🔍 Paranormal Investigation

Books that follow characters — skeptics and believers alike — as they probe hauntings, unexplained phenomena, and the thin boundary between the rational and the uncanny.

Asylum

by Madeleine Roux

His summer dorm was once an asylum ward. Now something in the basement knows his name.

3.64

65k+

🏚️ Haunted Asylum 🫂 Found Family 🩸 Inherited Darkness 👁️ Possession Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror

Asylum

His summer dorm was once an asylum ward. Now something in the basement knows his name.

by Madeleine Roux 2013

3.64

65k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Asylum 🫂 Found Family 🩸 Inherited Darkness 👁️ Possession Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror

Imminent

by Luis Elizondo • 2024

The Pentagon's UFO chief reveals crash retrievals, non-human remains, and the decades-old coverup.

3.94

8k+

🕵️ Military Intelligence 🛸 Ufo Disclosure 📂 Government Coverups 💥 Crash Retrievals ✈️ Aerospace Anomalies

Imminent

The Pentagon's UFO chief reveals crash retrievals, non-human remains, and the decades-old coverup.

by Luis Elizondo 2024

3.94

8k+ ratings

🕵️ Military Intelligence 🛸 Ufo Disclosure 📂 Government Coverups 💥 Crash Retrievals ✈️ Aerospace Anomalies

UFOs

by Leslie Kean • 2010

Pilots, generals, and radar confirm UFOs are real. The U.S. government still says they aren't.

4.02

3k+

🛸 Ufology 🔒 Government Secrecy 📰 Investigative Journalism 🪖 Military Testimony 🕵️ Government Cover-Ups

UFOs

Pilots, generals, and radar confirm UFOs are real. The U.S. government still says they aren't.

by Leslie Kean 2010

4.02

3k+ ratings

🛸 Ufology 🔒 Government Secrecy 📰 Investigative Journalism 🪖 Military Testimony 🕵️ Government Cover-Ups

The Haunting of Hill House

by Shirley Jackson • 1959

A fragile woman seeks home in a wrong-angled mansion that decides she can never leave.

3.81

404k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🏰 Isolated Mansion 🌫️ Creeping Dread

The Haunting of Hill House

A fragile woman seeks home in a wrong-angled mansion that decides she can never leave.

by Shirley Jackson 1959

3.81

404k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🏰 Isolated Mansion 🌫️ Creeping Dread

The Fourth Mind

by Whitley Strieber • 2025

Leaked documents describe alien bodies built like equipment. Their minds see all time as one moment.

4.13

339

🛸 Ufo Disclosure 👽 Alien Abduction 🧠 Nonhuman Intelligence 🔮 Psychic Abilities 🏛️ Ancient Mysteries

The Fourth Mind

Leaked documents describe alien bodies built like equipment. Their minds see all time as one moment.

by Whitley Strieber 2025

4.13

339 ratings

🛸 Ufo Disclosure 👽 Alien Abduction 🧠 Nonhuman Intelligence 🔮 Psychic Abilities 🏛️ Ancient Mysteries

Hell House

by Richard Matheson • 1971

A physicist, a medium, and a psychic enter Hell House. The house knows their fears.

3.69

64k+

👻 Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror ⚛️ Science Vs Spiritualism 🏚️ Gothic Mansion 😈 Possession

Hell House

A physicist, a medium, and a psychic enter Hell House. The house knows their fears.

by Richard Matheson 1971

3.69

64k+ ratings

👻 Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror ⚛️ Science Vs Spiritualism 🏚️ Gothic Mansion 😈 Possession

50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True

by Guy P. Harrison • 2011

Fifty beliefs debunked, one thinking habit learned: how to spot pseudoscience before it fools you.

3.61

1k+

🔍 Modern Skepticism 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Critical Thinking 🚫 Pseudoscience 🌿 Alternative Medicine

50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True

Fifty beliefs debunked, one thinking habit learned: how to spot pseudoscience before it fools you.

by Guy P. Harrison 2011

3.61

1k+ ratings

🔍 Modern Skepticism 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Critical Thinking 🚫 Pseudoscience 🌿 Alternative Medicine

Spook

by Mary Roach • 2005

What happens after death? Science has weighed souls, recorded ghosts, and wired dying brains.

