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Books like The Turn of the Screw
A masterclass in creeping dread where every shadow hides a question and the greatest monster might be the narrator's own mind. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Turn of the Screw.
- dread-soaked
- eerie
- claustrophobic
- oppressive
- 01
Julia
Peter Straub
A chilling exploration of maternal grief wrapped in a suffocating supernatural haunting.
- 02
The Canterville Ghost
Oscar Wilde
A sparkling, satirical collision of pragmatic modernism and gothic melodrama that unexpectedly melts into a tender fairy tale.
- 03
The woman in black
Susan Hill
A masterclass in creeping dread that wraps you in a thick, suffocating fog of isolation and inescapable tragedy.
- 04
The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
A quiet, earthy journey of neglected things, both human and botanical, slowly coaxed back to vibrant life.
- 05
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.
- 06
The Power of Darkness
Edith Nesbit
A collection of elegant, creeping nightmares where grief and superstition bleed into the waking world.
- 07
The Creeping Shadow
Jonathan Stroud
A fog-drenched, witty descent into supernatural peril where the only thing sharper than the ghosts' claws is the banter.
- 08
The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson · 2002
A masterclass in psychological dread where the architecture of a house mirrors the unraveling of a fragile mind.
- 09
Nine Coaches Waiting
Mary Stewart · 1978
A lush, creeping gothic romance where opulent surroundings mask a deadly, suffocating secret.
- 10
The Twisted Ones
T. Kingfisher
A deeply unsettling descent into backwoods terror, anchored by a fiercely relatable narrator and her very good dog.
- 11
The ghosts
Antonia Barber
A gentle, atmospheric time-slip mystery where empathy and courage bridge the gap between centuries.
- 12
The girl in the locked room
Mary Downing Hahn
A chilling, atmospheric mystery that bridges the gap between the living and the dead through the power of empathy.
