Tradition 13 of 33
Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists
Apparitions, haunted places, poltergeists, ghost lore, and investigations of hauntings.
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- Books
- 2,446
- Earliest
- 1016
- to 2026
- Read free
- 40%
- 971 with public full text
- With covers
- 57%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match2,349
- Metadata match79
- Query match14
- Source classification (retained through merging)4
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Key subjects
- Ghosts494
- Fiction335
- Apparitions332
- Ghost stories258
- Apparitions and miracles197
- Haunted houses152
- Juvenile fiction130
- Haunted places129
- History122
- Gespenst107
- Children's fiction102
- Early works to 180097
- Fantômes89
- Poltergeists88
- Scotland65
- Supernatural65
- Horror tales60
- Social Sciences60
- Horror stories58
- holy ghost53
- occultism52
- Art51
- Short Stories51
- Fiction, horror46
Top languages
- English1,410 · 58%
- French339 · 14%
- German209 · 9%
- Spanish103 · 4%
- Japanese57 · 2%
Notable authors
All authors- Robert Lawrence Stine29 in this tradition54 books
- Charles Dickens22 in this tradition29 books
- Daniel Defoe16 in this tradition31 books
- Ludwig Lavater12 in this tradition19 books
- Augustin Calmet12 in this tradition18 books
- Joseph Glanvill11 in this tradition19 books
- 叶兴阳双语音标有声读物10 in this tradition23 books
- Johann Heinrich Jung-Stilling10 in this tradition13 books
- Richard Baxter9 in this tradition29 books
- Algernon Blackwood8 in this tradition13 books
- Hans Holzer8 in this tradition13 books
- Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu8 in this tradition11 books
2,446 books
- Read free
The Abbot's Ghost, or Maurice Treherne's Temptation: A Christmas Story
Louisa May Alcott
Date unknown
- Read free
The Abiding Presence of the Holy Ghost in the Soul
Bede Jarrett
Date unknown
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The Alleged Haunting of B—— House
Ada Goodrich-Freer, John Patrick Crichton-Stuart Bute
Date unknown
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The Best Ghost Stories
Joseph Lewis French, Arthur Arthur Benjamin Reeve
Date unknown
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The Black Ghost of the Highway
Gertrude Linnell
Date unknown
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The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories
Algernon Blackwood
Date unknown
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The Friendly Daemon, or the Generous Apparition
Daniel Defoe
Date unknown
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The Galactic Ghost
Mack Reynolds, Lawrence Woromay
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The Gateless Barrier
Lucas Malet
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The Ghost
William Douglas O'Connor, Thomas Nast
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The Ghost Breaker: A Melodramatic Farce in Four Acts
Paul Dickey, Charles Goddard
Date unknown
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The Ghost Breaker: A Novel Based Upon the Play
Charles Goddard, Paul Dickey
Date unknown
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The Ghost Camp; or, the Avengers
Rolf Boldrewood
Date unknown
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The Ghost Girl
H. De Vere Stacpoole
Date unknown
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The Ghost Ship
Richard Middleton, Arthur Machen
Date unknown
- Read free
The Ghost Ship: A Mystery of the Sea
John John Conroy Hutcheson, Henry Austin
Date unknown
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The Ghost World
Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer
Date unknown
- Read free
The Ghost in the Red Shirt
B. M Bower
Date unknown
- Read free
The Ghost in the Tower: An Episode in Jacobia
Earl Earl Howell Reed
Date unknown
- Read free
The Ghost in the White House
Gerald Stanley Lee
Date unknown
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The Ghost of Chatham; A Vision
Anonymous
Date unknown
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The Ghost of Guir House
Charles Willing Beale
Date unknown
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The Ghost of One Man Coulee
B. M Bower
Date unknown
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The Ghost: A Modern Fantasy
Arnold Bennett
Date unknown