3.60

41k+

🔬 Afterlife Research 🧪 Scientific Skepticism 💫 Near-Death Experiences 📸 Spiritualism History 🔍 Psychical Research

Spook

What happens after death? Science has weighed souls, recorded ghosts, and wired dying brains.

by Mary Roach 2005

3.60

41k+ ratings

🔬 Afterlife Research 🧪 Scientific Skepticism 💫 Near-Death Experiences 📸 Spiritualism History 🔍 Psychical Research

Cops' True Stories of the Paranormal

by Loren W. Christensen • 2016

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

3.89

775

👮 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

3.89

775 ratings

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

The Lunatic Cafe

by Laurell K. Hamilton • 1996

A vampire hunter investigating a shapeshifter snuff film discovers she's the killers' next target.

4.13

82k+

🗡️ Vampire Hunter Heroine 🐺 Werewolf Pack Politics 💔 Love Triangle 🌃 Dark Urban Fantasy ⚔️ Alpha Werewolf

The Lunatic Cafe

A vampire hunter investigating a shapeshifter snuff film discovers she's the killers' next target.

by Laurell K. Hamilton 1996

4.13

82k+ ratings

🗡️ Vampire Hunter Heroine 🐺 Werewolf Pack Politics 💔 Love Triangle 🌃 Dark Urban Fantasy ⚔️ Alpha Werewolf

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 Skepticism 👊 Poltergeist Activity 🗣️ Spirit Communication 🧸 Haunted Objects ☠️ Occult Dangers

Ghost Hunting

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

by Jason Hawes 2007

3.86

2k+ ratings

🧐 Paranormal Skepticism 👊 Poltergeist Activity 🗣️ Spirit Communication 🧸 Haunted Objects ☠️ Occult Dangers

Science & the Near-death Experience

by Chris Carter • 2010

The brain as antenna, not engine: near-death evidence that consciousness outlasts the body.

4.15

191

🪐 Near-Death Experiences 🧠 Consciousness Studies 👻 Afterlife Evidence ⚛️ Mind-Body Dualism ⚡ Quantum Consciousness

Science & the Near-death Experience

The brain as antenna, not engine: near-death evidence that consciousness outlasts the body.

by Chris Carter 2010

4.15

191 ratings

🪐 Near-Death Experiences 🧠 Consciousness Studies 👻 Afterlife Evidence ⚛️ Mind-Body Dualism ⚡ Quantum Consciousness

The Laughing Corpse

by Laurell K. Hamilton • 1994

A necromancer refuses to trade a life for a zombie. Now a voodoo queen demands hers.

4.13

89k+

🪦 Voodoo Horror 🔫 Hardboiled Urban Fantasy 💀 Necromancer Protagonist 🩸 Vampire Human Bond 🧟 Zombie Raising

The Laughing Corpse

A necromancer refuses to trade a life for a zombie. Now a voodoo queen demands hers.

by Laurell K. Hamilton 1994

4.13

89k+ ratings

🪦 Voodoo Horror 🔫 Hardboiled Urban Fantasy 💀 Necromancer Protagonist 🩸 Vampire Human Bond 🧟 Zombie Raising

The Outlaw Demon Wails

by Kim Harrison • 2008

A witch's altered blood makes her a weapon both demons and elves will kill to control.

4.37

59k+

🕯️ Demon Summoning 📜 Magical Contracts 👹 Demon Mentor 💔 Trauma Recovery 🩸 Blood Magic

The Outlaw Demon Wails

A witch's altered blood makes her a weapon both demons and elves will kill to control.

by Kim Harrison 2008

4.37

59k+ ratings

🕯️ Demon Summoning 📜 Magical Contracts 👹 Demon Mentor 💔 Trauma Recovery 🩸 Blood Magic

Holly

by Adalyn Grace • 2025

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

3.95

14k+

🫂 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

3.95

14k+ ratings

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

Lily Dale

by Christine Wicker • 2004

A reporter's three years among American spiritualists. One medium's reading still haunts her.

