongues

Felix Blackwell · Horror

A romantic cabin getaway doesn’t go exactly as planned.

forced proximity · ghosts · gothic atmosphere · paranormal romance · survival

When I Was Death

Alexis Henderson · Horror

A group of girls does Death incarnate's bidding in this haunting speculative young adult novel by the author of The Year of the Witching.

coming of age · trauma recovery · found family · ghosts

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens · Literary Fiction

A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost-Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens.

redemption arc · ghosts · gothic atmosphere · coming of age

Our Sister's Keeper

Jasmine Holmes · Literary Fiction

Mississippi, 1927. The groanings are coming. No town is perfect, but East Cobb comes close. It's a wealthy all-Black Free Town--untouched by white…

historical fiction · haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · ghosts · closed circle

The Babysitter Lives

Stephen Graham Jones · Horror

The Babysitter Lives When high school senior Charlotte agrees to babysit the Wilbanks twins, she plans to put the six-year-olds to bed early and…

high stakes survival · haunted setting · ghosts

The Winter People

Jennifer McMahon · Horror

The New York Times bestselling author of The Invited will shock you with a simmering psychological thriller about ghostly secrets, dark choices, and…

psychological thriller · haunted setting · ghosts · trauma recovery · multiple timelines

The Woman in Black

Susan Hill · Horror

In the process of settling an estate, Arthur Kipps finds himself confronted with some very unsettling matters.

gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · ghosts · psychological thriller

The Amityville Horror

Jay Anson · Horror

The Amityville Horror is a book by American author Jay Anson, published in September 1977.

haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · ghosts

13 Months Haunted

Jimmy Juliano · Horror

From Dead Eleven author Jimmy Juliano, a twisty, edge-of-your-seat novel about a unique haunting in the early 2000s Piper Lowery, a public library…

psychological thriller · haunted setting · twist ending · ghosts

The Warm Hands of Ghosts

Katherine Arden · Literary Fiction

During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despite eerie signs that suggest otherwise, in this…

historical fiction · magical realism · quest · ghosts

Junie

Erin Crosby Eckstine · Literary Fiction

"A strong-willed enslaved girl is haunted by her sister's ghost as she grapples with circumstances beyond her control, risking her life as the Civil…

survival · trauma recovery · historical fiction · ghosts

Harbour of Hungry Ghosts

Eliza Chan · Fantasy

"My name is not Kim, it's Kiamling.

urban fantasy · found family · demons · ghosts

The Tower of the Tyrant

J.T. Greathouse · Fantasy

In a terrorized kingdom where the ghosts of the past do not rest in peace, a sorceress comes calling.

grimdark · gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · morally grey character · ghosts

Midnight on the Celestial

Julia Alexandra · Fantasy

Roe Damarcus has never been afraid of the dead.

paranormal romance · ghosts · dark romance · high stakes survival

Naomi's Room

Jonathan Aycliffe · Horror

'A chilling story' -- Independent Charles and Laura live a sheltered, gilded life in the the privileged world of Cambridge academia: young and in…

haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · ghosts

Ghost Story

Peter Straub · Horror

In a seedy motel in Florida, a young man holds captive a little girl in a soiled pink dress.

gothic atmosphere · ghosts · psychological thriller · twist ending · haunted setting

And the Sea Gave Up the Dead

William Friend · Horror

For fans of Jennifer Thorne's Diavola and We Have Always Lived in the Castle comes William Friend's latest stunning novel where grief, mystery, and…

gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · trauma recovery · ghosts · small town

A Sea of Unspoken Things

Adrienne Young · Mystery & Thriller

"In this captivating atmospheric novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Unmaking of June Farrow, a woman investigates her twin…

psychological thriller · trauma recovery · ghosts

Starling House

Alix E. Harrow · Horror

I dream sometimes about a house I’ve never seen… Opal is a lot of things—orphan, high school dropout, full-time cynic and part-time cashier—but…

haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · ghosts · forced proximity · slow burn

These Walls Remember

Del Sandeen · Horror

When two estranged sisters inherit a home possessed by the horrors of its dark past, they must work together to survive in this viscerally chilling…

gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · ghosts · found family · psychological thriller

Masters of Death

Olivie Blake · Fantasy

Viola Marek is a struggling real estate agent, and a vampire.

urban fantasy · paranormal romance · slow burn · vampires · ghosts

Summer Sons

Lee Mandelo · Horror

Lee Mandelo's debut Summer Sons is a sweltering, queer Southern Gothic that crosses Appalachian street racing with academic intrigue, all haunted by…

gothic atmosphere · paranormal romance · small town · ghosts · forbidden romance