Books like Lily Dale by Wendy Corsi Staub

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.

Three child detectives of a psychic agency in London hunt ghosts that kill adults and can only be seen by kids, using objects linked to spirits to exorcise the dangerous apparitions.

When a ruthless crime shakes London's elite, young physician Lockwood enlists paranormal investigator Lucy to uncover hidden sinister truths, thrusting them into a world of dangerous mysteries.

Lily visits her great‑uncle’s Cape May summer house and, with a new friend, uncovers a sleuthing adventure that mixes a hidden treasure hunt, a fraudulent medium, and a host of quirky ghosts.

A family’s idyllic summer party at a grand estate in Cornwall turns into a desperate search when six‑year‑old Theo vanishes, leaving the house abandoned and the siblings torn apart.

Evie O'Neill discovers she has supernatural abilities while navigating the seedy underworld of 1920s New York City.

High‑school detective Gwen Frost investigates the murder of a classmate and a stolen magical artifact at Mythos Academy, a school where mythical powers and deadly warriors coexist.

A summer treasure hunt in Lambert, South Carolina, sees 12‑year‑old Candice Miller uncover a family mystery, fight injustice, and prove her grandmother’s detective legacy.

Marlon the monster boy faces ridicule for clinging to his pacifier, but with supportive grandma and mother he learns perseverance and decision‑making in a playful adventure.

Eleven‑year‑old Ellie Dingman takes the helm of her family in 1963 New York after her flamboyant mother leaves to chase an acting dream, while confronting school prejudice and neighborhood misfits.

In Lily Dale, New York, a community of spiritualists believes the dead never truly leave, offering mediums as living to connect with spirits and glimpse the future. Journalist Christine Wicker explores the town’s history, visitors, and the power of belief.

"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.

Lily Graves, raised among funeral directors, uncovers hidden truths and deadly secrets in her high‑school town when a senior‑class president is murdered, forcing her to navigate love, suspicion, and the shadows of the past.

High school detective Kendall Williams uses her ability to speak with ghosts to help the restless spirit of Lyra, a decision that strains her friendships and love life and threatens to unravel the secret she has kept hidden.

Twelve‑year‑old Tanya, tormented by unseen evil fairies, is sent to her stern grandmother’s manor where she and the caretaker’s son unravel a chilling mystery that threatens her life.

Three siblings flee to a distant grandmother’s house to escape foster care, only to discover a cold welcome and a harrowing secret hidden within the family's past.

Eleven‑year‑old Jenny stays with her widowed grandmother by the sea, where she discovers the depths of love and the mysteries of the ocean.

A biracial girl remembers growing up with two loving women—a Japanese mother and an African‑American paternal grandmother—exploring family bonds across culture and race.