Best Ghosts Books | Summaries & Audio

Ghosts Book Summaries

Murder Road

by Simone St. James • 2024

Newlyweds pick up a dying hitchhiker on a dark road with a history of murdered girls.

3.68

59k+

👻 Paranormal Mystery 🖤 Ghost Story 🌑 Supernatural Thriller 💀 Vengeful Ghost 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

Murder Road

Newlyweds pick up a dying hitchhiker on a dark road with a history of murdered girls.

by Simone St. James 2024 341 pages

3.68

59k+ ratings

👻 Paranormal Mystery 🖤 Ghost Story 🌑 Supernatural Thriller 💀 Vengeful Ghost 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

The Black Phone

by Joe Hill • 2005

Ghosts, killers, and an inflatable boy: fifteen literary horror stories about what will not let go.

3.89

49k+

🖤 Literary Horror 📚 Short Story Collection 👻 Haunted By The Past 🌧️ Melancholy Horror 🧸 Childhood Innocence Lost

The Black Phone

Ghosts, killers, and an inflatable boy: fifteen literary horror stories about what will not let go.

by Joe Hill 2005 316 pages

3.89

49k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 📚 Short Story Collection 👻 Haunted By The Past 🌧️ Melancholy Horror 🧸 Childhood Innocence Lost

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens • 1843

Scrooge hates Christmas and hoards his money. Three spirits visit to show him what he's lost.

4.09

900k+

👻 Victorian Ghost Story 🎄 Christmas Redemption 💀 Supernatural Visitation ⏳ Haunted By The Past 🕰️ Victorian London

A Christmas Carol

Scrooge hates Christmas and hoards his money. Three spirits visit to show him what he's lost.

by Charles Dickens 1843 184 pages

4.09

900k+ ratings

👻 Victorian Ghost Story 🎄 Christmas Redemption 💀 Supernatural Visitation ⏳ Haunted By The Past 🕰️ Victorian London

Grave Peril

by Jim Butcher • 2001

When Chicago's ghosts go berserk, a wizard traces the mayhem to a vampire queen's deadly invitation.

4.13

100k+

🧙 Wizard Detective 🧛 Vampire Politics 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🧚 Faerie Bargains 😏 Snarky Narrator

Grave Peril

When Chicago's ghosts go berserk, a wizard traces the mayhem to a vampire queen's deadly invitation.

by Jim Butcher 2001 378 pages

4.13

100k+ ratings

🧙 Wizard Detective 🧛 Vampire Politics 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🧚 Faerie Bargains 😏 Snarky Narrator

Party of Liars

by Kelsey Cox • 2024

A new mother feels watched in a cliffside mansion. Her psychiatrist husband blames anxiety.

3.94

26k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🕯️ Modern Gothic 🔥 Gaslighting 🤱 Postpartum Anxiety 💔 Toxic Female Friendship

Party of Liars

A new mother feels watched in a cliffside mansion. Her psychiatrist husband blames anxiety.

by Kelsey Cox 2024 336 pages

3.94

26k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🕯️ Modern Gothic 🔥 Gaslighting 🤱 Postpartum Anxiety 💔 Toxic Female Friendship

Soul Searching

by Lyla Sage • 2025

A broke medium returns to her haunted hometown and the quiet upholsterer who anchors her there.

3.65

45k+

👻 Ghost Romance 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Wounded Healers 🫂 Found Family

Soul Searching

A broke medium returns to her haunted hometown and the quiet upholsterer who anchors her there.

by Lyla Sage 2025 368 pages

3.65

45k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Romance 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Wounded Healers 🫂 Found Family

Muse of Nightmares

by Laini Taylor • 2018

Sarai's dead, her soul hostage to a child's vengeance. Lazlo must destroy Weep to free her.

4.41

71k+

🌑 Dark Ya Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 👻 Ghost Romance ⚡ Fallen Gods 💔 Generational Trauma

Muse of Nightmares

Sarai's dead, her soul hostage to a child's vengeance. Lazlo must destroy Weep to free her.

by Laini Taylor 2018 514 pages

4.41

71k+ ratings

🌑 Dark Ya Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 👻 Ghost Romance ⚡ Fallen Gods 💔 Generational Trauma

Han cantado bingo

by Lana Corujo • 2025

On a volcanic island, her sister's murder unlocks a dark gift: the dead don't leave.

