Best Ghosts Books | Summaries & Audio

Ghosts Book Summaries

Academy of the Fateful

by Eva Chase • 2020

A cursed college's dying roses and vengeful ghosts force her to confront her darkest sins.

4.03

431

🖤 Dark Academia 👻 Paranormal Academy 💕 Found Family 🥀 Ancestral Curse 💔 Trauma Recovery

Academy of the Fateful

A cursed college's dying roses and vengeful ghosts force her to confront her darkest sins.

by Eva Chase 2020 268 pages

4.03

431 ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 👻 Paranormal Academy 💕 Found Family 🥀 Ancestral Curse 💔 Trauma Recovery

The Creeping Shadow

by Jonathan Stroud • 2016

A psychic loner rejoins her old team to stop a terrifying shadow that stirs the dead.

4.52

32k+

👻 Ghost Hunting 🔮 Psychic Powers 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Rivals To Allies ❤️‍🔥 Slow-Burn Romance

The Creeping Shadow

A psychic loner rejoins her old team to stop a terrifying shadow that stirs the dead.

by Jonathan Stroud 2016 445 pages

4.52

32k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Hunting 🔮 Psychic Powers 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Rivals To Allies ❤️‍🔥 Slow-Burn Romance

Schrader's Chord

by Scott Leeds • 2023

His inheritance: a record store and four cursed records. Playing them together wakes the dead.

4.02

2k+

🔮 Cursed Object 🔗 Generational Curse 👻 Grief And Haunting 🎸 Record Store ❤️ Found Family

Schrader's Chord

His inheritance: a record store and four cursed records. Playing them together wakes the dead.

by Scott Leeds 2023 434 pages

4.02

2k+ ratings

🔮 Cursed Object 🔗 Generational Curse 👻 Grief And Haunting 🎸 Record Store ❤️ Found Family

My Mother Cursed My Name

by Anamely Salgado Reyes • 2024

A girl who sees spirits must bury her grandmother in Mexico to break their curse of names.

3.83

1k+

🍂 Generational Saga 🍲 Magical Cooking 👻 Reluctant Psychic ✨ Lyrical Prose 🌵 Texas Borderlands

My Mother Cursed My Name

A girl who sees spirits must bury her grandmother in Mexico to break their curse of names.

by Anamely Salgado Reyes 2024 336 pages

3.83

1k+ ratings

🍂 Generational Saga 🍲 Magical Cooking 👻 Reluctant Psychic ✨ Lyrical Prose 🌵 Texas Borderlands

The Judge Wore Lamp Black

by Shelley Adina • 2021

An airship brings two sisters to a frontier judge; his murder leaves their father accused.

4.38

185

🔧 Steampunk Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 👻 Ghost Witnesses 💛 Found Family 🏚️ Haunted House

The Judge Wore Lamp Black

An airship brings two sisters to a frontier judge; his murder leaves their father accused.

by Shelley Adina 2021 219 pages

4.38

185 ratings

🔧 Steampunk Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 👻 Ghost Witnesses 💛 Found Family 🏚️ Haunted House

You Invited It In

by Sarah Jules • 2024

A widower fakes a haunting to expose a fraud. A demon answers. His son is prey.

3.79

2k+

🖤 Demonic Possession 💔 Grief Horror ⚠️ Hoax Gone Wrong 👦 Child In Peril 🔥 Slow-Burn Dread

You Invited It In

A widower fakes a haunting to expose a fraud. A demon answers. His son is prey.

by Sarah Jules 2024 254 pages

3.79

2k+ ratings

🖤 Demonic Possession 💔 Grief Horror ⚠️ Hoax Gone Wrong 👦 Child In Peril 🔥 Slow-Burn Dread

Finch House

by Ciera Burch • 2023

Grandfather vanished inside the forbidden Victorian. Micah must enter a house that traps children.

3.70

386

🏚️ Haunted House 🏠 Sentient House 👧 Missing Children 👻 Bargain With Ghosts 🩸 Family Curse

Finch House

Grandfather vanished inside the forbidden Victorian. Micah must enter a house that traps children.

by Ciera Burch 2023 207 pages

3.70

386 ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🏠 Sentient House 👧 Missing Children 👻 Bargain With Ghosts 🩸 Family Curse

Grimm Curiosities

by Sharon Lynn Fisher • 2024

A baron's son and a curiosity shopkeeper hunt the curse that stole both their mothers' voices.

