Books with: Hauntings, hijinks and obnoxious ghosts

[Not-Mary]

Hi. I'm looking for ghost books with this Beetlejuicy vibe. A bit scary, but mostly just bizarre and full of ghostly hijinks. It can be adult, young adult or middle-grade.

[...cats?]

I used to love Eva Ibbotson's monster books, they all had that sort of goofy/spooky vibe. Books with ghosts include The Haunting of Hiram, Dial-a-Ghost, and The Great Ghost Rescue

Also:
Cornelia Funke's Ghosthunters series
Summon the Keeper
The Canterville Ghost

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Meaning the ghosts can't be killing people?

[Rainbowheart]

Ghost a La Mode
The Ghostmobile
Hey, Dad, Get a Life!
Ghosts Who Went to School
The Horribly Haunted School
The Haunting of Granite Falls

[Not-Mary]

Thanks for recommendations ...cats? and Rainbowheart!


Lobstergirl wrote: "Meaning the ghosts can't be killing people?"

Lobstergirl, I would prefer that nobody died because of ghosts. I'm looking for a more comedic take.

[SamSpayedPI]

I'll second Ghosts Who Went To School. It was my absolute favorite when I was in third grade; I must have read it a hundred times.

[Moloch]

Post Mortem
A ghost investigates his own murder; it's a classic murder mystery, so it's not really "scary", although not humorous either

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
This also seems a light read featuring a ghost (it's on my TBR list but I haven't read it)

[Not-Mary]

Thank you!

[Moloch]

Moloch wrote: "[The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
This also seems a light read featuring a ghost (it's on my TBR list but I haven't read it) ."

I've read it eventually and, while it's not scary at all, it's not that humorous either. A gentle romance, not a bad read, but maybe not the type of book you're looking for.

[Not-Mary]

Moloch wrote: "Moloch wrote: "[The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
This also seems a light read featuring a ghost (it's on my TBR list but I haven't read it) ."

I've read it eventually and, while it's not scary at all, it's..."
No worries, I already read that one and I really enjoyed it. You're right it wasn't exactly what I asked for, but it wasn't much of a problem, since it was pretty good in its own right:)