4.30

35k+

🖋️ Autofiction 🕯️ Haunted By Grief 💔 Sibling Loss 🌋 Volcanic Island 🧬 Inherited Trauma

Han cantado bingo

On a volcanic island, her sister's murder unlocks a dark gift: the dead don't leave.

by Lana Corujo 2025 184 pages

4.30

35k+ ratings

🖋️ Autofiction 🕯️ Haunted By Grief 💔 Sibling Loss 🌋 Volcanic Island 🧬 Inherited Trauma

Hurricane Child

by Kacen Callender • 2018

Haunted by a spirit and her absent mother, an island girl falls for the new student.

3.78

4k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Middle Grade 💖 First Queer Crush 🌴 Caribbean Setting 👻 Spirits And Ghosts 💔 Missing Mother

Hurricane Child

Haunted by a spirit and her absent mother, an island girl falls for the new student.

by Kacen Callender 2018 214 pages

3.78

4k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Middle Grade 💖 First Queer Crush 🌴 Caribbean Setting 👻 Spirits And Ghosts 💔 Missing Mother

The Dream Thieves

by Maggie Stiefvater • 2013

Ronan steals from his dreams. His nightmares escape, and a rival dreamer hungers for destruction.

4.22

200k+

🌙 Dream Magic 🖤 Found Family 💔 True Love's Curse ⚡ Ley Lines 👑 Mythic Quest

The Dream Thieves

Ronan steals from his dreams. His nightmares escape, and a rival dreamer hungers for destruction.

by Maggie Stiefvater 2013 439 pages

4.22

200k+ ratings

🌙 Dream Magic 🖤 Found Family 💔 True Love's Curse ⚡ Ley Lines 👑 Mythic Quest

Scritch Scratch

by Lindsay Currie • 2020

A ghost boy haunts a science-loving girl, his only clue a number scrawled on her wall.

3.91

5k+

👻 Kid Ghost Hunters 🤔 Skeptic Protagonist 📜 Forgotten History 🧪 Girl Scientist 🌃 Urban Ghost Story

Scritch Scratch

A ghost boy haunts a science-loving girl, his only clue a number scrawled on her wall.

by Lindsay Currie 2020 277 pages

3.91

5k+ ratings

👻 Kid Ghost Hunters 🤔 Skeptic Protagonist 📜 Forgotten History 🧪 Girl Scientist 🌃 Urban Ghost Story

The Whispering Skull

by Jonathan Stroud • 2014

A stolen mirror that kills on sight sends three teen ghost hunters into London's black market.

4.33

44k+

👻 Ghost-Hunting Team 🪞 Cursed Artifact 🫂 Found Family ⚔️ Rival Investigators 🌫️ Eerie Atmosphere

The Whispering Skull

A stolen mirror that kills on sight sends three teen ghost hunters into London's black market.

by Jonathan Stroud 2014 435 pages

4.33

44k+ ratings

👻 Ghost-Hunting Team 🪞 Cursed Artifact 🫂 Found Family ⚔️ Rival Investigators 🌫️ Eerie Atmosphere

My Heart Is a Chainsaw

by Stephen Graham Jones • 2021

A horror-obsessed teen outcast sees a slasher cycle devour her Idaho town while adults look away.

3.50

54k+

🪓 Slasher Horror 👧 Final Girl 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🎬 Meta Horror

My Heart Is a Chainsaw

A horror-obsessed teen outcast sees a slasher cycle devour her Idaho town while adults look away.

by Stephen Graham Jones 2021 405 pages

3.50

54k+ ratings

🪓 Slasher Horror 👧 Final Girl 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🎬 Meta Horror

Bone Crossed

by Patricia Briggs • 2010

A shapeshifter visits a friend's haunted house and walks straight into a vampire's trap.

4.33

100k+

🏚️ Haunted Mansion 👻 Ghost Investigation 🩸 Vampire Politics 🐺 Shapeshifter Protagonist 🐾 Pack Dynamics

Bone Crossed

A shapeshifter visits a friend's haunted house and walks straight into a vampire's trap.

by Patricia Briggs 2010 292 pages

4.33

100k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Mansion 👻 Ghost Investigation 🩸 Vampire Politics 🐺 Shapeshifter Protagonist 🐾 Pack Dynamics

Blue Lily, Lily Blue

by Maggie Stiefvater • 2014

Blue descends into a cursed cave to find her mother, where an ancient sleeper is stirring.

