Quest: Otherworldly Apparitions

No one knows for sure what lies beyond life, but humans have time and again told tales about spirits making their way back from death into our world. Stories about apparitions are aplenty, and there is no denying that they've fascinated, entertained and haunted societies for a long time. Deliberately exploring these stories is a spooky endeavor, not for the faint of heart.

Add books you've read that feature a ghost or ghosts.

10 occurrences

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter #4

AdventureFantasy

734 PagesJuly 2000

Read by 101 people

10 occurrences

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter #2

AdventureFantasy

341 PagesJuly 1998

Read by 104 people

9 occurrences

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter #3

AdventureFantasy

448 PagesJune 1999

Read by 103 people

9 occurrences

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter #1

AdventureFantasy

320 PagesJune 1997

Read by 112 people

8 occurrences

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter #5

AdventureFantasy

896 PagesJune 2003

Read by 89 people

7 occurrences

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter #6

AdventureFantasy

652 PagesJune 2005

Read by 83 people

7 occurrences

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter #7

AdventureFantasy

522 PagesJuly 2007

Read by 85 people

5 occurrences

Hamlet

by William Shakespeare

Tragedy

122 PagesJanuary 1603

Read by 22 people

4 occurrences

Coraline

by Neil Gaiman

ParanormalAdventureFantasy

206 PagesJuly 2002

Read by 31 people

4 occurrences

Pet Sematary

by Stephen King

ParanormalSuspenseThriller

416 PagesNovember 1983

Read by 27 people

4 occurrences

Nettle & Bone

by T. Kingfisher

Fairy TaleParanormalFantasy

320 PagesApril 2022

Read by 26 people

4 occurrences

Gideon the Ninth

by Tamsyn Muir

The Locked Tomb #1

Science FictionFantasyHorror

492 PagesSeptember 2019

Read by 28 people

4 occurrences

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

Historical FictionRomanceGothic

519 PagesDecember 1847

Read by 22 people

4 occurrences

The Ex Hex

by Erin Sterling

Ex Hex #1

Contemporary RomanceParanormalContemporary Fiction

310 PagesSeptember 2021

Read by 18 people

3 occurrences

The Raven Boys

by Maggie Stiefvater

The Raven Cycle #1

Urban FantasyRomanceParanormal

408 PagesSeptember 2012

Read by 25 people

3 occurrences

One Hundred Years of Solitude

by Gabriel García Márquez

Magical RealismHistorical FictionLiterary Fiction

417 PagesMay 1967

Read by 8 people

3 occurrences

The Haunting of Hill House

by Shirley Jackson

MysteryParanormalGothic

233 PagesOctober 1959

Read by 10 people

3 occurrences

The Graveyard Book

by Neil Gaiman

ParanormalFantasy

327 PagesSeptember 2008

Read by 22 people

3 occurrences

The Tragedy of Macbeth

by William Shakespeare

PoetryPlaysDrama

106 PagesJanuary 1606

Read by 25 people

3 occurrences

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

Historical FictionFantasy

147 PagesDecember 1843

Read by 26 people

3 occurrences

Black Water Sister

by Zen Cho

Urban FantasyParanormalContemporary Fiction

384 PagesMay 2021

Read by 6 people

2 occurrences

A River Enchanted

by Rebecca Ross

Elements of Cadence #1

MysteryRomanceFantasy

480 PagesFebruary 2022

Read by 7 people

2 occurrences

The Shining

by Stephen King

The Shining #1

ParanormalSuspenseThriller

659 PagesJanuary 1977

Read by 23 people

2 occurrences

The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

by Stuart Turton

MysteryHistorical FictionThriller

482 PagesFebruary 2018

Read by 23 people

2 occurrences

Nothing But Blackened Teeth

by Cassandra Khaw

ParanormalFantasy

125 PagesOctober 2021

Read by 14 people

2 occurrences

The Amber Spyglass

by Philip Pullman

His Dark Materials #3

SteampunkAdventureFantasy

532 PagesOctober 2000

Read by 17 people

2 occurrences

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

by Alvin Schwartz

Scary Stories #1

ParanormalFantasy

128 PagesOctober 1981

Read by 6 people

2 occurrences

The September House

by Carissa Orlando

ParanormalThrillerMystery

September 2023

100

Read by 5 people

2 occurrences

We Were Liars

by E. Lockhart

We Were Liars #1

MysteryRomanceContemporary Fiction

272 PagesMay 2014

Read by 22 people

2 occurrences

The Ghost Bride

by Yangsze Choo

Historical FictionParanormalFantasy

April 2013

Read by 3 people

2 occurrences

Ghost Story

by Jim Butcher

The Dresden Files #13

Urban FantasyParanormalMystery

July 2011

Read by 12 people

2 occurrences

Harrow the Ninth

by Tamsyn Muir

The Locked Tomb #2

Science FictionFantasyHorror

560 PagesOctober 2020

Read by 10 people

1 occurrence

Ghost Mortem

by Erin Lynn, ReGina Welling

Haunted Everly After #1

ParanormalCozy Mystery

159 PagesApril 2019

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Secondhand Spirits

by Juliet Blackwell

Witchcraft Mystery #1

Urban FantasyParanormalCozy Mystery

July 2009

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Girl with a Thousand Faces

by Sunyi Dean

FantasyHorrorHistorical Fiction

304 PagesNovember 2025

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft

by H.P. Lovecraft

Weird FictionHorrorScience Fiction

1102 PagesOctober 1937

100

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

Witch Slapped

by Danielle Garrett

Beechwood Harbor Magic Mystery #3

Urban FantasyParanormalCozy Mystery

January 2017

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

TRAGIC

by Dana Mele

April 2022

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Dark River Inn

by J.R. Erickson

MysteryParanormalFantasy

250 Pages

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Twice the Witch

by Danielle Garrett

Beechwood Harbor Magic Mystery #2

Urban FantasyParanormalCozy Mystery

September 2016

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

Heirs of the Blade

by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Shadows of the Apt #7

High/Epic FantasySteampunkAdventure

640 PagesOctober 2011

Read by 3 people

1 occurrence

Blue Lily, Lily Blue

by Maggie Stiefvater

The Raven Cycle #3

Urban FantasyRomanceParanormal

391 PagesOctober 2014

Read by 13 people

1 occurrence

Ghostly

by Kate Serzenta

ParanormalContemporary RomanceParanormal Romance

327 PagesJune 2024

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Taproot: A Story About A Gardener and A Ghost

by Keezy Young

RomanceParanormalFantasy

136 PagesSeptember 2017

Read by 7 people

1 occurrence

The Red Room

by H.G. Wells

MysteryGothicFantasy

1894

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

by Grady Hendrix

ParanormalFantasyThriller

424 PagesApril 2020

Read by 18 people

1 occurrence

Grave Expectations

by C.J. Archer

The Ministry of Curiosities #4

Historical FictionParanormalSteampunk

252 PagesFebruary 2016

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Between

by Tananarive Due

Alternate HistoryParanormalFantasy

288 PagesMay 1995

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Lady of the Lake

by Andrzej Sapkowski

The Witcher (Publication Order) #7

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

531 PagesJanuary 1996

Read by 9 people

1 occurrence

Ghostland

by Duncan Ralston

Ghostland #1

ParanormalFantasyThriller

November 2019

Read by 1 person