201 books
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Haunting Books
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Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 81 times as haunting)
avg rating 4.25 — 729,882 ratings — published 1938
Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)
by (shelved 64 times as haunting)
avg rating 3.94 — 902,809 ratings — published 2021
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as haunting)
avg rating 3.81 — 400,387 ratings — published 1959
The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as haunting)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,468,199 ratings — published 2002
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as haunting)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,721,380 ratings — published 1977
The September House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as haunting)
avg rating 3.86 — 99,472 ratings — published 2023
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 19 times as haunting)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,901,082 ratings — published 2005
Home Before Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as haunting)
avg rating 4.04 — 319,695 ratings — published 2020
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as haunting)
avg rating 3.98 — 495,209 ratings — published 1987
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as haunting)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,157,777 ratings — published 1847
How to Sell a Haunted House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as haunting)
avg rating 3.63 — 170,833 ratings — published 2023
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as haunting)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,918,372 ratings — published 1818
The Haunting of Ashburn House (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as haunting)
avg rating 3.82 — 41,932 ratings — published 2016
We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as haunting)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,417,424 ratings — published 2014
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as haunting)
avg rating 3.85 — 866,381 ratings — published 2005
The Sun Down Motel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as haunting)
avg rating 3.99 — 193,829 ratings — published 2020
Hell House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as haunting)
avg rating 3.69 — 63,984 ratings — published 1971
Incidents Around the House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as haunting)
avg rating 3.56 — 93,896 ratings — published 2024
Horrorstör (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as haunting)
avg rating 3.65 — 126,655 ratings — published 2014
Station Eleven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as haunting)
avg rating 4.07 — 621,015 ratings — published 2014
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as haunting)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,905,378 ratings — published 1890
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as haunting)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,048,049 ratings — published 1992
We Used to Live Here (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as haunting)
avg rating 3.61 — 271,050 ratings — published 2024
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as haunting)
avg rating 4.21 — 491,764 ratings — published 2020
The Broken Girls (ebook)
by (shelved 12 times as haunting)
avg rating 4.05 — 130,272 ratings — published 2018
The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as haunting)
avg rating 3.65 — 397,284 ratings — published 2007
I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as haunting)
avg rating 4.09 — 516,213 ratings — published 1995
The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as haunting)
avg rating 4.07 — 365,010 ratings — published 1892
Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as haunting)
avg rating 3.91 — 107,722 ratings — published 2011
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as haunting)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,221,451 ratings — published 1947
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as haunting)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,454,164 ratings — published 1985
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 11 times as haunting)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,665,767 ratings — published 2018
The Haunting of Maddy Clare (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as haunting)
avg rating 3.83 — 36,291 ratings — published 2012
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as haunting)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,529,330 ratings — published 1948
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as haunting)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,241,087 ratings — published 1963
The Hacienda (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as haunting)
avg rating 3.84 — 59,305 ratings — published 2022
Episode Thirteen (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as haunting)
avg rating 3.47 — 28,951 ratings — published 2023
Verity (ebook)
by (shelved 10 times as haunting)
avg rating 4.29 — 3,881,010 ratings — published 2018
House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as haunting)
avg rating 4.09 — 203,046 ratings — published 2000
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as haunting)
avg rating 4.01 — 659,491 ratings — published 2013
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as haunting)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,029,001 ratings — published 2011
The Turn of the Screw (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as haunting)
avg rating 3.38 — 181,857 ratings — published 1898
Bag of Bones (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as haunting)
avg rating 3.92 — 212,218 ratings — published 1998
The Little Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as haunting)
avg rating 3.57 — 60,027 ratings — published 2009
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as haunting)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,372,998 ratings — published 1956
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as haunting)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,992,069 ratings — published 2008
Our Wives Under the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as haunting)
avg rating 3.69 — 132,737 ratings — published 2022
Diavola (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as haunting)
avg rating 3.81 — 39,463 ratings — published 2024
Gallows Hill (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as haunting)
avg rating 3.91 — 15,764 ratings — published 2022
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as haunting)
avg rating 4.00 — 415,213 ratings — published 2019
“When a mood of "not belonging" is haunting our mind and tolling the bell for relief or happiness, life may be like a scar on the canvas of our dreams. Now is the time to wake up and slip back to the basics, in the vein of crawling back to mum's lap. ("The grass was greener over there")”
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“The cries of the dead are terrible indeed; you should try not to hear them.”
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