Books like Picture the dead by Adele Griffin

After being murdered at fourteen, Susie Salmon watches from heaven as her family, friends, and killer grapple with grief and justice, revealing how love and forgiveness shape a family's future.

Shirley Jackson’s classic psychological horror, *The Haunting of Hill House*, follows a lonely woman drawn into an abandoned mansion whose malevolent presence ultimately consumes her.

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The story of two boys and their dark journey through a haunted carnival

A young governess in a remote estate discovers that the souls of two children are threatened by the malevolent ghosts of a former governess and her lover.

The Amityville Horror recounts the alleged terrifying paranormal experiences of the Lutz family at their Long Island home, sparking widespread debate and legal disputes over its authenticity.

When a haunted dollhouse illuminates the night, sisters Amy and her sister with a mental disability investigate the past murders that befell their family.

Set in a quiet 1950s American suburb, two orphaned sisters, Meg and Susan, are held captive in their aunt’s basement as her deteriorating mental health begins to poison their family and the surrounding community.

In 1716 London, a sixteen‑year‑old orphan pretends to be a lady‑in‑waiting after uncovering the murder of the real girl, exposing a conspiratorial web of court spies—while a handsome artist who may be a spy himself helps unravel the mystery.

Four Alden siblings vacation at a friend's country home, driving them to uncover a missing priceless brooch and investigate a rumored ghostly stream.

When the Aldens visit their friend Fran in Wisconsin, they are drawn into her spooky tale of a runaway ghost whose bell still rings after years of silence.

In a quiet Alabama town, the Alden siblings hear midnight howls that may be the legendary ghost dog. Their investigation blends mystery, family bonds, and the supernatural.

When the Alden cousins renovate a long‑abandoned house, they uncover creepy tales of a ghost and startling clues that hint the spirit may be real.

After her father’s death, young Ash is tormented by a cruel stepmother and hunts for solace in fairy tales—until she meets the dangerous fairy Sidhean and the fierce huntress Kaisa, who pull her toward a choice between fantasy and true love.

**What secrets does the Shadow Market hold?** The Shadow Market is a meeting point for faeries, werewolves, warlocks, and vampires. There, the Downworlders buy and sell magical objects, make dark bargains, and whisper secrets they do not want the Nephilim to know. Through two centuries, however, there has been a frequent visitor to the Shadow Market from the City of Bones, the very heart of the Shadowhunters' world. As a Silent Brother, Brother Zachariah is a sworn keeper of the laws and lore of the Nephilim. But once he was a Shadowhunter called Jem Carstairs, and his love, then and always, is the warlock Tessa Gray. And Jem is searching through the Shadow Markets, in many different cities over long years, for a relic from his past. Follow Jem and see, against the backdrop of the Shadow Market's dark dealings and festival, Anna Lightwood's doomed romance, Matthew Fairchild's great sin, and Tessa Gray as she is plunged into a world war. Valentine Morgenstern buys a soul at the Market and a young Jace Wayland's soul finds safe harbor. In the Market is hidden a lost heir and a beloved ghost, and no one can save you once you have traded away your heart. Not even Brother Zachariah. This description comes from the publisher. *Ghosts of the Shadow Market* takes place in the Shadowhunter world, the first book of which is *City of Bones*.

After a devastating car crash, teen Ember awakens with amnesia and a back injury, scrambling to reconstruct the weeks before the accident—and to unveil why her friends and family refuse to speak of it.

When backpacking together, vampire Bianca and human Lucas escape Evernight Academy, only to be hunted by both vampire hunters and their own school. Their love must survive the betrayal, danger, and destiny that threaten to tear them apart.

In Victorian London, ten‑year‑old Florence Crutchfield is sent to an orphanage-run house with her great‑uncle, great‑aunt and sick cousin James. Little does she know another, sinister presence lurks in the home, threatening both girls’ safety.

A thirteen‑year‑old Vietnamese orphan, raised by an elderly Grand-Pierre in rural France, discovers ancient secrets, heals old wounds, and learns the deep meanings of life, death, and love.

Twelve‑year‑old Lane struggles with grief on an army base in the 1977 Panama Canal Zone after a fatal car crash.

A celebrated New York City teenage street artist’s sudden death sparks a gripping exploration through interviews with her family, friends, and critics, revealing the layers of a life that left a mysterious art legacy.

A ghostly romance in an industrialized Asia where teenagers fall in love with different classes and backgrounds.

The Alden siblings visit Greenfield Cemetery, where a local superstition demands offerings to appease a ghost. Determined to uncover the truth, they investigate the rumor and confront the mysterious spirit.

In "Under the Light," beloved spirits Helen and Jenny collide as they swap bodies to escape their constraints, proving love can push even the gentlest souls toward desperate acts.

A sixteen‑year‑old orphan servant in Victorian London falls in love while uncovering the secrets of a clandestine society of inventors and their perilous creation.

At the eve of World II, two young girls mistaken for one another at a grand English estate become unexpectedly entwined in romance and intrigue.

A shy student named Delia begins a friendship with the charismatic Amandine at a new school, and soon discovers their bond will test their resilience and trust.

Twin sisters bound by childhood closeness confront the grief of one sister’s death and the struggle of the other’s mental illness as they learn to heal together.