Books like The Ghost Upstairs by Lila Sprague McGinnis

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.

Billie and her friends form a Secret Mystery Club and take on the spooky house on their street, seeking to uncover whether a witch or ghost lingers inside.

A young girl solves a camp mystery with ghostly help

**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*.

A ghostly tale at Zibby's school, where kids dream about fire and a mysterious hand reaching from the flames.

A family’s dream home on Long Island’s South Shore turns into a haunted nightmare as a sinister presence overwhelms them, forcing a desperate fight for their children’s survival.

Melanie Middleton, a Charleston real‑estate agent with a love for historic homes, inherits an old mansion on Tradd Street. While she navigates the house’s haunted past and its secrets, she and a writer named Jack Trenholm uncover hidden Confederate treasures and a malevolent ghost.

Ghost tries to help Skeleton get rid of the hiccups.

Four young friends each tell a spooky story, but Willy has his own tale to share.

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

A mischievous little ghost longs to watch the town in daylight. When he finally steps out, his antics stir chaos, leaving him unable to return to his quiet nighttime existence.

A young woman haunted by a serial murderer, determined to exact revenge and escape purgatory.

A ghost story of loneliness and friendship on the beach.

A fourteen-year-old girl discovers a ghostly girl from 1877 when her family moves into a haunted house.

A solicitor’s clerk sells seven years of his life for instant wealth, only to discover a spectral price he never imagined.

A middle school student moves to a haunted apartment in Ravens Pass, but the town's mysterious past may not be the only thing lurking around.

When reclusive novelist Vida Winter’s health wanes, she tasks biographer Margaret Lea with revealing the truth of her life, though Margaret must sift through Winter’s penchant for exaggeration to arrive at facts.

Squire Grizzly's maniac mansion and the ghostly Bad Bart bring the Berenstain Bears into the world of eerie mysteries.