Books like Among the ghosts by Amber Benson

Teenager Suze faces a haunting dilemma when a ghostly love entangles her with a living admirer, forcing her to choose between the dead and the living.

When a ruthless crime shakes London's elite, young physician Lockwood enlists paranormal investigator Lucy to uncover hidden sinister truths, thrusting them into a world of dangerous mysteries.

When fourteen‑year‑old Marjorie Barrett develops acute schizophrenia, her family’s suburban life spirals into horror. A Catholic priest offers an exorcism while a reality‑TV crew watches the distress unfold.

Sixteen‑year‑old Renee Winters, grieving after her parents' mysterious death, is sent to an old-fashioned Maine boarding school. There she discovers a strange connection to a fellow student—and a supernatural secret.

A teenage girl named Alexis confronts a powerful ghost whose destiny is unexpectedly linked to her own.

Rory Deveaux, scarred by a Jack the Ripper copycat, returns to London where her ability to vanish ghosts puts her at odds with the city’s secret police as new mysterious deaths threaten the city.

**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*.

David Eliot returns to Groosham Grange, a haunted boarding school, where he must race to win the Unholy Grail while the creature terrorizing the school also threatens his chances.

Belladonna Johnson, two months into her role as the Spellbinder, grapples with new powers while a ghostly map leads her and classmate Steve toward the enigmatic Queen of the Abyss amid disappearing parents and a suspicious foster family.

In the Prospero Keys near the Bermuda Triangle, teenage Rain Cacique balances a new school year with a quest for the Islands’ hidden mysticism, confronting supernatural forces and a vampire along the way.

A former IRA hit man, haunted by the ghosts of the 12 he killed, seeks redemption by targeting the men who ordered him. Amid political intrigue, he draws a forbidden attraction that threatens his quest for peace.

Rebecca receives a sampler embroidered by a long‑dead girl, and suddenly her life becomes intertwined with visions of that girl’s past.

E. F. Benson’s collection showcases classic 20th‑century English horror, bringing atmospheric countryside scenes, body‑horror twists, satirical séances, and gothic chills to a spectrum of ghostly tales.

Wenn ein Traumhaus in den Highlands zum Albtraum wird Rowan Caine nimmt eine Stelle als Kindermädchen in einem einsam gelegenen Haus in Schottland an, bei einer scheinbar perfekten Familie mit vier Töchtern. Doch ihr Traumjob wird für Rowan zum Albtraum. Die Atmosphäre im Haus ist extrem unheimlich. Sie fühlt sich ständig beobachtet – nicht nur von den Überwachungskameras, die in jedem Zimmer hängen. Dann findet sie die ominöse Warnung eines früheren Kindermädchens an die unbekannte Nachfolgerin Und es geschehen immer mehr beängstigende, unerklärliche Dinge. Auch das Verhalten der Kinder wird immer seltsamer – bis es schließlich einen tragischen Todesfall gibt. Und Rowan gerät unter Mordverdacht. Um ihre Unschuld zu beweisen, greift sie zu einem verzweifelten Mittel.

A New Orleans ghost story that intertwines the past with the present.

When 11‑year‑old Jon Whitcroft arrives at a boarding school at Salisbury Cathedral, he and his new friend Ella team up to summon the ghost of Sir William Longspee, hoping the knightly spirit can protect them from a hostile group of ghosts.

"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling last words left by a man who had everything to live for but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, FBI agent Jane Hawk, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people seemingly happy and sound of mind, have recently been committing suicide in surprising numbers. A disturbing pattern is beginning to emerge. Jane is determined to give up everything to find out why. And if that means going rogue and becoming America's Most Wanted, then so be it. Those arrayed against her are legion, and devoted to protecting something profoundly important-or terrifying-enough to exterminate any and all in their way. But Jane is as clever as these enemies are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthless. And she is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.

At Marlwood Academy, Lindsay teams up with former rival Mandy to uncover who wants them dead. When ex‑boyfriend Riley returns, she confronts a curse that threatens the school’s future and must decide between escape and love to banish the evil spirits.

A supernatural romance that explores a bond transcending death, set against the backdrop of a New York town linked to the Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

Seventeen‑year‑old Daisy Giordano takes on a murder mystery at her high school when a new student’s prediction comes true, only to discover a lurking werewolf may hold the key.

Afterlife follows Bianca, turned into a wraith, and Lucas, transformed into a vampire, as they return to the ominous Evernight Academy to confront the fallout of their supernatural romance.

In 1838, William and Tamara Swift inherit a mystical legacy that makes them the Protectors of Albion, defenders of England’s soul, aided by the ghostly spirits of Lord Byron, Queen Victoria, and Admiral Nelson.

At Oakhurst Academy, a boarding school for orphaned future magicians, magical attacks force a suspicious alumnus to protect the campus and train students for war.

At Rotten School, a bullying showdown unfolds when the fearless bully Joe Sweety faces a ghostly prank from his classmates, threatening to turn his harsh ways into a lesson in kindness.

An anthology of thirty contemporary short stories by leading American and English writers of ghost and horror fiction.

"What was the worst thing you've ever done? In the sleepy town of Milburn, New York, four old men gather to tell each other stories--some true, some made-up, all of them frightening. A simple pastime to divert themselves from their quiet lives. But one story is coming back to haunt them and their small town. A tale of something they did long ago. A wicked mistake. A horrifying accident. And they are about to learn that no one can bury the past forever ..."--

New‑girl Lindsay faces a supernatural threat at Marlwood Academy for Girls, where a popular clique’s sinister rituals unveil centuries‑old ghosts that seek to claim her life.