4.20

6k+

🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy 🖤 Cozy Gothic 🗝️ Curiosity Shop 🚪 Hidden Portal 💕 Cross-Class Romance

Grimm Curiosities

A baron's son and a curiosity shopkeeper hunt the curse that stole both their mothers' voices.

by Sharon Lynn Fisher 2024 297 pages

4.20

6k+ ratings

🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy 🖤 Cozy Gothic 🗝️ Curiosity Shop 🚪 Hidden Portal 💕 Cross-Class Romance

Ada's Room

by Sharon Dodua Otoo • 2021

Reborn across centuries, a woman is haunted by a golden bracelet stolen from her first life.

3.48

1k+

🌀 Reincarnation Fiction 🗣️ Unusual Narrators 🌍 Colonial Legacy 🧬 Generational Trauma 💎 Stolen Artifact

Ada's Room

Reborn across centuries, a woman is haunted by a golden bracelet stolen from her first life.

by Sharon Dodua Otoo 2021 352 pages

3.48

1k+ ratings

🌀 Reincarnation Fiction 🗣️ Unusual Narrators 🌍 Colonial Legacy 🧬 Generational Trauma 💎 Stolen Artifact

A House of Bells

by J.T. Croft • 2021

Disgraced, a governess saves a mute child from poison and ghosts in a manor of bells.

3.82

1k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 👩‍🏫 Traumatized Governess 👻 Ghostly Child Guide 💕 Found Family 😱 Atmospheric Dread

A House of Bells

Disgraced, a governess saves a mute child from poison and ghosts in a manor of bells.

by J.T. Croft 2021 300 pages

3.82

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 👩‍🏫 Traumatized Governess 👻 Ghostly Child Guide 💕 Found Family 😱 Atmospheric Dread

These Familiar Walls

by C.J. Dotson • 2026

After her parents' murder, Amber moves home. The house remembers everything she tried to forget.

3.59

500+

🏚️ Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🩸 Generational Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets

These Familiar Walls

After her parents' murder, Amber moves home. The house remembers everything she tried to forget.

by C.J. Dotson 2026 288 pages

3.59

500+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🩸 Generational Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets

Midlife Bounty Hunter

by Shannon Mayer • 2020

A forty-one-year-old divorcee interviews for a bounty hunter job: a gauntlet of monsters and magic.

4.28

21k+

👩‍🦳 Midlife Heroine 🏙️ Magical Savannah 👻 Supernatural Bounty 🫂 Found Family 💬 Witty Banter

Midlife Bounty Hunter

A forty-one-year-old divorcee interviews for a bounty hunter job: a gauntlet of monsters and magic.

by Shannon Mayer 2020 340 pages

4.28

21k+ ratings

👩‍🦳 Midlife Heroine 🏙️ Magical Savannah 👻 Supernatural Bounty 🫂 Found Family 💬 Witty Banter

Conduit Crisis

by Louisa Masters • 2023

His best friend's fake romance collides with a spirit's warning about a hidden demon gateway.

4.26

2k+

☕ Cozy Paranormal 💞 Friends To Lovers 🎭 Fake Dating 💡 Bisexual Awakening 🏠 Found Family

Conduit Crisis

His best friend's fake romance collides with a spirit's warning about a hidden demon gateway.

by Louisa Masters 2023 256 pages

4.26

2k+ ratings

☕ Cozy Paranormal 💞 Friends To Lovers 🎭 Fake Dating 💡 Bisexual Awakening 🏠 Found Family

Summer of Grace

by Shani Struthers • 2021

Three friends, one golden summer, and the girl who vanished. Ten years later, Jules has to know why.

4.18

439

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🕵️ Cold Case 🤝 Found Family ✨ Enigmatic Outsider ⏳ Dual Timeline

Summer of Grace

Three friends, one golden summer, and the girl who vanished. Ten years later, Jules has to know why.

by Shani Struthers 2021 330 pages

4.18

439 ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🕵️ Cold Case 🤝 Found Family ✨ Enigmatic Outsider ⏳ Dual Timeline

White Is for Witching

by Helen Oyeyemi • 2009

The house Miranda Silver grew up in is alive, hungry, and it has never released a daughter.

