22 Best thriller books like The Siren and the Specter by Jonathan Janz

Cover of The Siren and the Specter by Jonathan Janz

The Siren and the Specter

By: Jonathan Janz

3.86

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

When David Caine, a celebrated skeptic of the supernatural, is invited by an old friend to spend a …

If you liked the thriller plot in The Siren and the Specter by Jonathan Janz , here is a list of 22 books like this:

Cover of The Last Days of Jack Sparks by Jason Arnopp

1. The Last Days of Jack Sparks

By: Jason Arnopp

3.59

Format: None pages, Paperback

Jack Sparks died while writing this book. This is the account of his final days. In 2014, Jack Spar… read more

Similar categories in Jason Arnopp's The Last Days of Jack Sparks book and Jonathan Janz's The Siren and the Specter

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
Cover of They Lurk by Ronald Malfi

2. They Lurk

By: Ronald Malfi

3.79

Format: 201 pages, Kindle Edition

COME CLOSER . . . Five terrifying collected horror novellas newly reissued from the "modern-day … read more

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's They Lurk book and Jonathan Janz's The Siren and the Specter

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • audiobook

3. We Are Always Watching

By: Hunter Shea

3.91

Format: 144 pages, ebook

They've watched over the house for generations... The move from New York to the decrepit Pennsylvan… read more

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4. The Traveling Vampire Show

By: Richard Laymon

5.00

Format: 32 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Though gloomy with clouds, it is a hot, August morning in the summer of 1963. All over the rural to… read more

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5. Boys in the Valley

By: Philip Fracassi

4.18

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

St. Vincent's Orphanage for Boys. Turn of the century, in a remote valley in Pennsylvania. Her… read more

Similar categories in Philip Fracassi's Boys in the Valley book and Jonathan Janz's The Siren and the Specter

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
" there is light all around me. There is light inside me. "

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"The sky is the color of stone, flat and hard in appearance, but brittle, as if it would crack like an eggshell - revealing black seams of the universe beyond - if struck hard enough. ."

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"We didn't hit it off like many others in similar situations....Instead, he and I sort of gravitated around each other, either friends nor foes, like the moons of a planet we had no interest in observ…"

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

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6. Black River Orchard

By: Chuck Wendig

4.13

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

A small town is transformed by dark magic when a strange tree begins bearing magical apples in this… read more

Similar categories in Chuck Wendig's Black River Orchard book and Jonathan Janz's The Siren and the Specter

  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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7. Autumn Bleeds Into Winter

By: Jeff Strand

4.23

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

1979. Somebody has been abducting children in Fairbanks, Alaska. One of the victims was fourteen-ye… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Strand's Autumn Bleeds Into Winter book and Jonathan Janz's The Siren and the Specter

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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8. In the Valley of the Headless Men

By: L.P. Hernandez

3.82

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

Nahanni National Park is one of last truly wild places on earth. Accessible only by plane, and only… read more

Similar categories in L.P. Hernandez's In the Valley of the Headless Men book and Jonathan Janz's The Siren and the Specter

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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9. The Vessel

By: Adam L.G. Nevill

3.73

Format: 162 pages, Hardcover

'A watcher may remark that after sleeping for so long, the building appears to have been roused.' … read more

Similar categories in Adam L.G. Nevill's The Vessel book and Jonathan Janz's The Siren and the Specter

  • gothic
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
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10. Gothic

By: Philip Fracassi

3.83

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

On his 59th birthday, Tyson Parks—a famous, but struggling, horror writer—receives an antique desk … read more

Similar categories in Philip Fracassi's Gothic book and Jonathan Janz's The Siren and the Specter

  • gothic
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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11. The Nightmare Man

By: J.H. Markert

3.87

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

T. Kingfisher meets Cassandra Khaw in a chilling horror novel that illustrates the fine line betwee… read more

Similar categories in J.H. Markert's The Nightmare Man book and Jonathan Janz's The Siren and the Specter

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Scarecrow's scare, That's what they do."

-J.H. Markert, The Nightmare Man

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12. Black Mouth

By: Ronald Malfi

3.96

Format: 436 pages, Paperback

For nearly two decades, Jamie Warren has been running from darkness. He's haunted by a traumatic ch… read more

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's Black Mouth book and Jonathan Janz's The Siren and the Specter

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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13. Black Tide

By: K.C. Jones

3.59

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

A story with a cinematic feel, Black Tide is Cujo meets A Quiet Place. It was just another day a… read more

Similar categories in K.C. Jones's Black Tide book and Jonathan Janz's The Siren and the Specter

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"We're alive. And we have hope. I say, no matter what, we're heading in the right direction."

-K.C. Jones, Black Tide

"Stories explained the unknowable before the advent of science. What happens when science is left shrugging its shoulders?"

