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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
610 books — 613 voters
The Woman in Black by Susan HillThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Little Stranger by Sarah WatersThe Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. JamesThis House Is Haunted by John Boyne
Historical Ghost Fiction
235 books — 352 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
147 books — 192 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
202 books — 81 voters

The Casquette Girls by Alys ArdenMina and the Undead by Amy McCawThe Beautiful by Renée AhdiehRuined by Paula MorrisLocked In Time by Lois Duncan
Paranormal YA set in Louisiana
64 books — 70 voters
The Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanMina and the Undead by Amy McCawWait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing HahnRuined by Paula MorrisThe Legend of Decimus Croome by Kevin Purdy
YA & Middle Grade Graveyards
136 books — 64 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 — 63 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
687 books — 60 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
66 books — 36 voters

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxStage Fright by Wendy ParrisThe Year of Shadows by Claire LegrandPhantom of the Auditorium by R.L. StineMaskerade by Terry Pratchett
Haunted Theaters
60 books — 32 voters
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingGhost Knight by Cornelia FunkeThe Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle by Janet FoxPlain Bad Heroines by Emily M. DanforthWax Works by Julia Juwairiah Simpson-Urr...
Haunted Boarding Schools
49 books — 22 voters

Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror by Chris PriestleyTales of Terror from the Black Ship by Chris PriestleyTales of Terror from the Tunnel's Mouth by Chris PriestleyThe Ghost of Crutchfield Hall by Mary Downing HahnA Drowned Maiden's Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz
Middle Grade Historical Ghost Fiction
37 books — 18 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
41 books — 11 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
12 books — 10 voters
Shadow of Justice by Jules MacLeodThe Revenge of Samuel Stokes by Penelope LivelyShadow of Justice - Moving On by Jules MacLeodThe Ghost of Thomas Kempe by Penelope LivelyThe Great Ghost Rescue by Eva Ibbotson
Lighthearted Ghost Protagonist(s)
51 books — 7 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

Nova Swing by M. John HarrisonBeneath the World, a Sea by Chris BeckettWonderland by Zoje StageThe Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah BrooksRoadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky
Strange Geography, Sentient Structures and Living Landscapes in Fiction
13 books — 1 voter

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