3.54

13k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🕯️ Generational Curse 👯 Twins 💕 Sapphic Love Story

White Is for Witching

The house Miranda Silver grew up in is alive, hungry, and it has never released a daughter.

by Helen Oyeyemi 2009 256 pages

3.54

13k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🕯️ Generational Curse 👯 Twins 💕 Sapphic Love Story

Horrorstör

by Grady Hendrix • 2014

Trapped overnight in a knockoff IKEA, employees find the prison beneath still wants inmates.

3.65

100k+

🏢 Haunted Workplace 🌙 Trapped Overnight 👻 Ghost Hunt Gone Wrong 💼 Corporate Evil 🖤 Darkly Comic

Horrorstör

Trapped overnight in a knockoff IKEA, employees find the prison beneath still wants inmates.

by Grady Hendrix 2014 248 pages

3.65

100k+ ratings

🏢 Haunted Workplace 🌙 Trapped Overnight 👻 Ghost Hunt Gone Wrong 💼 Corporate Evil 🖤 Darkly Comic

The Toll

by Cherie Priest • 2019

A honeymooner loses his wife on a swamp bridge that the locals have appeased for generations.

3.41

4k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔄 Cyclical Curse 👁️ Supernatural Predator 🏘️ Haunted Town 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

The Toll

A honeymooner loses his wife on a swamp bridge that the locals have appeased for generations.

by Cherie Priest 2019 336 pages

3.41

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔄 Cyclical Curse 👁️ Supernatural Predator 🏘️ Haunted Town 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Existence

by Abbi Glines • 2004

She sees souls. He is Death. Their love breaks the rules, and the price is her life or his.

3.92

62k+

🖤 Death As Love Interest 👻 Sees Dead People 💔 Paranormal Love Triangle 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🥀 Early 2000s Paranormal

Existence

She sees souls. He is Death. Their love breaks the rules, and the price is her life or his.

by Abbi Glines 2004 202 pages

3.92

62k+ ratings

🖤 Death As Love Interest 👻 Sees Dead People 💔 Paranormal Love Triangle 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🥀 Early 2000s Paranormal

Shadows in the Moonlight

by Santa Montefiore • 2024

A psychic relives a Victorian tragedy to free a mother's ghost from a Cornish manor.

4.30

5k+

🖤 Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted Manor ⏳ Timeslip Romance 🔮 Psychic Investigator 📜 Governess Gothic

Shadows in the Moonlight

A psychic relives a Victorian tragedy to free a mother's ghost from a Cornish manor.

by Santa Montefiore 2024 356 pages

4.30

5k+ ratings

🖤 Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted Manor ⏳ Timeslip Romance 🔮 Psychic Investigator 📜 Governess Gothic

I Stop Somewhere

by T.E. Carter • 2018

A murdered girl's ghost watches from a rotting house as her killer charms his next victim.

3.91

3k+

🪦 Dead Girl Narrator 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🤝 Survivor Solidarity 🔥 Feminist Rage 🌫️ Bleak Small Town

I Stop Somewhere

A murdered girl's ghost watches from a rotting house as her killer charms his next victim.

by T.E. Carter 2018 320 pages

3.91

3k+ ratings

🪦 Dead Girl Narrator 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🤝 Survivor Solidarity 🔥 Feminist Rage 🌫️ Bleak Small Town

Vortex Conundrum

by Louisa Masters • 2022

A haunted estate manager despises the demon hunter he needs, but the ghosts are playing matchmaker.

4.26

2k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏰 Haunted Estate 🏠 Found Family 🏨 Forced Proximity 🧹 Cozy Supernatural

Vortex Conundrum

A haunted estate manager despises the demon hunter he needs, but the ghosts are playing matchmaker.

by Louisa Masters 2022 268 pages

4.26

2k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏰 Haunted Estate 🏠 Found Family 🏨 Forced Proximity 🧹 Cozy Supernatural

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

by Douglas Adams • 1987

A CEO's murder leads to time travel, an alien ghost, and a horse in a bathroom.

