18 books like Lost in the Light

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Take Your Pick of Haunted Places G. G. Lake · 2017 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Prepare to be scared as you choose between some of the scariest places on Earth. Fun facts willl keep kids scared, interested—and grossed out! Shares: Haunted houses, Ghosts

Perron Family Haunting Ebony Joy Wilkins · 2019 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate The Perron family received this advice from the previous homeowner of their Rhode Island farmhouse: "For the sake of your family, leave the lights on at night!" A ghostly witch named Bathsheba led the haunting of the Perron family, physically and psychologically tormenting them. This legendary ghost story eventually became the subject of the movie The Conjuring, and continued to haunt the Perron… Shares: Haunted houses, Ghosts

Ghosts in Amityville Jack DeMolay · 2006 Tells, in graphic novel format, the strange, ghostly happening in the Lutz home in Amityville, N.Y. Shares: Haunted houses, Ghosts

Haunted Heather Graham · 2003 · ★ 3.8 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Matt Stone doesn't believe in ghosts. But there are those who are convinced his home, a historic Virginia estate that dates back to the Revolutionary War, is haunted. Pressured to get at the truth about some strange happenings at Melody House, he agrees to let Harrison Investigations explore the house.But he isn't ready for beautiful, intriguing Darcy Tremayne. As a paranormal investigator, Darcy… 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, Ghosts, Paranormal, Historical Fiction

The Ghosts Of Belcourt Castle Harle H. Tinney · 2010 There’s hardly a room in Belcourt Castle that is specter free. In The Ghosts of Belcourt Castle, author Harle Tinney shares over twenty paranormal experiences at Belcourt Castle in Newport, Rhode Island. This sixty-room mansion was completed in 1894, but it stood empty for many years until Donald Tinney and his family purchased it in 1956.Accompanied by photographs, The Ghosts of Belcourt Castle,… Shares: Haunted houses, Ghosts

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, Ghosts, Paranormal

Poltergeist Colin Wilson · 1981 · ★ 3.8 · 382p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Banging noises and disembodied voices, coming from nowhere and everywhere. Furniture chasing people through the house. Pots and pans and knives and knick-knacks flying through the air. These are the hallmarks of the poltergeist phenomenon. This book on destructive hauntings examines the evidence and develops a theory of the poltergeist phenomenon. Shares: Haunted houses, Ghosts

The Room In The Dragon Volant Sheridan Le Fanu · 2002 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Moderate The Room in the Dragon Volant is somewhat unusual for le Fanu, since it’s not really a supernatural tale. It does however have plenty of gothic elements and some genuine horror, and it’s an ingenious and entertaining tale. Shares: Paranormal

Cameos Marie Corelli · 1895 · ★ 3.4 · 291p · ≈ 9h · Challenging The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century’s most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of… Shares: Paranormal

Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia · 2020 · ★ 3.9 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate An isolated mansion. A chillingly charismatic aristocrat. And a brave socialite drawn to expose their treacherous secrets. . . . From the author of Gods of Jade and Shadow comes “a terrifying twist on classic gothic horror” (Kirkus Reviews) set in glamorous 1950s Mexico. After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí… Shares: Haunted houses, Ghosts, Historical Fiction

Home as found James Fenimore Cooper · 1800 · ★ 5.0 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Challenging "No society, dear!--Why you were at the Henderson's, and the Morgan's, and the Drewett's; three of the greatest _réunions_ that we have had in two winters!"' "I did not know that you meant those unpleasant crowds, by society". "Unpleasant crowds! Why, child, that is society, is it not?' "Not what I have been taught to consider such; I rather think it would be better to call it company". "And is… Shares: Historical Fiction

The Border Empire Ralph Compton · 1997 · ★ 4.0 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Wes Stone was a lawman—until the Sandlin gang gunned down his legendary father. Now, he's giving up his badge for vengeance... Shares: Historical Fiction

A face at the window Dennis McFarland · 1997 · 314p · ≈ 10h · Moderate After sending their only daughter off to boarding school, Cookson Selway and his wife, Ellen, travel to London to escape their empty, echoing house. But their quiet hotel has guests other than those on the register, and a vacation intended to distract them from the present instead becomes a chilling confrontation with the past. Selway, an escapist with an alcoholic history and a gift for… Shares: Ghosts, 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

This House Is Haunted John Boyne · 2013 · ★ 3.6 · 297p · ≈ 9h · Moderate 1867. Eliza Caine arrives in Norfolk to take up her position as governess at Gaudlin Hall on a dark and chilling night. As she makes her way across the station platform, a pair of invisible hands push her from behind into the path of an approaching train. She is only saved by the vigilance of a passing doctor. When she finally arrives, shaken, at the hall she is greeted by the two children in her… Shares: Haunted houses, Historical Fiction

Unhallowed ground Heather Graham · 2009 · ★ 4.4 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate When Sarah McKinley is finally able to buy and restore the historic Florida mansion she always loved, she dismisses the horror stories of past residents vanishing and a dead housekeeper who practiced black magic. Then she makes a grim discovery. Hidden within the walls of Sarah's dream house are the remains of dozens of bodies—some dating back over a century.The door to the past is blown wide… Shares: Ghosts, Paranormal, Historical Fiction

Pan Michael An historical novel Henryk Sienkiewicz · 1893 · ★ 4.2 · 542p · ≈ 18h · Challenging The third and final book of Henryk Sienkiewicz’s Trilogy takes a closer and more intimate look at one of the series’ protagonists: Pan Michael Volodyovski. The Polish Commonwealth has been through intense periods of war, and the peace that follows leaves one of its greatest heroes, Pan Michael, finally free to marry his beloved Panna Anusia. But in a twist of fate, she falls ill and dies, leaving… Shares: Historical Fiction

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