Books like Clue by Michael McDowell

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 bride, the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter, arrives at Manderley on the Cornish coast and finds her new home haunted by the memory and housekeeper’s obsession with her mysterious, stylish predecessor—Rebecca.

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.

After her husband dies, newly widowed Elsie moves to her late husband's crumbling country estate, The Bridge, only to find a mysterious painted figure that eerily mirrors her, stirring unsettling fears that threaten her fragile new life.

A dark New England mansion, the House of the Seven Gables, casts an ancestral curse over the Pyncheon family, revealing secrets, mysterious deaths, and a complex mix of gothic, historical, and moral themes.

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.

A boy's magical abilities are exploited by a malevolent doctor who seeks to harness his powers for his sinister purposes.

A thrilling adventure into the heart of a black hole.

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 historical novel set during the 72‑76 CE siege of Masada, blending the Roman Empire and Jewish resistance in the desert backdrop.

Nicholas Dismas, a private investigator with a hidden secret, is hired to recover a baby taken at birth. His search leads him to "Perfect Rest," an elderly home that harbors a dark secret that threatens to reveal his own identity.

Winter, with its unsettling blend of the cosy and the sinister, has long been a popular time for gathering by the bright flame of a candle, or the warm crackling of a fire, and swapping stories of ghosts and strange happenings. Now eight bestselling, award-winning authors - master storytellers of the sinister and the macabre - bring this time-honoured tradition to vivid life in a spellbinding collection of new and original haunted tales. From a bustling Covent Garden Christmas market to the frosty moors of Yorkshire, from a country estate with a dreadful secret, to a London mansion where a beautiful girl lies frozen in death, these are stories to make your hair stand on end, send shivers down your spine and to serve as your indispensable companion to the long nights of winter. So curl up, light a candle, and fall under the spell of The Haunting Season...

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.

The novelization of Werner Herzog's 1979 remake of the 1922 horror film, *Nosferatu*.

In the quiet town of Pine Cone, Alabama, Sarah Howell’s husband is rendered blind and mute after a rifle accident, forcing her to live under a hostile mother‑in‑law while investigating a string of gruesome deaths linked to a mysterious amulet.

Ruth faces uncertainty in her seemingly perfect marriage and family life, as a potential conspiracy over her baby threatens her peace in Bath and Bristol.

"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 ..."--