3.97

100k+

🎭 Comic Science Fiction 🔍 Absurdist Mystery ⏳ Time Travel Paradox 👻 Ghost Possession 🧐 Eccentric Professor

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

A CEO's murder leads to time travel, an alien ghost, and a horse in a bathroom.

by Douglas Adams 1987 306 pages

3.97

100k+ ratings

🎭 Comic Science Fiction 🔍 Absurdist Mystery ⏳ Time Travel Paradox 👻 Ghost Possession 🧐 Eccentric Professor

Beyond Black

by Hilary Mantel • 2005

Her spirit guide is her childhood abuser. She tours England's motorways with her assistant.

3.43

10k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🔮 Psychic Mediums 🏘️ Gothic Suburbia 💔 Haunted By Trauma 😈 Darkly Comic

Beyond Black

Her spirit guide is her childhood abuser. She tours England's motorways with her assistant.

by Hilary Mantel 2005 432 pages

3.43

10k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🔮 Psychic Mediums 🏘️ Gothic Suburbia 💔 Haunted By Trauma 😈 Darkly Comic

A Fate Unknown

by Sinclair Kelly • 2021

A ghost with no memory haunts a house. Five men arrive. One feels what she feels.

4.15

2k+

👻 Ghost Romance 💕 Why Choose Romance 🔮 Fated Mates 🤔 Amnesia Trope 🫂 Found Family

A Fate Unknown

A ghost with no memory haunts a house. Five men arrive. One feels what she feels.

by Sinclair Kelly 2021 1 pages

4.15

2k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Romance 💕 Why Choose Romance 🔮 Fated Mates 🤔 Amnesia Trope 🫂 Found Family

The Haunting of Leigh Harker

by Darcy Coates • 2021

A woman's home becomes a trap, haunted by a silent figure; the locked door hides truth.

3.92

7k+

🏚️ Haunted House 👻 Ghost Pov 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Hidden Killer 🌫️ Atmospheric Horror

The Haunting of Leigh Harker

A woman's home becomes a trap, haunted by a silent figure; the locked door hides truth.

by Darcy Coates 2021 340 pages

3.92

7k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 👻 Ghost Pov 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Hidden Killer 🌫️ Atmospheric Horror

Lost in the Garden

by Adam S. Leslie • 2024

The dead walk a scorched English village. When her friend vanishes into Almanby, Heather follows.

3.50

4k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🌀 Surreal Horror 💔 Sapphic Longing 🌿 Feral Youth 🕯️ Quiet Dread

Lost in the Garden

The dead walk a scorched English village. When her friend vanishes into Almanby, Heather follows.

by Adam S. Leslie 2024 446 pages

3.50

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🌀 Surreal Horror 💔 Sapphic Longing 🌿 Feral Youth 🕯️ Quiet Dread

The Spirit Collection of Thorne Hall

by J. Ann Thomas • 2025

Fifteen restless ghosts, a dying father, and a stranger whose arrival awakens a forbidden hope.

3.68

1k+

🏚️ Haunted House Gothic 🖤 Gothic Romance 🕯️ Generational Curse 🎵 Magical Songs 🌿 Secret Lineage

The Spirit Collection of Thorne Hall

Fifteen restless ghosts, a dying father, and a stranger whose arrival awakens a forbidden hope.

by J. Ann Thomas 2025 320 pages

3.68

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House Gothic 🖤 Gothic Romance 🕯️ Generational Curse 🎵 Magical Songs 🌿 Secret Lineage

Spirited Situation

by Louisa Masters • 2022

A medium's dream job at a haunted estate has one snag: his one-night stand works there.

4.13

3k+

💕 Paranormal Rom-Com 🏠 Found Family 🔥 One-Night Stand To Lovers 👁️ Ghost Medium ☕ Cozy Paranormal

Spirited Situation

A medium's dream job at a haunted estate has one snag: his one-night stand works there.

by Louisa Masters 2022 264 pages

4.13

3k+ ratings

💕 Paranormal Rom-Com 🏠 Found Family 🔥 One-Night Stand To Lovers 👁️ Ghost Medium ☕ Cozy Paranormal

Wayward Souls

by Devon Monk • 2020

Bound to Route 66 with her ghost husband, she hunts for a magic that could end their curse.

