I’ve got a little list – of 20 Ghost Story novels

Yesterday’s list of horror novels caused a deal of discussion. so here’s another- probably my favorite sub-genre, and one I keep trying to do justice to in my own work.

I’ve stretched the definition of novel to allow some that are little more than novellas, but I thought they needed to be in here. I’ve also seen lists of haunted house books that include HOUSE ON THE BORDERLAND, but I don’t think that place is haunted at all, so I haven’t included it in mine, although it is a personal favorite book.

THE HOUSE ON NAZARETH HILL – Ramsey Campbell
NAOMI’S ROOM – Jonathan Aycliffe
THE ELEMENTALS – Michael McDowell
THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES – Nathaniel Hawthorne
THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE – Shirley Jackson
SWEETHEART, SWEETHEART – Bernard Taylor
A STIR OF ECHOES – Richard Matheson
CAST A COLD EYE – Alan Ryan
BURNT OFFERINGS – Robert Marasco
BAG OF BONES – Stephen King
THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR – Anne Rivers Siddons
THE WOMAN IN BLACK – Susan Hill
GHOST STORY – Peter Straub
THE TURN OF THE SCREW – Henry James
THE GHOST PIRATES – William Hope Hodgson
PORTRAIT OF JENNIE – Robert Nathan
A SOUL IN A BOTTLE – Tim Powers
FOG HEART – Thomas Tessier
THE TAKEN – Sarah Pinborough
THE UNINVITED – John Farris