The most popular ghost stories books of 2021

Ghost stories are tales of the dead who do not rest. A house with a history, footsteps in an empty corridor, a figure at the window: the pleasure is in the slow chill more than the shock. There are classic hauntings and modern ones, from short tales to full novels. This list shows the ones first published in 2021.

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The Box in the Woods
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The Box in the Woods

Maureen Johnson - undifferentiated

Published 2021

400 pages

Vespertine
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Vespertine

Margaret Rogerson

2021 · 2022 edition

387 pages

White Smoke
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White Smoke

Tiffany D. Jackson

Published 2021

373 pages

Bridge of Souls
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Bridge of Souls

V. E. Schwab

2021 · 2022 edition

336 pages

Pony
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Pony

R. J. Palacio

Published 2021

304 pages

Ophie’s Ghosts
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Ophie’s Ghosts

Justina Ireland

2021 · 2022 edition

336 pages

Fireborn
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Fireborn

Aisling Fowler

2021 · 2024 edition

448 pages

Root Magic
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Root Magic

Eden Royce, Imani Parks

2021 · 2022 edition

352 pages

Long Lost
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Long Lost

Jacqueline West

Published 2021

276 pages

Our Last Echoes
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Our Last Echoes

Kate Alice Marshall

2021 · 2022 edition

416 pages

Best Nerds Forever
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Best Nerds Forever

James Patterson, Chris Grabenstein

Published 2021

246 pages

Burden Falls
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Burden Falls

Kat Ellis

Published 2021

352 pages