As Halloween gets closer, I thought it would be a good idea to start thinking about the genre of horror. Today it is paranormal/ghosts. hopefully you will enjoy these BOOs— I mean Books!
Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier (Graphic Novel)
City of Ghosts by V.E. Schwab
The Turn of the Shrew by Henry James
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirly Jackson
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (although not a scary ghosts)
The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hil
Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blae
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Shining by Stephen King
Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake
The Complete Book of Ghosts by Paul Roland
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol (graphic novel)
Graveyard by Ed Gorman
Ghostland by Colin Dickey
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
Spool by Mary Roach
In the Shadow Blackbirds by Cat Winters
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Collected Ghost Stories by M. R. James
A History of Ghosts by Angela Narth and Samuel Peter Aykroyd
Roald Dahl’s Book of Ghosts by Roald Dahl (Famous for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory among others)
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (poetry)
The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker by Leanna Renee Heiber
The Myrtles Plantation by Frances Kermeen
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
Ghost Hunters by Neil Gorman
The Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse
Ring by Koji Suzuki
I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardorrir
The Good house by Tananarive Due
Hell House by Richard Matheson
Harry Potter series by JK Rowling (although not a main character)
Pet Semarary by Stephen King
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Bag of Bones by Stephen King
Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
Duma Key by Stephen King
The Woman in White by Wiklie Collins
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danieleqski
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
Christine by Stephen King
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe
Horns by Joe Hill
The Ghost of Mrs. Muir by Josephine Leslie
The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
The Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs (Short story)
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
American Ghost by Hannah Nordhaus
America’s Most Haunted by Eric Olsen and Theresa Argie
Happy reading, Book Nerds!