3.49

1k+

🔮 Modern Spiritualism 👻 Mediumship 💔 Grief And Loss 🤔 Skepticism And Belief ✨ Afterlife Beliefs

Lily Dale

A reporter's three years among American spiritualists. One medium's reading still haunts her.

by Christine Wicker 2004

3.49

1k+ ratings

🔮 Modern Spiritualism 👻 Mediumship 💔 Grief And Loss 🤔 Skepticism And Belief ✨ Afterlife Beliefs

The Haunting of Room 904

by Erika T. Wurth • 2025

A clairvoyant investigator links a dybbuk box to the hotel curse that took her sister's life.

3.07

4k+

🪶 Indigenous Horror 🩸 Ancestral Curse 🏨 Haunted Hotel 🕯️ Cult Conspiracy 💀 Vengeful Spirit

The Haunting of Room 904

A clairvoyant investigator links a dybbuk box to the hotel curse that took her sister's life.

by Erika T. Wurth 2025

3.07

4k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Horror 🩸 Ancestral Curse 🏨 Haunted Hotel 🕯️ Cult Conspiracy 💀 Vengeful Spirit

The Mammoth Book of True Hauntings

by Peter Haining • 2008

Ghosts don't only haunt crumbling castles: true accounts place them in flats, pubs, and jumbo jets.

3.55

329

👻 Ghost Stories 📍 Haunted Locations 📚 Psychical Research 💥 Poltergeist Phenomena 👁️ Eyewitness Accounts

The Mammoth Book of True Hauntings

Ghosts don't only haunt crumbling castles: true accounts place them in flats, pubs, and jumbo jets.

by Peter Haining 2008

3.55

329 ratings

👻 Ghost Stories 📍 Haunted Locations 📚 Psychical Research 💥 Poltergeist Phenomena 👁️ Eyewitness Accounts

Talking to the Dead

by Barbara Weisberg • 2004

Two sisters cracked their toe joints in 1848, launched a national religion and were consumed.

3.60

691

🕯️ Modern Spiritualism 🏛️ Spiritualist Movement 🔮 SéAnce Culture 🧐 Skepticism And Belief ⭐ Celebrity Mediums

Talking to the Dead

Two sisters cracked their toe joints in 1848, launched a national religion and were consumed.

by Barbara Weisberg 2004

3.60

691 ratings

🕯️ Modern Spiritualism 🏛️ Spiritualist Movement 🔮 SéAnce Culture 🧐 Skepticism And Belief ⭐ Celebrity Mediums

No Humans Involved

by Kelley Armstrong • 2007

A TV necromancer discovers child ghosts in her garden, trapped by a ritual murder cult.

4.20

31k+

🦴 Necromancer Protagonist 🐺 Werewolf Romance 🕯️ Cult Ritual Horror 🖤 Found Family Supernatural 👻 Creepy Atmospheric Horror

No Humans Involved

A TV necromancer discovers child ghosts in her garden, trapped by a ritual murder cult.

by Kelley Armstrong 2007

4.20

31k+ ratings

🦴 Necromancer Protagonist 🐺 Werewolf Romance 🕯️ Cult Ritual Horror 🖤 Found Family Supernatural 👻 Creepy Atmospheric Horror

Chasing Ghosts

by Marc Hartzman • 2021

Séances, spirit photos, ghost-hunting gadgets: every era invents a new way to reach the dead.

3.54

392

🏚️ Ghost Lore 📞 Spiritualism History 🔍 Skeptical Inquiry 👻 Haunted Places 🪑 Mediums And SéAnces

Chasing Ghosts

Séances, spirit photos, ghost-hunting gadgets: every era invents a new way to reach the dead.

by Marc Hartzman 2021

3.54

392 ratings

🏚️ Ghost Lore 📞 Spiritualism History 🔍 Skeptical Inquiry 👻 Haunted Places 🪑 Mediums And SéAnces

Supernatural

by Colin Wilson • 2011

A skeptic's tour of the paranormal evidence that defies explanation.

3.79

🔮 Psychic Phenomena 🌙 Altered States 👻 Spiritualism History 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🔬 Psi Research

Supernatural

A skeptic's tour of the paranormal evidence that defies explanation.

by Colin Wilson 2011

3.79

71 ratings

🔮 Psychic Phenomena 🌙 Altered States 👻 Spiritualism History 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🔬 Psi Research

Hauntings

by Paul Roland • 2008

She testified from beyond the grave and her killer was convicted. What the famous hauntings reveal.

