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
The ghosts of 2012
Graham Hurley
2009
The ghosts of Cathkin Park
Michael McEwan
2021
The ghosts of Dartmouth
Christine Donnelly
2019
The ghosts of Gallows Cross
Terrance Dicks
1984
The ghosts of Glamis Castle
Harrison Watson
2015
The ghosts of Glencoe
Mollie Hunter
1994
The ghosts of Hiraeth Heath
Barry Dominic Graham
2020
The ghosts of the forest
William A Young
2022
The ghosts, spirits and spectres of Scotland
Francis Thompson
1973
The haunted Borders
Norrie McLeish
1997
The haunted North
Graeme Milne
2008
The haunted North two
Graeme Milne
2012
The haunted blizzard
Aviaq Johnston, Athena Gubbe
2025
The haunted book
Jeremy Dyson
2012
The history and reality of apparitions
Daniel Defoe
1840
The majesty of darkness discovered
M. D. McLeod
1804
The majesty of darkness discovered
Malcolm M'Cleod
1804
The minister preaching his own funeral sermon
Thomas Chamberlain
1781
The perturbed self
Mengxing Fu, Taylor & Francis
2022
The posthumous adventures of Harry Whitaker
Bobbie Darbyshire
2019
The relation of a strange apparition in the air, on the 19. day of August, 165[3]. at night, seen on the borders of the highlands of Scotland, some 12. miles from Elliot. Written by B.G. who was an ey-witnesse of the same
B. G
1654
The rest-less ghost, or, Wonderful news from Northamptonshire and Southwark
William Clarke
1675
The secrets of the invisible world disclos'd
Daniel Defoe
1727
The secrets of the invisible world disclos'd, or, An universal history of apparitions sacred and prophane, under all denominations, whether angelical, diabolical, or human souls departed ...
Daniel Defoe
1738