4.25

100k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🪄 Ley Line Magic 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🔮 Doomed By Prophecy

Blue Lily, Lily Blue

Blue descends into a cursed cave to find her mother, where an ancient sleeper is stirring.

by Maggie Stiefvater 2014 391 pages

4.25

100k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🪄 Ley Line Magic 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🔮 Doomed By Prophecy

Ghosts of the Shadow Market

by Cassandra Clare • 2019

An immortal monk scours a shadow market for the lost child who could heal a bloodline.

4.26

42k+

🏪 Magical Black Market 🫂 Found Family 💫 Immortal Love 👑 Lost Bloodline 👻 Resurrection Gone Wrong

Ghosts of the Shadow Market

An immortal monk scours a shadow market for the lost child who could heal a bloodline.

by Cassandra Clare 2019 617 pages

4.26

42k+ ratings

🏪 Magical Black Market 🫂 Found Family 💫 Immortal Love 👑 Lost Bloodline 👻 Resurrection Gone Wrong

Grim

by D.J. Krimmer • 2025

A reaper assigned to collect a dying woman falls for her instead. She has nine days left.

4.38

10k+

👻 Reaper Romance 📋 Bureaucratic Afterlife 🏚️ Southern Gothic ⏳ Countdown To Death 🏡 Ancestral Home

Grim

A reaper assigned to collect a dying woman falls for her instead. She has nine days left.

by D.J. Krimmer 2025 368 pages

4.38

10k+ ratings

👻 Reaper Romance 📋 Bureaucratic Afterlife 🏚️ Southern Gothic ⏳ Countdown To Death 🏡 Ancestral Home

House of Hearts

by Skyla Arndt • 2025

At a cursed gothic academy, an outsider hunts her best friend's killer among a secret society.

3.65

1k+

🔮 Dark Academia 🏰 Gothic Boarding School 💀 Generational Curse 🃏 Secret Society ❤️ Enemies To Lovers

House of Hearts

At a cursed gothic academy, an outsider hunts her best friend's killer among a secret society.

by Skyla Arndt 2025 288 pages

3.65

1k+ ratings

🔮 Dark Academia 🏰 Gothic Boarding School 💀 Generational Curse 🃏 Secret Society ❤️ Enemies To Lovers

Heaven Official's Blessing

by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù • 2022

A fallen god enters Ghost City and finds a ghost king whose devotion has lasted centuries.

4.63

36k+

💕 Danmei ⚔️ Xianxia 🖤 Fallen God 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💫 Hidden Devotion

Heaven Official's Blessing

A fallen god enters Ghost City and finds a ghost king whose devotion has lasted centuries.

by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù 2022 438 pages

4.63

36k+ ratings

💕 Danmei ⚔️ Xianxia 🖤 Fallen God 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💫 Hidden Devotion

Unbelievable

by Stacy Horn • 2009

The Duke lab proved telepathy with odds of one in an octillion. Science responded with silence.

3.27

500+

🔮 Parapsychology 🔬 History Of Science 🧠 Consciousness Studies 👻 Afterlife Research 🧪 Experimental Psychology

Unbelievable

The Duke lab proved telepathy with odds of one in an octillion. Science responded with silence.

by Stacy Horn 2009 289 pages

3.27

500+ ratings

🔮 Parapsychology 🔬 History Of Science 🧠 Consciousness Studies 👻 Afterlife Research 🧪 Experimental Psychology

Cops' True Stories of the Paranormal

by Loren W. Christensen • 2016

When cops encounter ghosts, UFOs, and demons, skepticism gets a badge.

3.89

500+

👮 Police Stories 👻 True Paranormal Accounts 🏚️ Haunted Locations 🛸 Ufo Sightings ✝️ Divine Intervention

Cops' True Stories of the Paranormal

When cops encounter ghosts, UFOs, and demons, skepticism gets a badge.

by Loren W. Christensen 2016 208 pages

3.89

500+ ratings

👮 Police Stories 👻 True Paranormal Accounts 🏚️ Haunted Locations 🛸 Ufo Sightings ✝️ Divine Intervention

The Screaming Staircase

by Jonathan Stroud • 2013

A psychic joins a ghost-hunting agency and must survive a night in England's most haunted house.

