18 books like Haunted

What to read after Haunted — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Lost in the Light Mary Castillo · 2012 NO ONE REMEMBERS… One October morning in 1932, Vicente Sorolla entered the white house on the hill and was never seen again. Now, Detective Dori Orihuela helplessly witnesses his brutal murder in her nightmares. Settling into a 120 year-old Edwardian mansion, Dori restores her dream home while recovering from a bullet wound and waiting to go back on duty. But then one afternoon, Vicente… Shares: Haunted houses, Paranormal

The Room In The Dragon Volant Sheridan Le Fanu · 2002 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Shares: Paranormal

Cameos Marie Corelli · 1895 · ★ 3.4 · 291p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Cameo appearance, a brief appearance of a known figure in a film or television show, metaphorically named after a cameo carving Shares: Paranormal

Luces de Septiembre Carlos Ruiz Zafón · 2003 · ★ 4.4 · 287p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "When fourteen-year-old Irene Sauvelle moves with her family to Cape House on the coast of Normandy, she's immediately taken by the beauty of the place--its expansive cliffs, coasts, and harbors. There, she meets a local boy named Ishmael, and the two soon fall in love. But a dark mystery is about to unfold, involving a reclusive toymaker who lives in a gigantic mansion filled with mechanical… Shares: Haunted houses, Paranormal

Dangerous spaces Margaret Mahy · 1991 · ★ 3.5 · 154p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Flora has always known that her house is haunted. But things have taken a sinister turn since her orphaned cousin Anthea moved in. Frightening scenes are played out in the night--and in the girls' dreams. Although they don't get along, the two must work together to escape their nightmares--before they get trapped forever. The Shares: Haunted houses, Paranormal

The House of Seven Gables Readalong Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1851 · ★ 3.5 · 282p · ≈ 9h · Challenging In a sleepy little New England village stands a dark, weather-beaten, many-gabled house. This brooding mansion is haunted by a centuries-old curse that casts the shadow of ancestral sin upon the last four members of the distinctive Pyncheon family. Mysterious deaths threaten the living. Musty documents nestle behind hidden panels carrying the secret of the family's salvation -- or its… Shares: Haunted houses, Paranormal

Ghost story Peter Straub · 1979 · ★ 3.9 · 507p · ≈ 16h · Moderate In a seedy motel in Florida, a young man holds captive a little girl in a soiled pink dress. He is anxious, tormented, introspective. She is calm, passive, strangely detached. She says her name is Angie Maule. Shares: Paranormal

The elixir of life (Auriol) William Harrison Ainsworth · 1844 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Shares: Paranormal

With the immortals Francis Marion Crawford · 1888 · 314p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Shares: Paranormal

The Shining Stephen King · 1977 · ★ 4.3 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Moderate The Shining is a 1977 horror novel by American author Stephen King. It is King's third published novel and first hardback bestseller; its success firmly established King as a preeminent author in the horror genre. The setting and characters are influenced by King's personal experiences, including both his visit to The Stanley Hotel in 1974 and his struggle with alcoholism. The book was followed… Shares: Haunted houses, Paranormal

Eat, Slay, Love Jesse Petersen · 2011 · ★ 3.7 Two zombie apocalypse survivors search for a cure and fight the undead together in this inventive and darkly funny romantic comedy perfect for fans of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Sarah and David have survived the zombie apocalypse. They stood side by side and fought the undead, mad scientists, and even bionic monsters until the unthinkable happened. A zombie bite. But not even that could… Shares: Paranormal

Never Whistle at Night Shane Hawk & Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. · 2023 · ★ 3.8 · 444p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Many Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief takes many forms: for instance, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the Hukai’po, the spirits of ancient warriors, and Native Mexicans say it calls Lechuza, a witch that can transform into an owl. But what all these legends hold in common is the certainty that whistling at night can cause evil spirits to appear—and… Shares: Paranormal

Vera, the medium; "Miss Civilization" Richard Harding Davis · 1905 · 215p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Shares: Paranormal

The September House Carissa Orlando · 2023 · ★ 3.9 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Moderate When Margaret and her husband Hal bought the large Victorian house on Hawthorn Street—for sale at a surprisingly reasonable price—they couldn’t believe they finally had a home of their own. Then they discovered the hauntings. Every September, the walls drip blood. The ghosts of former inhabitants appear, and all of them are terrified of something that lurks in the basement. Most people would… Shares: Paranormal

Wilderness Dennis Danvers · 1991 · ★ 3.0 · 376p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Alice White has a secret. There is no friend or family member she can confide in—and she cannot trust it to the strangers she chooses for the fevered one-night stands that are as close as she dares come to love. Then she meets Erik Summers, college professor and biologist, who draws Alice from her cage, igniting a passion within her that she can't control or deny. Though he shares her fire and a… Shares: Paranormal

Tales of Men and Ghosts Edith Wharton · 1910 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Tales of Men and Ghosts is a collection of ten Edith Wharton short stories: "The Bolted Door," "His Father's Son," "The Daunt Diana," "The Debt," "Full Circle," "The Legend," "The Eyes," "The Blond Beast," "Afterward," and "The Letters." Shares: Paranormal

A Quiet Rebellion M. H. Thaung · 2018 When infectious paranormal powers aren't a gift but a threat to society, a man's conscience leads him into increasing trouble as he opposes a corrupt official. Convoy captain Jonathan has a guilty secret: he killed a traveller who was cursed while under his protection. The killing wasn't to defend the innocent, but to hide governmental employment of curse victims—like Jonathan—who have developed… Shares: Paranormal

Come the night Susan Krinard · 2008 · ★ 4.0 · 459p · ≈ 15h · Moderate The Great War has endedAnd Gillian Maitland is to marry a werewolf of her father's choosing—ensuring the purity of their noble bloodline. Still, she can't forget Ross Kavanaugh, the American whose forbidden touch unleashed a passion she'd never known. And when Ross returns unexpectedly to England, he's no longer the man she remembers, but a hard-boiled ex-cop who harbors a dark secret.The… Shares: Paranormal

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