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Books like The ghost
A breathless, disaster-laden romance where love must survive both earthly catastrophes and the jealous wrath of a phantom rival. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The ghost.
- eerie
- perilous
- swooning
- tense
- 01
The Turn of the Screw
Henry James · 2003
A masterclass in creeping dread where every shadow hides a question and the greatest monster might be the narrator's own mind.
- 02
The woman in black
Susan Hill
A masterclass in creeping dread that wraps you in a thick, suffocating fog of isolation and inescapable tragedy.
- 03
Le fantôme de l'opéra
Gaston Leroux · 1911
A descent into the shadowy, opulent bowels of a Parisian theater where obsession and genius wear a terrifying mask.
- 04
Old Lover's Ghost
Joan Smith · 1995
A delightfully witty romp through a haunted manor where the sharpest thing isn't the ghost, but the banter.
- 05
The Power of Darkness
Edith Nesbit
A collection of elegant, creeping nightmares where grief and superstition bleed into the waking world.
- 06
The Watch House
Robert Westall · 1977
A chilling coastal mystery where the relics of past tragedies awaken a lingering, malevolent force.
- 07
The Canterville Ghost
Oscar Wilde
A sparkling, satirical collision of pragmatic modernism and gothic melodrama that unexpectedly melts into a tender fairy tale.
- 08
The Sherbrooke Bride
Catherine Coulter · 1992
A spirited, chaotic romp through historical England featuring a marriage of convenience, a grumpy earl, and a meddlesome ghost.
- 09
The ghosts
Antonia Barber
A gentle, atmospheric time-slip mystery where empathy and courage bridge the gap between centuries.
- 10
The Accident
Diane Hoh · 1996
A chilling, atmospheric mystery where the supernatural bleeds into the everyday through a haunted reflection.
- 11
Collected Ghost Stories
Montague Rhodes James
A masterclass in slow-burn dread where dusty archives and quiet country inns hide ancient, malevolent forces waiting to be disturbed.
- 12
The Haunted Hotel
Wilkie Collins · 2007
A feverish descent into guilt and ghostly retribution set against the decaying, water-logged beauty of Venice.