4.25

76k+

🕵️ Ghost Hunting 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 💕 Found Family 🔮 Psychic Abilities 🔍 Cold Case Murder

The Screaming Staircase

A psychic joins a ghost-hunting agency and must survive a night in England's most haunted house.

by Jonathan Stroud 2013 440 pages

4.25

76k+ ratings

🕵️ Ghost Hunting 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 💕 Found Family 🔮 Psychic Abilities 🔍 Cold Case Murder

The Turn of the Screw

by Henry James • 1898

A governess at a remote estate finds the children charmed by ghosts only she can see.

3.38

100k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 👧 Creepy Children 🏚️ Haunted Estate 🕯️ Victorian Gothic

The Turn of the Screw

A governess at a remote estate finds the children charmed by ghosts only she can see.

by Henry James 1898 121 pages

3.38

100k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 👧 Creepy Children 🏚️ Haunted Estate 🕯️ Victorian Gothic

Ghost Hunting

by Jason Hawes • 2007

A Ouija board opened the door to a demon. The ghost hunters who had to close it.

3.86

2k+

🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🧐 Paranormal Skepticism 👊 Poltergeist Activity 🗣️ Spirit Communication 🧸 Haunted Objects

Ghost Hunting

A Ouija board opened the door to a demon. The ghost hunters who had to close it.

by Jason Hawes 2007 288 pages

3.86

2k+ ratings

🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🧐 Paranormal Skepticism 👊 Poltergeist Activity 🗣️ Spirit Communication 🧸 Haunted Objects

Gypsy Freak

by Kristy Cunning • 2019

Four monster alphas need an immortal gypsy to break their curse, and none will share.

4.36

19k+

🖤 Monster Romance 💋 Why Choose 👻 Ghost Best Friend ⚡ Immortal Heroine 🧠 Memory Manipulation

Gypsy Freak

Four monster alphas need an immortal gypsy to break their curse, and none will share.

by Kristy Cunning 2019 248 pages

4.36

19k+ ratings

🖤 Monster Romance 💋 Why Choose 👻 Ghost Best Friend ⚡ Immortal Heroine 🧠 Memory Manipulation

The Invited

by Jennifer McMahon • 2019

A house built from a witch's curse. A girl digging for treasure. A bog that never forgets.

3.80

45k+

🖤 Rural Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🔍 Missing Mother 🏠 Found Family 🩸 Generational Trauma

The Invited

A house built from a witch's curse. A girl digging for treasure. A bog that never forgets.

by Jennifer McMahon 2019 353 pages

3.80

45k+ ratings

🖤 Rural Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🔍 Missing Mother 🏠 Found Family 🩸 Generational Trauma

The God and the Gwisin

by Sophie Kim • 2025

A ghost healer's fated soulmate is a trickster god with centuries of love she cannot remember.

4.17

4k+

🇰🇷 Korean Mythology 💫 Fated Soulmates 🔁 Reincarnation Romance 🔪 Murder Mystery 👻 Ghost Heroine

The God and the Gwisin

A ghost healer's fated soulmate is a trickster god with centuries of love she cannot remember.

by Sophie Kim 2025 416 pages

4.17

4k+ ratings

🇰🇷 Korean Mythology 💫 Fated Soulmates 🔁 Reincarnation Romance 🔪 Murder Mystery 👻 Ghost Heroine

Le sacrilège

by Patrick Isabelle • 2018

A bloodstained ouija board at a teen party awakens a possessing spirit with unfinished business.

4.00

1k+

🏚️ Small Town Horror 👁️ Teen Possession 🪑 Ouija Horror 🔮 Witch Bloodline 🤝 Found Family

Le sacrilège

A bloodstained ouija board at a teen party awakens a possessing spirit with unfinished business.

by Patrick Isabelle 2018 328 pages

4.00

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Small Town Horror 👁️ Teen Possession 🪑 Ouija Horror 🔮 Witch Bloodline 🤝 Found Family

The Paradox Hotel

by Rob Hart • 2022

A time-slipping security chief finds a vanished corpse as time itself fractures inside the hotel.

