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Best Haunted House Books

December 2024

Home Before Dark

Maggie Holt returns to her childhood home, Baneberry Hall, determined to uncover the truth behind her father’s bestselling horror memoir. As she renovates the eerie Victorian mansion, long-buried secrets resurface, blurring the lines between fact and fiction. Haunted by fragmented memories and inexplicable occurrences, Maggie grapples with her own skepticism and the house’s dark history. With each creaking floorboard and shadowy corner, she’s drawn deeper into a mystery that threatens to consume her, just as it did her family years ago.

The Turn of the Key

Rowan Caine stumbles upon a dream job as a live-in nanny in the Scottish Highlands, but her excitement quickly turns to dread. The sprawling Victorian mansion, with its high-tech amenities and eerie history, harbors dark secrets. As strange occurrences escalate and the children’s behavior becomes increasingly unsettling, Rowan finds herself trapped in a nightmarish situation. Ware masterfully weaves a tale of paranoia and suspense, leaving readers questioning reality until the shocking final twist.

The House of the Seven Gables

The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a gothic masterpiece that intricately weaves a tale of family secrets and eerie happenings in a cursed mansion. The Pyncheon family’s dark past looms over each generation, and the ancestral home itself appears almost alive with its own malevolent spirit. As the characters navigate love, betrayal, and supernatural elements, you can’t help but feel a chill. It’s a haunting reminder of how the past can shape—and sometimes overshadow—the present.