4.02

500+

👻 Ghost Romance 🥀 Cursed Lovers 🛣️ Supernatural Road Trip 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🏜️ Paranormal Americana

Wayward Souls

Bound to Route 66 with her ghost husband, she hunts for a magic that could end their curse.

by Devon Monk 2020 232 pages

4.02

500+ ratings

👻 Ghost Romance 🥀 Cursed Lovers 🛣️ Supernatural Road Trip 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🏜️ Paranormal Americana

Songs for Ghosts

by Clara Kumagai • 2025

A biracial cellist opens a Meiji-era diary and a hungry ghost demands the ending she was denied.

3.85

390

🏯 Historical Fantasy ⏳ Dual Timeline 🌏 Biracial Protagonist 👻 Ancestral Ghosts 🤫 Family Secrets

Songs for Ghosts

A biracial cellist opens a Meiji-era diary and a hungry ghost demands the ending she was denied.

by Clara Kumagai 2025 400 pages

3.85

390 ratings

🏯 Historical Fantasy ⏳ Dual Timeline 🌏 Biracial Protagonist 👻 Ancestral Ghosts 🤫 Family Secrets

Experimental Film

by Gemma Files • 2015

Her search for a lost silent film awakens a Slavic demon hungry for her autistic son.

3.52

3k+

🎭 Folk Horror 🎞️ Cursed Film 📖 Metafictional Horror 📜 Archival Obsession 👩‍👦 Maternal Anxiety

Experimental Film

Her search for a lost silent film awakens a Slavic demon hungry for her autistic son.

by Gemma Files 2015 352 pages

3.52

3k+ ratings

🎭 Folk Horror 🎞️ Cursed Film 📖 Metafictional Horror 📜 Archival Obsession 👩‍👦 Maternal Anxiety

The Living Stones

by Ithell Colquhoun • 1957

A surrealist painter flees the Blitz for a Cornish shack. The prehistoric stones are alive.

3.99

167

⛵ Coastal Memoir 🖌️ Artist Memoir 🌿 Animist Nature Writing 🕯️ Pagan Survivals 🎨 Creative Solitude

The Living Stones

A surrealist painter flees the Blitz for a Cornish shack. The prehistoric stones are alive.

by Ithell Colquhoun 1957 204 pages

3.99

167 ratings

⛵ Coastal Memoir 🖌️ Artist Memoir 🌿 Animist Nature Writing 🕯️ Pagan Survivals 🎨 Creative Solitude

Gateway Catastrophe

by Louisa Masters • 2023

He picked up a demon. Now he fights a war beside ghosts and falls for a gatekeeper.

4.30

2k+

👹 Demon Hunters 🫂 Found Family 😮 Ordinary Hero 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🏚️ Supernatural Estate

Gateway Catastrophe

He picked up a demon. Now he fights a war beside ghosts and falls for a gatekeeper.

by Louisa Masters 2023 261 pages

4.30

2k+ ratings

👹 Demon Hunters 🫂 Found Family 😮 Ordinary Hero 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🏚️ Supernatural Estate

Episode Thirteen

by Craig DiLouie • 2023

A ghost-hunting crew locks themselves in a mansion where researchers vanished. The house waits.

3.47

30k+

📹 Found Footage Horror 📝 Epistolary Horror 🧠 Psychological Haunting 📺 Ghost Hunting Crew 🏚️ Sentient House

Episode Thirteen

A ghost-hunting crew locks themselves in a mansion where researchers vanished. The house waits.

by Craig DiLouie 2023 433 pages

3.47

30k+ ratings

📹 Found Footage Horror 📝 Epistolary Horror 🧠 Psychological Haunting 📺 Ghost Hunting Crew 🏚️ Sentient House

Haunted

by James Herbert • 1988

A paranormal investigator takes a case at a crumbling manor. The dead have been expecting him.

3.78

9k+

🏚️ Haunted Manor 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔍 Paranormal Investigator 🖤 Unresolved Grief 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Haunted

A paranormal investigator takes a case at a crumbling manor. The dead have been expecting him.

by James Herbert 1988 228 pages

3.78

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Manor 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔍 Paranormal Investigator 🖤 Unresolved Grief 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Sweetheart, Sweetheart

by Bernard Taylor • 1977

His dead twin left him a beautiful cottage. The ghost inside has killed for love before.

