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The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonThe Shining by Stephen KingHell House by Richard MathesonThe Amityville Horror by Jay AnsonThe Woman in Black by Susan Hill
Haunted Houses
614 books — 617 voters
The Woman in Black by Susan HillThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. JamesThe Little Stranger by Sarah WatersThis House Is Haunted by John Boyne
Historical Ghost Fiction
182 books — 318 voters

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsAnna Dressed in Blood by Kendare BlakeAsylum by Madeleine RouxThe Diviners by Libba BrayBad Girls Don't Die by Katie Alender
Young Adult Horror: Ghosts
173 books — 195 voters
Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare BlakeMina and the Undead by Amy McCawAshwood by C.J. MalarskyGirl of Nightmares by Kendare BlakeThe Vanishing Game by Kate Kae Myers
YA Haunted Houses
204 books — 81 voters

The Casquette Girls by Alys ArdenMina and the Undead by Amy McCawThe Beautiful by Renée AhdiehRuined by Paula MorrisThe Secret of Laurel Oaks by Lois Ruby
Paranormal YA set in Louisiana
69 books — 74 voters
The Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanMacbeth by William ShakespeareA Haunting at Hawthorn by Gail Grant ParkThe Body in Brú na Bóinne by Gail Grant ParkWe Are Shadows by Gail Grant Park
Ghost in the Title or Featuring in the Book
711 books — 63 voters

Asylum by Madeleine RouxSanctum by Madeleine RouxThe Scarlets by Madeleine RouxProject 17 by Laurie Faria StolarzThe Ghost of Graylock by Dan Poblocki
Haunted Hospitals
45 books — 62 voters
The Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanMina and the Undead by Amy McCawWait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing HahnRuined by Paula MorrisMinistry of Pandemonium by Chris Westwood
YA & Middle Grade Graveyards
144 books — 61 voters

Hell Bound by Andrew P. WestonDracula by Bram StokerFemme Fatale by Leesa WallaceThe Woman in Black by Susan HillThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Books that go bump in the night
106 books — 42 voters
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsAnna Dressed in Blood by Kendare BlakeAsylum by Madeleine RouxInsanity by Susan VaughtHollow City by Ransom Riggs
YA Ghostly Covers
68 books — 37 voters

What Stays Hidden by Patricia NearyAnnihilation by Jeff VandermeerPiranesi by Susanna ClarkeThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonGambit de descifrado by Doug Collins
Strange Geography, Sentient Structures and Living Landscapes in Fiction
116 books — 36 voters
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxThe Year of Shadows by Claire LegrandPhantom of the Auditorium by R.L. StineMaskerade by Terry PratchettGhost Song by Sarah Rayne
Haunted Theaters
60 books — 27 voters

Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror by Chris PriestleyTales of Terror from the Tunnel's Mouth by Chris PriestleyTales of Terror from the Black Ship by Chris PriestleyThe Ghost of Crutchfield Hall by Mary Downing HahnA Drowned Maiden's Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz
Middle Grade Historical Ghost Fiction
40 books — 21 voters
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingPlain Bad Heroines by Emily M. DanforthGhost Knight by Cornelia FunkeThe Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle by Janet FoxThe Broken Girls by Simone St. James
Haunted Boarding Schools
51 books — 19 voters

The Mirk and Midnight Hour by Jane NickersonPicture the Dead by Adele GriffinRebel Spirits by Lois RubyThe Ghost Wore Gray by Bruce CovilleGhost Cadet by Elaine Marie Alphin
Civil War Ghosts
46 books — 12 voters
The House on Cooper Lane by Oliver PhippsHaunted Hotels by Tom OgdenHaunted Las Vegas by Paul W. PapaHaunted Webster Groves by Patrick DorseyGoldfields by Johanna Craven
Best Ghost Stories
15 books — 11 voters

Moss'd in Space by Rebecca ThorneBloodline by William GraceHowl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesThe Starless Sea by Erin MorgensternThe Strange Library by Haruki Murakami
Strange Geography, Sentient Structures and Living Landscapes in Fiction Part II
68 books — 9 voters
Shadow of Justice by Jules MacLeodThe Revenge of Samuel Stokes by Penelope LivelyThe Ghost of Thomas Kempe by Penelope LivelyThe Great Ghost Rescue by Eva IbbotsonDial-a-Ghost by Eva Ibbotson
Lighthearted Ghost Protagonist(s)
51 books — 6 voters

Death and the Penguin by Andrey KurkovThe Elementary Particles by Michel HouellebecqAsterios Polyp by David MazzucchelliAsk the Dust by John FanteThe Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy
Winter Ghosting
9 books — 1 voter
The Trouble with Jacob by Eloise Jarvis McGrawThe Ghost Upstairs by Lila Sprague McGinnisZero to Hero by Henry WinklerOllie Oxley and the Ghost by Lisa SchmidHaunted Woods by Bernice Anderson Poole
Ghost Boys Wearing Suspenders (covers)
8 books — 1 voter

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