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Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights is the only novel by the English author Emily Brontë, initially published in 1847 under her pen name "Ellis Bell". It concerns two extensive upland estates and their landowning families on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons; and their turbulent relationships with the Earnshaws' foster son, Heathcliff. Driven by themes of love, possession, revenge, and reconciliation, the novel is influenced by Romanticism and Gothic fiction. It is considered a classic of English literature.
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. It recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. In the process, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.
The Shining
1977 novel by Stephen King
Pet Sematary
1983 novel by Stephen King
Coraline
Coraline () is a 2002 British fantasy horror children's novella by author Neil Gaiman. Gaiman started writing Coraline in 1990, and it was published in 2002 by Bloomsbury and HarperCollins. It was awarded the 2003 Hugo Award for Best Novella, the 2003 Nebula Award for Best Novella, and the 2002 Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers. The Guardian ranked Coraline #82 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. It was adapted as a 2009 stop-motion animated film, directed by Henry Selick under the same name.
Bag of Bones
1998 novel by Stephen King
The Lovely Bones
2002 novel by Alice Sebold
The Turn of the Screw
1898 novella by Henry James
Doctor Sleep
2013 novel by Stephen King
The Graveyard Book
2008 novel by Neil Gaiman
Ring
1991 horror novel by Koji Suzuki
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
1987 novel by Douglas Adams
Occultic;Nine
is a Japanese light novel series written by Chiyomaru Shikura, and is a part of the Science Adventure franchise. It was later adapted into a visual novel and published by Mages in November 2017. The light novel series is licensed in English by J-Novel Club. A manga, illustrated by Ganjii, was serialized in Kodansha's good! Afternoon from October 2015 to May 2017. An anime television series adaptation by A-1 Pictures aired between October and December 2016.
The Haunting of Hill House
1959 novel by Shirley Jackson
The Wardstone Chronicles
'''''Spook's, published as The Last Apprentice''''' in the United States, is a children's dark fantasy series by English author Joseph Delaney. It is published by imprints of Penguin Random House in the United Kingdom and HarperCollins in the United States. The series has been published in 30 countries, with sales exceeding 4.5 million copies. It started in 2004 with ''The Spook's Apprentice, which has been adapted into a play script, a feature film titled Seventh Son'', and a French graphic novel.
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain
novella by English author Charles Dickens; published 1848
The Goblin Reservation
novel by Clifford D. Simak
Waka Okami wa Shōgakusei!
series of novels by Hiroko Reijo
Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon
novel by Cyrano de Bergerac
The Woman in Black
book by Susan Hill
The Spook's Apprentice
novel by Joseph Delaney
The Phantom Ship
book
The Holy Grail of Eris
Japanese light novel series
Ghost Story
1979 novel by Peter Straub
Khonsuemheb and the ghost
ancient Egyptian ghost story dating back to the Ramesside period
Gump and Co.
1995 novel by Winston Groom
Heart-Shaped Box
2007 novel by Joe Hill
Zuleika Dobson
1911 novel by Max Beerbohm
Lockwood & Co.
books by Jonathan Stroud
The Glass Hotel
2020 novel by Emily St. John Mandel
Hell House
novel by Richard Matheson
The Screaming Staircase
novel by Jonathan Stroud
Ghost Blows Out the Light
2006 novel by Zhang Muye
The Mediator
novel series by Meg Cabot