Deathly Fates
Tesia Tsai
Published 2026
368 pages
The most popular ghost stories books of 2026
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 2026.
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If We Never End
Laura Taylor Namey
Published 2026
288 pages
To Knit a Ghost
Z.B. Asterplume
Published 2026
40 pages
Leroy Has Something to Say
Emily Rosenthal
Published 2026
40 pages
Better off Dead
Tess James-Mackey
Published 2026
304 pages
Shadow Play
Dan Poblocki
Published 2026
272 pages
It Came from the Deep
Liv Livingston
Published 2026
144 pages
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Random House
Published 2026
48 pages
I Want Everything
Sophy Henn
Published 2026
32 pages
Augmented Reality
Augmented Reality
Yevgeniy Andrikanis
Published 2026
242 pages
Moody Road
Moody Road
Chris Kauzlarich
Published 2026
Place in Heaven
Place in Heaven
Kelly Cheek
Published 2026
Turn of the Screw
Turn of the Screw
Henry James, David Magness
Published 2026
Ribbon Rot
Ribbon Rot
Jacob A. Stark
Published 2026
Styx
Styx
Elena Zaretsky
Published 2026
Folk
Folk
Dan Sellers
Published 2026
Cape
Cape
John Lowe
Published 2026
Bisbee and the Haunted
Bisbee and the Haunted
David Ek
Published 2026
Woman in the Mirror
Woman in the Mirror
Steve Altier
Published 2026
Lady in White
Lady in White
Nan Rowe
Published 2026
Free Spirits
Free Spirits
M. Cate Lee
Published 2026
Shadows of the Past
Shadows of the Past
Meredith McGough
Published 2026
Haunted Mill
Haunted Mill
Everett Jacobs
Published 2026
Cedar Mountain Campfire Stories
Cedar Mountain Campfire Stories
Don Jones
Published 2026