Books like The ghost by Arnold Bennett

A struggling writer and recovering alcoholic, Jack Torrance takes over caretaking of the remote Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies, but a winter storm and the building’s malevolent past drive him toward madness, threatening his family's safety.

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.

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.

A spooky anthology of ghost, witch, and modern horror tales that rattles the imagination, perfect for an adventurous child’s night‑time reading.

Set in a crumbling Georgian manor in rural Warwickshire, *The Little Stranger* follows a doctor arriving at a long‑standing family home where a death‑bed patient and chilling supernatural forces intertwine against the backdrop of post‑war Britain.

Artist Jennifer Silver journeys to the remote Valley of the Storms in the French Pyrenees to visit her cousin Gillian before she joins the Convent of Our Lady of the Storms, only to confront a mysterious car‑accident death.

In 1976, four nuns escape a Spanish convent and find themselves caught in a dangerous clash between the outlawed Basque underground and the Spanish army commanded by Colonel Ramon Acoca.

In a decaying Victorian coastal house, two men confront a terrifying presence that has haunted them since childhood and may again threaten their lives.

When a novice abbess named Tara is captured by Viking raiders, she is forced into marriage with chieftain Rorik. Their journey takes them from northern fjords to the Black Sea as they fight war, betrayal, and cultural clash.

During WWII, RAF flying officer Jerry Chambers and barmaid Mona Stevens navigate love and danger in wartime England, united by loyalty and unexpected courage.

A psychological thriller about a husband’s frantic attempts to save his wife from a sinister force lurking in their home, as a biographer uncovers a deadly pattern of madness tied to their family.

In medieval England, Sir Justin Baldwin steals Isabelle Gaillard from a moonless night and makes her his new bride—an act that throws his ordered life and his love for a returning heiress into peril.

On the run . . .Elena Gilbert's love, the vampire Stefan Salvatore, has been captured and imprisoned by demonic spirits who are wreaking havoc in Fell's Church. While her friends Bonnie and Meredith explore the evil that has taken over their town, Elena goes in search of Stefan.In order to find him, she entrusts her life to Stefan's brother, Damon Salvatore, the handsome but deadly vampire who wants Elena, body and soul. Along with her childhood friend Matt, they set out for the slums of the Dark Dimension, where Stefan is being held captive. It is rumored to be a world where vampires and demons roam free, but humans must live enslaved to their supernatural masters. . . .Elena will stop at nothing to free Stefan. Yet with each passing day the tension between Elena and Damon grows, and she is faced with a terrible decision: Which brother does she really want?Back in Fell's Church, Bonnie and Meredith have made some dire discoveries. They hastily try to follow Elena and warn her—only to be caught up in Elena's most dangerous adventure yet.

A spine‑chilling anthology of classic American and English ghost stories, featuring tales by Poe, Wells, Doyle, and Aiken, some of which are first‑person narratives that blend crime, horror and the supernatural.

A collection of seven easily readable ghost stories drawn from traditional folk tales and legends from around the world, perfect for young readers who enjoy supernatural adventures.

In an alternate early‑19th‑century Britain where the Stuarts rule, a Maryland orphan, Sarah Cunningham, is magically thrust into court as the Duchess of Roxbury and must navigate intrigue, spycraft, and a perilous mission to the heart of Imperial France.

A young lifeguard on a New Jersey beach begins receiving mysterious phone calls and encounters uncanny appearances after a tragedy.

"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.

In a remote Hebridean island, Mairi brings home Thomas, a fragile orphan, igniting jealousy in her partner Sandy and reshaping their relationship over time and tragedy.

An eight‑year‑old’s quiet life is shattered when frightening supernatural images and messages begin to appear, forcing him to confront a family legacy that may be a curse or a rare gift.

When Gina and her family move into the haunted Canterville Chase, she is drawn into a romance with the charming Jonathan Canterville and a mystery with the mansion’s ghost, Thomas.

A collection of short stories that blur the line between fact and fiction, exploring mysteries, the supernatural, and adventures for a young audience.