14 must-read paranormal books like The Dead House by Billy O'Callaghan

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The Dead House

By: Billy O'Callaghan

3.47

Format: 203 pages, Hardcover

This best-selling debut by an award-winning writer is both an eerie contemporary ghost story and a …

If you liked the paranormal plot in The Dead House by Billy O'Callaghan , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Wylding Hall

By: Elizabeth Hand

3.80

Format: 176 pages, ebook

When the young members of a British acid-folk band are compelled by their manager to record their u… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Hand's Wylding Hall book and Billy O'Callaghan's The Dead House

  • gothic
  • ghosts
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • paranormal
"But mostly I'm just respectful of old ways. I believe things for a reason, and in the old days they did things for a reason. And if you don't understand why—well, you might end up opening a few doors…"

-Elizabeth Hand, Wylding Hall

2. A God in the Shed

By: J.-F. Dubeau

3.32

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

-Move over True Detective. A rich, gothic story of murder and mystery, A God in The Shedis quite po… read more

Similar categories in J.-F. Dubeau's A God in the Shed book and Billy O'Callaghan's The Dead House

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • paranormal

3. Nothing On Earth

By: Conor O'Callaghan

3.32

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

'Strange, beautiful and quietly terrifying' Donal Ryan, author ofThe Spinning Heart 'An original st… read more

Similar categories in Conor O'Callaghan's Nothing On Earth book and Billy O'Callaghan's The Dead House

  • mystery
  • ireland
  • fiction
  • horror

4. Snow

By: Ronald Malfi

3.62

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

Todd Curry wants nothing more than to spend Christmas with his son. But when a brutal snowstorm can… read more

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's Snow book and Billy O'Callaghan's The Dead House

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5. Episode Thirteen

By: Craig DiLouie

3.53

Format: 437 pages, Paperback

From the macabre mind of Bram Stoker Award nominated author Craig DiLouie, Episode Thirteen is a he… read more

Similar categories in Craig DiLouie's Episode Thirteen book and Billy O'Callaghan's The Dead House

  • ghosts
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
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6. Little Eve

By: Catriona Ward

3.75

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

A heart-pounding tale of faith and family, with a devastating twist“A great day is upon us. He is c… read more

Similar categories in Catriona Ward's Little Eve book and Billy O'Callaghan's The Dead House

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
"It is a kind of privilege, to witness the darkness."

-Catriona Ward, Little Eve

"I don't know which is worse - suffering or the memory of it. Memory, perhaps, because it does not end."

-Catriona Ward, Little Eve

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7. Diavola

By: Jennifer Marie Thorne

3.95

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

Jennifer Thorne skewers all-too-familiar family dynamics in this sly, wickedly funny vacation-Gothi… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Marie Thorne's Diavola book and Billy O'Callaghan's The Dead House

  • gothic
  • ghosts
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • paranormal
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8. A Haunting on the Hill

By: Elizabeth Hand

3.35

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

From three-time Shirley Jackson, World Fantasy, and Nebula Award-winning author Elizabeth Hand come… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Hand's A Haunting on the Hill book and Billy O'Callaghan's The Dead House

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • paranormal
Cover of All Hallows by Christopher Golden

9. All Hallows

By: Christopher Golden

3.55

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

With the 80's nostalgia of Stranger Things, this horror drama from NYT bestselling author Christoph… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Golden's All Hallows book and Billy O'Callaghan's The Dead House

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
Cover of The Dead House by Billy O'Callaghan

10. The Dead House

By: Billy O'Callaghan

3.47

Format: 203 pages, Hardcover

This best-selling debut by an award-winning writer is both an eerie contemporary ghost story and a … read more

Similar categories in Billy O'Callaghan's The Dead House book and Billy O'Callaghan's The Dead House

  • gothic
  • ghosts
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • ireland
  • paranormal
  • ghost stories
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11. The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain

By: Sofia Samatar

3.94

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Celebrated author Sofia Samatar presents a mystical, revolutionary space adventure for the exhauste… read more

Similar categories in Sofia Samatar's The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain book and Billy O'Callaghan's The Dead House

  • fiction
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12. Twelve Nights at Rotter House

By: J.W. Ocker

3.38

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Felix Allsey is a travel writer with a keen eye for the paranormal, and he's carved out a unique, i… read more

Similar categories in J.W. Ocker's Twelve Nights at Rotter House book and Billy O'Callaghan's The Dead House

  • ghosts
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
"Where else was I wrong? It was the same question I had asked myself when I'd finally sloughed off Christianity. Where else was I fundamentally wrong about life and the universe and how everything wor…"

-J.W. Ocker, Twelve Nights at Rotter House

"Because you trust your house, right? It's your house. It protects you from the world and, even more important, all the people out there. It sees you naked every day. It knows your sins. It's the only…"

-J.W. Ocker, Twelve Nights at Rotter House

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13. The Handyman Method

By: Nick Cutter

3.27

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

A chilling domestic story of terror for fans of Black Mirror and The Amityville Horror. When a y… read more

Similar categories in Nick Cutter's The Handyman Method book and Billy O'Callaghan's The Dead House

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
"When prey dies in fear, hunters will say the meat tastes bitter."

