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Books like Hauntings: 9 series to read next

Hauntings is ghost stories and horror, set in contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Hauntings is 15 books, 1988–1991.

“When her father's new job takes the entire family to a dilapidated old abbey in England, twelve-year-old Maggi discovers that both she and the building are haunted by ghosts from their pasts.”
from the catalogue description of Ghost Abbey

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The Shining
David Ash
The Uninvited (Dorothy Macardle)
A Cold Season
The Magician Trilogy
Jerusalem's Lot
Mythago Wood
Shadows
Fifth Child

The ShiningSeries

seriesStephen King5 books1977

About psychic powers and addiction, set in north america.

“Together the two form a horror duology spanning nearly forty years of real-world publication.”
from the catalogue description

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David AshSeries

seriesJames Herbert3 books1988

Ghost stories and horror, eerie in tone, set in contemporary and british isles.

“David Ash is a professional skeptic, a paranormal investigator who makes his living debunking hauntings until a case in an old English house convinces him something genuinely malicious is at work.”
from the catalogue description

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The Uninvited (Dorothy Macardle)Series

seriesDorothy Macardle & Tim Kelly2 books1942

Set in mid 20th century.

“Siblings Roderick and Pamela Fitzgerald buy Cliff End, a long-abandoned house, and must lay the resident ghost.”
from the catalogue description of The Uninvited

Start with The Uninvited →

A Cold SeasonSeries

seriesAlison Littlewood2 books2011

Fantasy, set in small town.

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The Magician TrilogySeries

seriesJenny Nimmo3 books1986

Fantasy and mythic fantasy, about coming of age.

“The stories are inspired by Welsh mythology, with elements borrowed from Mabinogion.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Snow Spider →

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

About vampires, set in small town and north america.

“Stephen King's 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot follows writer Ben Mears as he returns to his childhood town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, only to discover that its residents are being turned into vampires by a newly arrived stranger.”
from the catalogue description

Start with 'Salem's Lot →

Mythago WoodSeries

seriesRobert Holdstock7 books1984

Fantasy and mythic fantasy.

“The first novel follows Stephen Huxley investigating his family's obsession with the wood after his father's death; Holdstock continued the cycle across further novels and stories exploring different characters and eras.”
from the catalogue description

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ShadowsSeries

seriesCharles L. Grant & T. E. D. Klein13 books1978

“The short stories appearing in the Shadows largely dispensed with traditional Gothic settings, and had very little physical violence.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Shadows →

Fifth ChildSeries

seriesDoris Lessing2 books1988

Literary & general, about parenthood.

Start with The Fifth Child →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Hauntings?: The Shining — the closest match to Hauntings on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Hauntings?: Ghost Abbey. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Hauntings.
How big is Hauntings?: Hauntings is 15 books, 1988–1991.

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