Most Popular Ghosts Books of the 20th century

Discover popular Ghosts books from the 20th century, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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The Haunted Garden

Rosemary Timperley

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror

December 6, 1966

The Ghost Book #4

Fourth Ghost Book

James Turner

Horror · Ghosts · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Anthology

1965

The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories #1

The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories

Robert Aickman

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction

1964

Dark Encounters: A Collection of Ghost Stories

William Croft Dickinson

Horror · Ghosts · Psychological Horror · Collection · Short Stories

1963

The Haunted Looking Glass

Edward Gorey

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Anthology

January 1, 1958

The Ghost Book #3

The Third Ghost Book

Cynthia Asquith

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction

1955

The Ghost Book #2

The Second Ghost Book

Cynthia Asquith

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Anthology

1952

British Library Tales of the Weird #70

The Black Fox

Gerald Heard

Horror · 19th century · Ghosts · Psychological Horror · Historical Fiction

1950

British Library Tales of the Weird #80

The Unwelcome

Claude Seignolle

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Witches

1948

Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural

Couching at the Door

Dorothy Kathleen Broster

Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Anthology

1942

The Uninvited

Dorothy Macardle

Horror · Ghosts

1941

A Fire of Driftwood

Dorothy Kathleen Broster

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction

1932

The Screaming Skull and Other Stories

Sydney Horler

Horror · Ghosts · Psychological Horror · Vampires

1930

The Ghost Book #1

The Ghost Book

Cynthia Asquith

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction

1926

The Secrets of Doctor Taverner

Dion Fortune

Horror · Crime Fiction · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror

1926

British Library Tales of the Weird #72

The Luck of the Town

Marion Fox, Douglas A. Anderson

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction

1922

A Thin Ghost and Others

M. R. James

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Collection

1919

The Beckoning Fair One

Oliver Onions

Horror · Ghosts · Psychological Horror

1911

More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

M. R. James

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Collection

1911

John Silence: Psychical Investigator

John Silence, Physician Extraordinary

Algernon Blackwood

Fantasy · Horror · Ghosts · Occult Detective · Psychological Horror

1908

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

M. R. James

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Collection

1904