3.27

201

🏚️ Ghost Lore 🏰 Haunted Locations 🧠 Parapsychology 🔮 Mediumship ✨ Afterlife Beliefs

Hauntings

She testified from beyond the grave and her killer was convicted. What the famous hauntings reveal.

by Paul Roland 2008

3.27

201 ratings

🏚️ Ghost Lore 🏰 Haunted Locations 🧠 Parapsychology 🔮 Mediumship ✨ Afterlife Beliefs

Red Angel

by Helen Harper • 2015

A severed ear leads a vampire PI into a missing billionaire's fifty-year trail of murder.

4.07

2k+

🕵️ Vampire PI 🖤 Supernatural Noir 💔 Fake Relationship 🌃 Gritty Urban Fantasy 🇬🇧 London Underworld

Red Angel

A severed ear leads a vampire PI into a missing billionaire's fifty-year trail of murder.

by Helen Harper 2015

4.07

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Vampire PI 🖤 Supernatural Noir 💔 Fake Relationship 🌃 Gritty Urban Fantasy 🇬🇧 London Underworld

Lost Talismans and a Tequila

by Annette Marie • 2020

Her demon-possessed friend is dying. To save him, she must unearth a magical massacre's secrets.

4.40

9k+

👥 Found Family 🔗 Demon-Human Bond 🌙 Human Among Mages 🕯️ Cult Conspiracy 🏙️ Hidden Magic Society

Lost Talismans and a Tequila

Her demon-possessed friend is dying. To save him, she must unearth a magical massacre's secrets.

by Annette Marie 2020

4.40

9k+ ratings

👥 Found Family 🔗 Demon-Human Bond 🌙 Human Among Mages 🕯️ Cult Conspiracy 🏙️ Hidden Magic Society

Wildfire

by Ilona Andrews • 2017

A truthseeker's grandmother wants to claim the family. The only out: become a magical House.

4.47

49k+

🏰 Magical Dynasties ❤️ Found Family 🐺 Alpha Hero 👑 Reluctant Leader ⚡ Magical Trials

Wildfire

A truthseeker's grandmother wants to claim the family. The only out: become a magical House.

by Ilona Andrews 2017

4.47

49k+ ratings

🏰 Magical Dynasties ❤️ Found Family 🐺 Alpha Hero 👑 Reluctant Leader ⚡ Magical Trials

The Midnight Carousel

by Fiza Saeed McLynn • 2025

An orphan, a carousel, and its finest horse: children who ride it vanish without a trace.

3.72

2k+

🎠 Cursed Object 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 👧 Orphan Protagonist 🔍 Obsessed Detective 🎪 Dark Carnival

The Midnight Carousel

An orphan, a carousel, and its finest horse: children who ride it vanish without a trace.

by Fiza Saeed McLynn 2025

3.72

2k+ ratings

🎠 Cursed Object 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 👧 Orphan Protagonist 🔍 Obsessed Detective 🎪 Dark Carnival

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

3.47

30k+ ratings

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

When Ghosts Speak

by Mary Ann Winkowski • 2007

Why earthbound spirits refuse to leave, and the ordinary household items that convince them to go.

4.00

2k+

👻 Spirit Communication 🛡️ Spiritual Protection 📖 Mediumship Memoir 🔗 Spirit Attachment 🕯️ Modern Spiritualism

When Ghosts Speak

Why earthbound spirits refuse to leave, and the ordinary household items that convince them to go.

by Mary Ann Winkowski 2007

4.00

2k+ ratings

👻 Spirit Communication 🛡️ Spiritual Protection 📖 Mediumship Memoir 🔗 Spirit Attachment 🕯️ Modern Spiritualism

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

2k+

🏚️ Haunted School 👥 Ghost Hunting Crew 🔮 Psychic Medium 😈 Vengeful Spirit 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

80s Ghosts

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

by V.S. Lawrence 2024

3.73

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted School 👥 Ghost Hunting Crew 🔮 Psychic Medium 😈 Vengeful Spirit 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

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