Books that take place (almost solely) in a character's house?

[Conor]

Do you know of any books that nearly all center around activity in the character's home? Thriller/Horror/Mystery books in particular. I particularly like haunted house books but thrillers and mystery are just as welcome!

[sonya]

Misery took place and Anne Wilkes house

The haunted hotel in the shining.

[Cujo]

The Cabin at the End of the World

[WendyB]

Sick House by Jeff Strand
It's been a while since I read this but I think most of the action takes place in one house.

[Christopher]

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson.

[Randy]

A Head Full of Ghosts

The Red Tree (ignore the cover; it's a good book in spite of that)

The House Next Door (this is a bit of a cheat since it's, well, the house next door)

The Collected Fiction, Vol. 2: The House on the Borderland and Other Mysterious Places

Deadfall Hotel

The Cormorant

The Harrowing

The Rim of Morning: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror (contains 2 novels, The Edge of Running Water is most like what you're looking for)

Softspoken

The Cypress House

Nyctophobia

Isis (relying on memory here, and it may not be reliable)

Apparently I like this premise, too.

[Felina]

The Troop takes place entirely on a very tiny island. The only thing in the island is a small house. This book is atmospheric on an extreme level.

[Kelly B]

My recommendations:

[Justin]

This just gave me a thought about books that take place not just solely in houses but solely anywhere such as a factory, warehouse, asylum, outside, etc. Off of that thought it also makes me wonder if there's any significance of basing a novel solely in one place.

[Perry]

Fourteen Days by our own Steven Jenkins takes place primarily in one house.

[Marie]

Here are some haunted house books for you:

Darcy Coates writes about haunted houses so here are a couple or so for you:







Another author that writes house hauntings is Ambrose Ibsen and here is a couple of books of his that you might like:





This book was a creepy ghost story by author Anthony M. Strong: