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    Ghosts

    Ghosts is a beloved storytelling pattern that readers search for because it promises a specific feeling. Books with this trope deliver a recognizable emotional payoff you can count on.

    13 books in archive 12 community verified 10 catalogue Reader favourite

    Books mapped to Ghosts13 in view

    A Palace Near the Wind

    Ai Jiang

    1

    A Palace Near the Wind

    Ai Jiang

    2025

    A Sunny Place for Shady People

    Mariana Enriquez

    1

    A Sunny Place for Shady People

    Mariana Enriquez

    2024
    Cover of Bone Crossed
    1

    Bone Crossed

    Patricia Briggs

    2009
    Cover of Broken Homes
    1

    Broken Homes

    Ben Aaronovitch

    2013
    Cover of Ghost Station
    1

    Ghost Station

    S. A. Barnes

    2024
    Cover of Grave Peril
    1

    Grave Peril

    Jim Butcher

    2001

    The Glass Garden

    Camilla Bruce

    1

    The Glass Garden

    Camilla Bruce

    2025
    Cover of The Reformatory
    1

    The Reformatory

    Tananarive Due

    2023

    The Warm Hands of Ghosts

    Katherine Arden

    1

    The Warm Hands of Ghosts

    Katherine Arden

    2024

    Beloved

    Toni Morrison

    1

    Beloved

    Toni Morrison

    Heart-Shaped Box

    Joe Hill

    1

    Heart-Shaped Box

    Joe Hill

    Ninth House

    Leigh Bardugo

    1

    Ninth House

    Leigh Bardugo

    Cover of Ghost Story

    Ghost Story

    Jim Butcher

    2011

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