3.53

10k+

🕰️ Time Travel Mystery 💔 Ghost Of Lost Love 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 👥 Found Family

The Paradox Hotel

A time-slipping security chief finds a vanished corpse as time itself fractures inside the hotel.

by Rob Hart 2022 336 pages

3.53

10k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Mystery 💔 Ghost Of Lost Love 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 👥 Found Family

Ghostland

by Colin Dickey • 2016

America's ghost stories are a map of its hidden anxieties, buried crimes, and abandoned dreams.

3.73

10k+

🐴 American Folklore 👁️ Freudian Uncanny 🎟️ Dark Tourism 🧠 Collective Memory 🗺️ Psychogeography

Ghostland

America's ghost stories are a map of its hidden anxieties, buried crimes, and abandoned dreams.

by Colin Dickey 2016 320 pages

3.73

10k+ ratings

🐴 American Folklore 👁️ Freudian Uncanny 🎟️ Dark Tourism 🧠 Collective Memory 🗺️ Psychogeography

The Little Stranger

by Sarah Waters • 2009

A country doctor called to a decaying manor finds the house destroying the family from within.

3.57

60k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🌀 Unreliable Narrator ⚔️ Class Anxiety 🥀 Gothic Decay 🔥 Slow Burn Dread

The Little Stranger

A country doctor called to a decaying manor finds the house destroying the family from within.

by Sarah Waters 2009 512 pages

3.57

60k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🌀 Unreliable Narrator ⚔️ Class Anxiety 🥀 Gothic Decay 🔥 Slow Burn Dread

Delicious Monsters

by Liselle Sambury • 2023

A teen medium inherits a mansion that devours pain, where forgotten girls' ghosts demand justice.

4.03

7k+

🏚️ Haunted House 👻 Ghost Possession 🧬 Generational Trauma 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets ⏳ Dual Timelines

Delicious Monsters

A teen medium inherits a mansion that devours pain, where forgotten girls' ghosts demand justice.

by Liselle Sambury 2023 512 pages

4.03

7k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 👻 Ghost Possession 🧬 Generational Trauma 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets ⏳ Dual Timelines

Happy Medium

by Sarah Adler • 2024

Faking an exorcism goes wrong when the ghost is real and the farmer sees through her con.

3.67

19k+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 👻 Meddling Ghost 🌤️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🌾 Rural Romance 🏡 Cozy Paranormal

Happy Medium

Faking an exorcism goes wrong when the ghost is real and the farmer sees through her con.

by Sarah Adler 2024 12 pages

3.67

19k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 👻 Meddling Ghost 🌤️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🌾 Rural Romance 🏡 Cozy Paranormal

How to Survive a Horror Story

by Mallory Arnold • 2025

A deadly will traps writers in a hungry manor: confess your sins or become its next meal.

3.62

13k+

🪞 Meta Horror 🔪 Survival Horror 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🎲 Deadly Game 🏠 Sentient House

How to Survive a Horror Story

A deadly will traps writers in a hungry manor: confess your sins or become its next meal.

by Mallory Arnold 2025 368 pages

3.62

13k+ ratings

🪞 Meta Horror 🔪 Survival Horror 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🎲 Deadly Game 🏠 Sentient House

Gypsy Moon

by Kristy Cunning • 2019

Four cursed alphas need a gypsy to break their bonds, but sharing her could destroy them.

4.31

15k+

🫶 Why Choose Romance 🐺 Possessive Alphas 💀 Cursed Immortals 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict 💫 Fated Mates

Gypsy Moon

Four cursed alphas need a gypsy to break their bonds, but sharing her could destroy them.

by Kristy Cunning 2019 291 pages

4.31

15k+ ratings

🫶 Why Choose Romance 🐺 Possessive Alphas 💀 Cursed Immortals 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict 💫 Fated Mates

Shimmer

by Alyson Noel • 2011

A vengeful spirit feeds on anger and traps a ghost girl's friends in their worst memories.

3.73

8k+

🔮 Afterlife Fantasy 👻 Ghost Protagonist 💛 Found Family 🕯️ Trapped Spirits 🕊️ Compassion Heals

Shimmer

A vengeful spirit feeds on anger and traps a ghost girl's friends in their worst memories.

by Alyson Noel 2011 196 pages

3.73

8k+ ratings

🔮 Afterlife Fantasy 👻 Ghost Protagonist 💛 Found Family 🕯️ Trapped Spirits 🕊️ Compassion Heals

Ghost Hunters

by Deborah Blum • 2006

How a psychologist, a skeptic, and a Boston medium tried to prove life after death in a lab.

