18 books like The smile of a ghost

What to read after The smile of a ghost — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The Devil You Know

The Devil You Know Mike Carey · 2006 · ★ 3.8 · 472p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Felix Castor is a freelance exorcist, and London is his stamping ground. It may seem like a good ghostbuster can charge what he likes and enjoy a hell of a lifestyle--but there's a risk: Sooner or later he's going to take on a spirit that's too strong for him. While trying to back out of this ill-conceived career, Castor accepts a seemingly simple ghost-hunting case at a museum in the shadowy… Shares Exorcism, Romans

Proposal

Proposal Meg Cabot · 2016 · ★ 3.9 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Light The short story Mediator fans everywhere have been waiting years to read… a fun, fast-paced, never-before-read scene in which Suze Simon agrees to marry her no-longer-dead ghost boyfriend, Jesse de Silva!The last place Suze Simon expects to find herself during Valentine’s Day is a cemetery. But that’s what happens when you’re a mediator—cursed with the “gift” of communicating with the dead.That’s… Shares Romans

Twenty years' experience as a ghost hunter Elliott O'Donnell · 1916 · ★ 3.3 · 232p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares Ghosts with this book.

Ghostly phenomena Elliott O'Donnell · 1910 · 99p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Shares Ghosts with this book.

Historic Ghosts And Ghost Hunters H. Addington Bruce · 2008 · 129p · ≈ 4h · Light Shares Ghosts with this book.

Haunted places in England Elliott O'Donnell · 1919 · 236p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares Ghosts with this book.

The inquisitor Hugh Walpole · 1934 · 493p · ≈ 16h · Moderate When the old usurer in a small English cathedral town suddenly disapperas, his ghost is said to walk the town. Shares Ghosts

The Remains of an Altar (Merrily Watkins Mysteries) Phil Rickman · 2006 · 544p · ≈ 18h · Moderate "In 1934, the dying composer Sir Edward Elgar feebly whistled to a friend the theme from his Cello Concerto and said, "If you're walking on the Malvern Hills and hear that, don't be frightened. It's only me." Seventy years later, Merrily Watkins--parish priest and Deliverance Consultant to the Diocese of Hereford--is called in to investigate an alleged paranormal dimension in a spate of road… Shares Women clergy, Ghosts

The Wine of Angels Phil Rickman · 1998 · ★ 4.0 · 609p · ≈ 20h · Challenging ‘The red soil and the long, wooded hills… the twisted houses with old bones of blackened oak. And the apples. Why were apples so wholesome while the orchard was so oppressive?’ The new vicar had never wanted a picture-postcard parish. But appearances deceive. Ledwardine has a hidden history of abuse and murder, and Merrily Watkins might do well to heed the anonymous message that speaks of *The… Shares Women clergy, Ghosts

I'll Haunt You! Shannon Knudsen · 2014 · 24p · ≈ 48m · Light Shares Ghosts with this book.

Scottish Ghost Stories Elliott O'Donnell · 1911 · 116p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Shares Ghosts with this book.

Mob Psycho 100 ONE · 2018 · ★ 4.6 · 200p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares Teenage boys, Ghosts with this book.

Imago bird Nicholas Mosley · 1980 · ★ 3.5 · 185p · ≈ 6h · Moderate "This novel examines the contradictions between the public face and the private experience. Nephew to the prime minister of England, Bert tries to make sense of the grown-up world around him, a colorful crowd of television personalities, politicians, young Trotskyites, pop stars, and eccentric relatives. With the help of his laconic psychoanalyst, Bert questions the relation between exterior and… Shares Teenage boys

From a Buick 8 Stephen King · 2002 · ★ 3.7 · 491p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Una novela sobre una fascinación enfermiza y peligrosa. Una novela de verdadero terror. Pensilvania, 1979. Llega un extraño a una gasolinera para repostar. Conduce un Buick modelo 1954 pero en perfecto estado. El conductor va al baño y nunca reaparece. La policía se hace cargo del coche, que ahora no funciona, y lo guarda en una nave detrás de la comisaría. Y aquí empieza una historia… Shares Teenage boys

The Spook's Apprentice Joseph Delaney · 2004 · ★ 4.0 · 316p · ≈ 10h · Moderate For years, Old Gregory has been the Spook for the county, ridding the local villages of evil. Now his time is coming to an end. But who will take over for him? Twenty-nine apprentices have tried—some floundered, some fled, some failed to stay alive. Only Thomas Ward is left. He’s the last hope; the last apprentice. Can Thomas succeed? Will he learn the difference between a benign witch and… Shares Exorcism, Romans

Byways of ghost-land Elliott O'Donnell · 1911 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Ghosts with this book.

Clash of the Demons Joseph Delaney · 2009 · ★ 4.5 · 405p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Tom is reunited with his mother and must return to Greece to face a new and terrible threat from the dark forces, and a momentous decision must be made, causing a serious rift between Tom and the Spook that threatens to separate them forever. Shares Teenage boys, Ghosts

Blue Heaven

Blue Heaven C. J. Box · 2008 · ★ 4.5 · 463p · ≈ 15h · Moderate A twelve-year-old girl and her younger brother go on the run in the woods of North Idaho, pursued by four men they have just watched commit murder---four men who know exactly who William and Annie are, and who know exactly where their desperate mother is waiting for news of her children’s fate. Retired cops from Los Angeles, the killers easily persuade the inexperienced sheriff to let them lead… Shares Ex-police officers

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