The Shining
Stephen King
1977
Books with the “Haunted House” trope
A house where strange things happen and where the memory of former residents lingers.
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Setting and place · Haunted House
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Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
2020
The Turn of the Screw
Henry James
1898
The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson
1959
Hell House
Richard Matheson
1971
The Woman in Black
Susan Hill
1983
The Little Stranger
Sarah Waters
2009
Slade House
David Mitchell
2015
The Silent Companions
Laura Purcell
2017
The Turn of the Key
Ruth Ware
2019
Beloved
Toni Morrison
1987
House of Leaves
Mark Z. Danielewski
2000
The Elementals
Michael McDowell
1981
The Hacienda
Isabel Cañas
2022
The Spite House
Johnny Compton
2023
The House Next Door
Anne Rivers Siddons
1978
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Creeping Dread
Gothic
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Gothic Manor
A story set in a grand old aristocratic house weighed down by buried family secrets, debt and decay.
Windswept Moors
Stories set on wild, foggy moorland where the harsh landscape mirrors the characters' inner storms.
Victorian London Atmosphere
Gas lamps, thick fog, horse-drawn cabs, and the dark alleys of Victorian London.
Boarding School
A closed boarding school where students live together and hide their own secrets.