Books like The Doom of the Haunted Opera by John Bellairs

Harry Potter is forced to leave Privet Drive and confront the Dark Lord, journeying to locate and destroy the remaining Horcruxes in a final battle that will determine the fate of magic.

In the sixth entry of the Harry Potter saga, Dumbledore’s arrival at Privet Drive uncovers a threat to Hogwarts and forces Harry, aided by friends, to uncover Voldemort’s darkest secrets.

Bod is the lone living child in a graveyard, raised by ghosts, werewolves and other spectral inhabitants. As he learns their ancient customs and the ability to Fade, he confronts the mysteries of both living and dead worlds.

An orphan named Lewis Barnavelt discovers that his new home is a magical mansion guarded by a hidden timepiece that could end the world, and only a family secret can stop it.

What price is too high to pay, even for love? Plunge into the fifth installment of the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and “prepare to be hooked” (Entertainment Weekly). The New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments continues -- and so do the thrills and danger for Jace, Clary, and Simon. What price is too high to pay, even for love? When Jace and Clary meet again, Clary is horrified to discover that the demon Lilith’s magic has bound her beloved Jace together with her evil brother Sebastian, and that Jace has become a servant of evil. The Clave is out to destroy Sebastian, but there is no way to harm one boy without destroying the other. As Alec, Magnus, Simon, and Isabelle wheedle and bargain with Seelies, demons, and the merciless Iron Sisters to try to save Jace, Clary plays a dangerous game of her own. The price of losing is not just her own life, but Jace’s soul. She’s willing to do anything for Jace, but can she still trust him? Or is he truly lost? Love. Blood. Betrayal. Revenge. Darkness threatens to claim the Shadowhunters in the harrowing fifth book of the Mortal Instruments series.

A teenage girl discovers she is a living science experiment and a powerful necromancer, forced to flee a sinister organization with her supernatural friends.

Ten‑year‑old Harvey is lured by a mysterious stranger to the magical Holiday House, where his excitement comes at a daunting cost.

Irish orphan siblings Molly (14) and Kip (10) travel to England and take up servant positions in a decaying manor, where they encounter a mysterious stranger and uncover the house's dark secrets.

In Wilkie Collins’ haunting tale, a glamorous Venetian hotel hides a ghostly menace that threatens a doomed Countess, blending suspense, revenge, and paranormal terror into a tightly paced novella set against the city's shadowy streets.

A thirteen‑year‑old boy, Lewis Barnavelt, visits a distant cousin in the English countryside in 1951. While there he inadvertently awakens demonic forces and summons a vengeful wizard spirit intent on killing his family.

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.

In Paris’ Opera House a disfigured musical genius battles for a lover’s heart—his rival and his songs both animated as cats in this eerie, child‑friendly tale of music and mystery.

When Rose Rita Pottinger injures herself with an enchanted Egyptian scroll, young Lewis teams up with his neighbor Florence and eccentric Uncle Jonathan to rescue her from a hidden tomb.

In 1950s Michigan, young Lewis Barnavelt and his uncle find themselves the targets of a sinister curse—an old hooded figure from the uncle’s past unleashes mysterious accidents that threaten their safety.

When Marie‑Grace and her friend Cecile help backstage at a New Orleans theater for a famous English opera company, they uncover unsettling secrets that turn a music lesson into a mysterious, haunted adventure.

Rose Pottinger and Mrs. Zimmermann slip through a mysterious tunnel on a warm summer day in 1951, only to find themselves in snowy Pennsylvania in 1828, where a supernatural witchery tale unfolds.

Two brothers search for a magical dragon's tooth to prevent the return of a powerful magic user.