Books like The ritual by J. N. Williamson

Vampire Chronicles: The Story of Marius, the Self-Styled Guardian of 'Those Who Must Be Kept'

Emma Orr delves into the universal nature of ritual, offering insights for solar festivals, rites of passage, lunar cycles, healing, change, and empowerment.

A new student at a boarding school becomes embroiled in a supernatural mystery involving a ghost and a serial killer, leading her to confront dark secrets from her past.

A young boy discovers a cursed book that leads to a terrifying supernatural horror story.

A warlock from the Salem witch trials lands in modern-day Los Angeles, hunting for ultimate evil and facing a witch hunter who seeks to prevent the horror of the past from repeating itself.

A tale of the petticoats between sisters and the haunting secrets of the dollager family, this novel will keep you on the edge of your seat with its psychological tension and spine-tingling plot twists.

Shrouded in the same brand of mystery and contradiction that forms its tangled plot, "Ritual", the 1967 debut by David Pinner is commonly recognised by cult cinema fanatics as the original seed that grew into the towering movie enigma "The Wicker Man". Set against an enclosed rural Cornish landscape, Ritual follows the trail of English police officer, David Hanlin, who is requested to investigate the murder of a local child. During his short stay, he is slowly subjected to a spectacle of psychological trickery, sexual seduction and ancient religious practices. As he delves deeper into the village’s mysterious way of life he finds himself becoming embroiled and seduced into their bizarre rituals, and starts to feel almost hypnotised by the community. But when another child is murdered he knows he needs to break the spell and find the killer. Pinner's poetic and hallucinatory sequences were transformed into Robin Hardy's 1973 film, "The Wicker Man", which has enthralled and inspired generations of British movie patrons and folk-pop enthusiasts throughout the world.

The Dollanganger Family Series: A Thriller with Family Secrets and Unpredictable Villains