-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method

"What of happiness, then? May we speak of the taste of joyful meat?"

-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method

"Old memories were like land mines: dormant, forgotten, but forever deadly."

-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method

Cover of The House of Last Resort by Christopher Golden

14. The House of Last Resort

By: Christopher Golden

3.20

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

The next high concept horror novel from NYT bestselling author Christopher Golden. Across Italy,… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Golden's The House of Last Resort book and Billy O'Callaghan's The Dead House

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
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15. Beneath the Stairs

By: Jennifer Fawcett

3.55

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A woman returns to her hometown after her childhood friend attempts suicide at a local haunted hous… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Fawcett's Beneath the Stairs book and Billy O'Callaghan's The Dead House

  • ghosts
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • paranormal
"Next time they're holding auditions for Fast & Furious in my driveway. Let me know. Lol"

-Jennifer Fawcett, Beneath the Stairs

"The other lesson that these past few months have taught me: the antidote to stillness-- and the memories it holds-- is to keep moving."

-Jennifer Fawcett, Beneath the Stairs

"Why is it that some people -- mainly women, my own age-- feel the need to patronize me? It usually happens with the ones who are mothers. It's like my not having kids, not being married and now not h…"

-Jennifer Fawcett, Beneath the Stairs

"I never noticed birds before, but now I see them all the time.It makes it nicer, you know, even if you're just going for a walk, like in a place where you walk all the time, or just sitting and looki…"

-Jennifer Fawcett, Beneath the Stairs

Cover of Briardark (Briardark, #1) by S.A. Harian

16. Briardark (Briardark, #1)

By: S.A. Harian

3.80

Format: 362 pages, Paperback

Survival and cosmic horror collide in this new series, perfect for fans of LOST and House of Leaves… read more

Similar categories in S.A. Harian's Briardark (Briardark, #1) book and Billy O'Callaghan's The Dead House

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • paranormal
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17. Hemlock Island

By: Kelley Armstrong

3.45

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

A standalone horror novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong. Laney Kilp… read more

Similar categories in Kelley Armstrong's Hemlock Island book and Billy O'Callaghan's The Dead House

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
"Something as brief as our marriage should die like a roman candle. One blaze of glory, imprinted on the retina for a few moments and then fading. This wasn’t that. This was a flash fire, and I am sca…"

-Kelley Armstrong, Hemlock Island

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18. Transmuted

By: Eve Harms

3.45

Format: 113 pages, Paperback

Her doctor is giving her the body of his dreams... and her nightmares. Isa is a micro-celebrity who… read more

Similar categories in Eve Harms's Transmuted book and Billy O'Callaghan's The Dead House

  • fiction
  • horror
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19. The Devil's Playground

By: Craig Russell

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A riveting 1920s Hollywood thriller about the making of the most terrifying silent film ever made, … read more

Similar categories in Craig Russell's The Devil's Playground book and Billy O'Callaghan's The Dead House

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of What Grows in the Dark by Jaq Evans

20. What Grows in the Dark

By: Jaq Evans

3.02

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

In this chilling contemporary horror novel, a phony spiritualist returns to her hometown to assist … read more

Similar categories in Jaq Evans's What Grows in the Dark book and Billy O'Callaghan's The Dead House

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
Cover of Don't Let the Forest In by C.G. Drews

21. Don't Let the Forest In

By: C.G. Drews

4.35

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time, Andrew had cut out his heart and given it to this boy, and he was very sure Thoma… read more

Similar categories in C.G. Drews's Don't Let the Forest In book and Billy O'Callaghan's The Dead House

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • paranormal

20 Top fiction books like The Dead House by Billy O'Callaghan

Transform Your Habits

Wylding Hall

Elizabeth Hand

3.80

A God in the Shed

J.-F. Dubeau

3.32

Nothing On Earth

Conor O'Callaghan

3.32

Transform Your Habits

Episode Thirteen

Craig DiLouie

3.53

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19 best-selling fiction books like Hemlock Island by Kelley Armstrong

Transform Your Habits

Diavola

Jennifer Marie Thorne

3.95

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The September House

Carissa Orlando

3.92

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The Haunting of Velkwood

Gwendolyn Kiste

3.64

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The House That Horror Built

Christina Henry

3.22

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