3.74

500+

👻 Gothic Ghost Story 🌿 Pastoral Horror 🖤 Possessive Ghost 🌹 Deadly Obsession 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Sweetheart, Sweetheart

His dead twin left him a beautiful cottage. The ghost inside has killed for love before.

by Bernard Taylor 1977 320 pages

3.74

500+ ratings

👻 Gothic Ghost Story 🌿 Pastoral Horror 🖤 Possessive Ghost 🌹 Deadly Obsession 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Widow's Point

by Richard Chizmar • 2025

A ghost-hunting crew locks into Widow's Point lighthouse, where the dead have never stopped waiting.

3.74

5k+

🦑 Cosmic Horror 📜 Epistolary Horror 👤 Possession 📼 Ghost Hunting Gone Wrong 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Widow's Point

A ghost-hunting crew locks into Widow's Point lighthouse, where the dead have never stopped waiting.

by Richard Chizmar 2025 336 pages

3.74

5k+ ratings

🦑 Cosmic Horror 📜 Epistolary Horror 👤 Possession 📼 Ghost Hunting Gone Wrong 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

It Was Her House First

by Cherie Priest • 2025

She bought a cursed house and its silent-film ghost, who isn't finished with the living.

3.69

1k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🖤 Contemporary Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror 👻 Vengeful Female Ghost 🔥 Female Rage

It Was Her House First

She bought a cursed house and its silent-film ghost, who isn't finished with the living.

by Cherie Priest 2025 352 pages

3.69

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🖤 Contemporary Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror 👻 Vengeful Female Ghost 🔥 Female Rage

The Spirit Engineer

by A.J. West • 2021

A Belfast engineer tests a medium's séances, hunting the afterlife while his own mind unravels.

3.64

3k+

🖤 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ SéAnces And Mediums 😱 Descent Into Madness 🏚️ Historical Gothic 💔 Obsessive Grief

The Spirit Engineer

A Belfast engineer tests a medium's séances, hunting the afterlife while his own mind unravels.

by A.J. West 2021 299 pages

3.64

3k+ ratings

🖤 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ SéAnces And Mediums 😱 Descent Into Madness 🏚️ Historical Gothic 💔 Obsessive Grief

I'll Watch Your Baby

by Neena Viel • 2026

In 1970s Chicago, a woman steals and sells babies until the flies start following her home.

3.52

500+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🩸 Generational Trauma 🏠 Haunted House 👁️ Possession 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

I'll Watch Your Baby

In 1970s Chicago, a woman steals and sells babies until the flies start following her home.

by Neena Viel 2026 336 pages

3.52

500+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🩸 Generational Trauma 🏠 Haunted House 👁️ Possession 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Ghosts Of Sleath

by James Herbert • 1994

In Sleath, ghosts are not random. They are a reckoning for centuries of buried abuse.

3.89

5k+

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🏰 British Gothic 🩸 Generational Curse 🔍 Skeptical Investigator 👻 Ghostly Children

The Ghosts Of Sleath

In Sleath, ghosts are not random. They are a reckoning for centuries of buried abuse.

by James Herbert 1994 400 pages

3.89

5k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🏰 British Gothic 🩸 Generational Curse 🔍 Skeptical Investigator 👻 Ghostly Children

Wayward Moon

by Devon Monk • 2021

Two resurrected lovers on Route 66 hunt a moon-child for the god who owns their lives.

4.27

436

🚗 Road Trip Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ⚖️ Divine Bargains 🐺 Werewolf Packs 💀 Love After Death

Wayward Moon

Two resurrected lovers on Route 66 hunt a moon-child for the god who owns their lives.

by Devon Monk 2021 236 pages

4.27

436 ratings

🚗 Road Trip Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ⚖️ Divine Bargains 🐺 Werewolf Packs 💀 Love After Death

Chain of Gold

by Cassandra Clare • 2020

Demon-plagued London. Cordelia's sham marriage to James Herondale buys one year to win his heart.

4.36

100k+

🕰️ Edwardian Fantasy 🦠 Supernatural Plague 💍 Sham Engagement 💔 Unrequited Love 👥 Found Family

Chain of Gold

Demon-plagued London. Cordelia's sham marriage to James Herondale buys one year to win his heart.

by Cassandra Clare 2020 582 pages

4.36

100k+ ratings

🕰️ Edwardian Fantasy 🦠 Supernatural Plague 💍 Sham Engagement 💔 Unrequited Love 👥 Found Family

The Other Ones

by Fran Hart • 2022

A haunted house, a shunned boy, and the eccentric new arrival who brings casseroles instead of fear.

