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Books like Doll bones
A chilling, bittersweet quest that blurs the line between childhood make-believe and real-world haunts. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Doll bones.
- creepy
- nostalgic
- shadowy
- tense
- 01
Valiant
Holly Black
A gritty, subterranean descent into a drug-hazed urban faerie underworld where survival means embracing the monstrous.
- 02
The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman
A spooky, tender coming-of-age tale wrapped in graveyard mist and the bittersweet ache of growing up.
- 03
The Darkest Part of the Forest
Holly Black
A dark, modern fairytale where the woods are full of teeth and the girl with the sword is the most dangerous thing of all.
- 04
Down among the sticks and bones
Seanan McGuire
A dark, lyrical fairy tale about the monstrous expectations placed on little girls and the terrifying, beautiful worlds they escape to.
- 05
City of Ghosts
Victoria Schwab
A delightfully chilly romp through haunted cobblestone streets that balances genuine spooks with the warmth of an unbreakable friendship.
- 06
The Doll in the Garden
Mary Downing Hahn
A hauntingly beautiful exploration of the past hidden just behind the hedges of an overgrown garden.
- 07
The ghost sitter
Peni R. Griffin · 2001
A sunlit summer vacation slowly gives way to a gentle, spine-tingling mystery about the ghosts we leave behind.
- 08
Every Heart a Doorway
Seanan McGuire
A dark, wistful love letter to the children who fell through the cracks of reality and the worlds that ruined them for the ordinary.
- 09
Among the Dolls
William Sleator
A shadowy, claustrophobic descent into a miniature nightmare where childhood frustrations take on a terrifying life of their own.
- 10
May Bird and The Ever After
Jodi Lynn Anderson
A quiet, atmospheric portal fantasy that plunges a lonely outsider into a spooky realm of ghosts and shadows.
- 11
Flesh & bone
Jonathan Maberry
A breathless, blood-pumping trek through a ruined world where holding onto your humanity is the hardest survival skill of all.
- 12
Breadcrumbs
Anne Ursu
A magical rescue mission fueled by the fierce, unwavering loyalty of childhood friendship.