3.69

1k+

🧪 Psychical Research 🕰️ Victorian Era 💡 Intellectual History 🧠 History Of Psychology 🔮 Mediumship

Ghost Hunters

How a psychologist, a skeptic, and a Boston medium tried to prove life after death in a lab.

by Deborah Blum 2006 371 pages

3.69

1k+ ratings

🧪 Psychical Research 🕰️ Victorian Era 💡 Intellectual History 🧠 History Of Psychology 🔮 Mediumship

Haunted

by Meg Cabot • 2003

A rival medium returns with forbidden powers, threatening to tear her from her ghostly love.

4.14

40k+

🖤 Teen Medium 💔 Ghost Love Triangle 🌌 Realm Crossing 👻 Unfinished Business 😔 Survivor's Guilt

Haunted

A rival medium returns with forbidden powers, threatening to tear her from her ghostly love.

by Meg Cabot 2003 263 pages

4.14

40k+ ratings

🖤 Teen Medium 💔 Ghost Love Triangle 🌌 Realm Crossing 👻 Unfinished Business 😔 Survivor's Guilt

Ghosts

by Edith Wharton • 1937

Old houses, rational minds, and the quiet terror of discovering you are not alone.

3.85

1k+

🖋️ Literary Ghost Stories 🧠 Psychological Horror 🏚️ Haunted Houses 👻 Ambiguous Ghosts 😰 Quiet Dread

Ghosts

Old houses, rational minds, and the quiet terror of discovering you are not alone.

by Edith Wharton 1937 288 pages

3.85

1k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Ghost Stories 🧠 Psychological Horror 🏚️ Haunted Houses 👻 Ambiguous Ghosts 😰 Quiet Dread

Ghosts Among Us

by James Van Praagh • 2008

A medium's guide to sensing spirits, protecting your energy, and why the dead remain.

4.01

2k+

🧿 Mediumship 📞 Spirit Communication ✨ Afterlife Studies 👻 Ghost Encounters 🛡️ Energy Protection

Ghosts Among Us

A medium's guide to sensing spirits, protecting your energy, and why the dead remain.

by James Van Praagh 2008 216 pages

4.01

2k+ ratings

🧿 Mediumship 📞 Spirit Communication ✨ Afterlife Studies 👻 Ghost Encounters 🛡️ Energy Protection

Twilight

by Meg Cabot • 2005

A ghost-seeing teen loves a spirit. Saving him via time travel may cost her their love.

4.24

43k+

👻 Paranormal Ghost Romance 🏫 High School Paranormal 💔 Forbidden Supernatural Love 👀 Girl Who Sees Ghosts ⏳ Time Travel Romance

Twilight

A ghost-seeing teen loves a spirit. Saving him via time travel may cost her their love.

by Meg Cabot 2005 312 pages

4.24

43k+ ratings

👻 Paranormal Ghost Romance 🏫 High School Paranormal 💔 Forbidden Supernatural Love 👀 Girl Who Sees Ghosts ⏳ Time Travel Romance

Darkmans

by Nicola Barker • 2007

A medieval trickster possesses an English town, and the past speaks through its people.

3.65

2k+

👻 Domestic Haunting 🧬 Inherited Trauma 🌀 Unreliable Reality 🪞 Doubled Identities 💬 Linguistic Play

Darkmans

A medieval trickster possesses an English town, and the past speaks through its people.

by Nicola Barker 2007 838 pages

3.65

2k+ ratings

👻 Domestic Haunting 🧬 Inherited Trauma 🌀 Unreliable Reality 🪞 Doubled Identities 💬 Linguistic Play

Unfinished Business

by James Van Praagh • 2009

The dead confess their regrets through a medium. Their stories are a warning for the living.

4.27

1k+

📡 Mediumship 👻 Life After Death ✨ Spiritual Self-Help 💚 Forgiveness And Healing 🔄 Karma And Reincarnation

Unfinished Business

The dead confess their regrets through a medium. Their stories are a warning for the living.

by James Van Praagh 2009 256 pages

4.27

1k+ ratings

📡 Mediumship 👻 Life After Death ✨ Spiritual Self-Help 💚 Forgiveness And Healing 🔄 Karma And Reincarnation

Holly

by Adalyn Grace • 2025

Restless theater ghosts haunt a family of immortals gathering for their first Christmas together.