3.85

1k+

🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 👻 Haunted House Story 🌈 Queer Awakening 🤫 Small Town Secrets

The Other Ones

A haunted house, a shunned boy, and the eccentric new arrival who brings casseroles instead of fear.

by Fran Hart 2022 298 pages

3.85

1k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 👻 Haunted House Story 🌈 Queer Awakening 🤫 Small Town Secrets

Home Before Dark

by Riley Sager • 2020

A woman inherits a notorious house, sure its haunting was her father's fiction. The house disagrees.

4.04

300k+

👻 Haunted House Mystery 📖 Book Within A Book 🧠 Repressed Memories 🔒 Family Secrets 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere

Home Before Dark

A woman inherits a notorious house, sure its haunting was her father's fiction. The house disagrees.

by Riley Sager 2020 389 pages

4.04

300k+ ratings

👻 Haunted House Mystery 📖 Book Within A Book 🧠 Repressed Memories 🔒 Family Secrets 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere

The Truth Is a Lie

by CherAnn Wright • 2025

When her daughter talks to a dead twin's ghost, a woman's buried childhood secret claws free.

4.22

235

🩸 Generational Trauma 🌑 Cursed Bloodline 👥 Surviving Twin Guilt 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 👻 Haunted Family Home

The Truth Is a Lie

When her daughter talks to a dead twin's ghost, a woman's buried childhood secret claws free.

by CherAnn Wright 2025 384 pages

4.22

235 ratings

🩸 Generational Trauma 🌑 Cursed Bloodline 👥 Surviving Twin Guilt 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 👻 Haunted Family Home

How to Tame a Beast in Seven Days

by Kerrelyn Sparks • 2017

Impersonating her dead twin, a ghost-seeing bride weds a lord cursed with a lethal lightning touch.

4.02

5k+

🏰 Arranged Marriage Fantasy ⚡ Deadly Touch Curse 👻 Ghost-Seeing Heroine 🎭 Hidden Identity 👯 Found Sisterhood

How to Tame a Beast in Seven Days

Impersonating her dead twin, a ghost-seeing bride weds a lord cursed with a lethal lightning touch.

by Kerrelyn Sparks 2017 396 pages

4.02

5k+ ratings

🏰 Arranged Marriage Fantasy ⚡ Deadly Touch Curse 👻 Ghost-Seeing Heroine 🎭 Hidden Identity 👯 Found Sisterhood

What You Leave Behind

by Wanda M. Morris • 2024

A grieving lawyer returns to coastal Georgia, where an old man defending family land disappears.

3.86

6k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic Mystery ⚖️ Legal Thriller 💔 Generational Trauma 🔑 Family Secrets 👻 Ancestral Presence

What You Leave Behind

A grieving lawyer returns to coastal Georgia, where an old man defending family land disappears.

by Wanda M. Morris 2024 384 pages

3.86

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic Mystery ⚖️ Legal Thriller 💔 Generational Trauma 🔑 Family Secrets 👻 Ancestral Presence

Lirio rojo

by Nora Roberts • 2005

At a haunted Tennessee mansion, a single mother's new love awakens a ghost's deadly envy.

4.11

43k+

🏚️ Haunted Mansion 👩‍👧 Single Mother Heroine 💀 Ancestral Curse 🌿 Gentle Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Lirio rojo

At a haunted Tennessee mansion, a single mother's new love awakens a ghost's deadly envy.

by Nora Roberts 2005 363 pages

4.11

43k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Mansion 👩‍👧 Single Mother Heroine 💀 Ancestral Curse 🌿 Gentle Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

80s Ghosts

by V.S. Lawrence • 2024

A ghost-hunting crew investigates a school where a 1987 fire trapped dozens of restless souls.

3.73

1k+

🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🏚️ Haunted School 👥 Ghost Hunting Crew 🔮 Psychic Medium 😈 Vengeful Spirit

80s Ghosts

A ghost-hunting crew investigates a school where a 1987 fire trapped dozens of restless souls.

by V.S. Lawrence 2024 346 pages

3.73

1k+ ratings

🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🏚️ Haunted School 👥 Ghost Hunting Crew 🔮 Psychic Medium 😈 Vengeful Spirit

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