I’ve got a little list – of 20 Ghost Story novels

Yesterday’s list of horror novels caused a deal of discussion. so here’s another- probably my favorite sub-genre, and one I keep trying to do justice to in my own work.

I’ve stretched the definition of novel to allow some that are little more than novellas, but I thought they needed to be in here. I’ve also seen lists of haunted house books that include HOUSE ON THE BORDERLAND, but I don’t think that place is haunted at all, so I haven’t included it in mine, although it is a personal favorite book.

• THE HOUSE ON NAZARETH HILL – Ramsey Campbell
• NAOMI’S ROOM – Jonathan Aycliffe
• THE ELEMENTALS – Michael McDowell
• THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES – Nathaniel Hawthorne
• THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE – Shirley Jackson
• SWEETHEART, SWEETHEART – Bernard Taylor
• A STIR OF ECHOES – Richard Matheson
• CAST A COLD EYE – Alan Ryan
• BURNT OFFERINGS – Robert Marasco
• BAG OF BONES – Stephen King
• THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR – Anne Rivers Siddons
• THE WOMAN IN BLACK – Susan Hill
• GHOST STORY – Peter Straub
• THE TURN OF THE SCREW – Henry James
• THE GHOST PIRATES – William Hope Hodgson
• PORTRAIT OF JENNIE – Robert Nathan
• A SOUL IN A BOTTLE – Tim Powers
• FOG HEART – Thomas Tessier
• THE TAKEN – Sarah Pinborough
• THE UNINVITED – John Farris

 

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