3.95

13k+

🫂 Found Family 🔮 Cozy Paranormal 💀 Personified Death 💕 Second Chance Romance 👻 Ghost Romance

Holly

Restless theater ghosts haunt a family of immortals gathering for their first Christmas together.

by Adalyn Grace 2025 384 pages

3.95

13k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🔮 Cozy Paranormal 💀 Personified Death 💕 Second Chance Romance 👻 Ghost Romance

Crazy Spooky Love

by Josie Silver • 2025

A psychic opens a ghost-busting agency, only to face her TV ex at a haunted mansion.

3.56

4k+

🔍 Ghost Hunting Agency 🔮 Psychic Heroine 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family ✨ Cozy Paranormal

Crazy Spooky Love

A psychic opens a ghost-busting agency, only to face her TV ex at a haunted mansion.

by Josie Silver 2025 320 pages

3.56

4k+ ratings

🔍 Ghost Hunting Agency 🔮 Psychic Heroine 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family ✨ Cozy Paranormal

Heaven Official's Blessing

by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù • 2017

To defeat the Heavenly Emperor, god and ghost king must sacrifice everything but each other.

4.80

16k+

🏮 Xianxia 🌸 Danmei 👫 Supernatural Couple 💗 Devotion 🩹 Hurt Comfort

Heaven Official's Blessing

To defeat the Heavenly Emperor, god and ghost king must sacrifice everything but each other.

by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù 2017 404 pages

4.80

16k+ ratings

🏮 Xianxia 🌸 Danmei 👫 Supernatural Couple 💗 Devotion 🩹 Hurt Comfort

Shadowland

by Jenny Carroll • 2000

She helps the dead cross over. Her bedroom ghost won't leave. Her school ghost wants revenge.

4.04

71k+

👻 Supernatural Calling 💕 Ghost Love Interest 😡 Vengeful Spirit 👨‍👩‍👦 Blended Family 💅 Snarky Heroine

Shadowland

She helps the dead cross over. Her bedroom ghost won't leave. Her school ghost wants revenge.

by Jenny Carroll 2000 287 pages

4.04

71k+ ratings

👻 Supernatural Calling 💕 Ghost Love Interest 😡 Vengeful Spirit 👨‍👩‍👦 Blended Family 💅 Snarky Heroine

The Silent Companions

by Laura Purcell • 2017

A pregnant widow inherits a crumbling estate where wooden figures with painted eyes appear to move.

3.87

46k+

🪆 Haunted Dolls 🔁 Generational Curse 🤐 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Victorian Gothic 🏚️ Crumbling Estate

The Silent Companions

A pregnant widow inherits a crumbling estate where wooden figures with painted eyes appear to move.

by Laura Purcell 2017 305 pages

3.87

46k+ ratings

🪆 Haunted Dolls 🔁 Generational Curse 🤐 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Victorian Gothic 🏚️ Crumbling Estate

Ninth Key

by Jenny Carroll • 2001

A ghost begs a teen medium to clear a tycoon of murder, or a killer walks.

4.06

41k+

👻 Teen Ghost Medium 💔 Ghostly Love Interest 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 🏫 High School Hauntings 😏 Snarky Heroine

Ninth Key

A ghost begs a teen medium to clear a tycoon of murder, or a killer walks.

by Jenny Carroll 2001 287 pages

4.06

41k+ ratings

👻 Teen Ghost Medium 💔 Ghostly Love Interest 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 🏫 High School Hauntings 😏 Snarky Heroine

The Whistling

by Rebecca Netley • 2021

A nanny on a remote Scottish island discovers a mute child and a house that whistles.

3.65

9k+

🕯️ Gothic Mansion 🕰️ Victorian Scotland 👻 Haunted House 👶 Nanny Protagonist 🧒 Mute Child

The Whistling

A nanny on a remote Scottish island discovers a mute child and a house that whistles.

by Rebecca Netley 2021 378 pages

3.65

9k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Mansion 🕰️ Victorian Scotland 👻 Haunted House 👶 Nanny Protagonist 🧒 Mute Child

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