-K.C. Jones, Black Tide

"I'm a liar, but I'm telling you the truth about this: I want to stay on the road. I want to go as far as these wheels and gears can take me."

-K.C. Jones, Black Tide

"My dad always used to say it's important that people never stop appreciating sunsets. As long as we can still be stopped in our tracks and remember what a big deal it is that we're even here, there's…"

-K.C. Jones, Black Tide

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14. The Broken Places

By: Blaine Daigle

None

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

When Ryne Burdette inherits his family's old hunting cabin deep in the Yukon wilderness, he wants t… read more

Similar categories in Blaine Daigle's The Broken Places book and Jonathan Janz's The Siren and the Specter

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
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15. Devil's Creek

By: Todd Keisling

3.82

Format: 520 pages, Paperback

About fifteen miles west of Stauford, Kentucky lies Devil’s Creek. According to local legend, there… read more

Similar categories in Todd Keisling's Devil's Creek book and Jonathan Janz's The Siren and the Specter

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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16. Small Town Horror

By: Ronald Malfi

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Five childhood friends are forced to confront their own dark past as well as the curse placed upon … read more

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's Small Town Horror book and Jonathan Janz's The Siren and the Specter

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • audiobook
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17. Ghostwritten

By: Ronald Malfi

4.12

Format: 465 pages, Kindle Edition

Four brand-new horror novellas from “a modern-day Algernon Blackwood” all about books, stories, man… read more

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's Ghostwritten book and Jonathan Janz's The Siren and the Specter

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"myself asks am i here? i've lost myself i fear"

-Ronald Malfi, Ghostwritten

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18. Red Rabbit

By: Alex Grecian

4.18

Format: 455 pages, Hardcover

A folk horror epic about a ragtag posse that must track down a witch through a wild west beset by d… read more

Similar categories in Alex Grecian's Red Rabbit book and Jonathan Janz's The Siren and the Specter

  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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19. These Things Linger

By: Dan Franklin

4.03

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

When Alex Wilson's estranged uncle unexpectedly dies, Alex realizes he would do just about anything… read more

Similar categories in Dan Franklin's These Things Linger book and Jonathan Janz's The Siren and the Specter

  • ghosts
  • fiction
  • horror
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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20. Lovely, Dark & Deep

By: Megan Stockton

4.06

Format: 157 pages, Kindle Edition

Every year, Six Mile Island has a seasonal shutdown for serious weather. This year, the forecast is… read more

Similar categories in Megan Stockton's Lovely, Dark & Deep book and Jonathan Janz's The Siren and the Specter

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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21. The Carrow Haunt

By: Darcy Coates

4.09

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

"The dead are restless here..." Remy is a tour guide for Carrow House, a notoriously haunted buildi… read more

Similar categories in Darcy Coates's The Carrow Haunt book and Jonathan Janz's The Siren and the Specter

  • ghosts
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"It’s pareidolia. The human mind is constantly looking for patterns in chaos. Just because we see a face doesn’t mean one’s there."

-Darcy Coates, The Carrow Haunt

"But ‘ghost’ is actually an umbrella term for several different apparitions. A spectre is an entity that can think —though often primitively—and react to changes to their surroundings. They may move f…"

-Darcy Coates, The Carrow Haunt

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22. Bunker Dogs

By: Gage Greenwood

4.20

Format: 265 pages, ebook

Don't just fear what you're hiding from, fear what you're hiding with. Cassie's night of babysi… read more

Similar categories in Gage Greenwood's Bunker Dogs book and Jonathan Janz's The Siren and the Specter

  • supernatural
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of BETA: A Technological Nightmare by Sammy  Scott

23. BETA: A Technological Nightmare

By: Sammy Scott

None

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

Michael Danvers’ life of self-imposed seclusion is interrupted when he receives a strange the uniqu… read more

Similar categories in Sammy Scott's BETA: A Technological Nightmare book and Jonathan Janz's The Siren and the Specter

  • thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Wedding Day Massacre by Aron Beauregard

24. Wedding Day Massacre

By: Aron Beauregard

4.11

Format: 224 pages, ebook

I NOW PRONOUNCE YOUR END OF LIFE... It’s that special day. The day when everything’s supposed to… read more

Similar categories in Aron Beauregard's Wedding Day Massacre book and Jonathan Janz's The Siren and the Specter

  • horror
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25. Heads Will Roll

By: Josh Winning

3.69

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

Willow’s worst nightmare was being cancelled. But the woods of Camp Castaway might destroy more tha… read more

Similar categories in Josh Winning's Heads Will Roll book and Jonathan Janz's The Siren and the Specter

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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26. Blackwater

By: Jacqueline Ross

3.48

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A baby will never be born at Blackwater. There is much that heavily pregnant Grace still doesn’t… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Ross's Blackwater book and Jonathan Janz's The Siren and the Specter

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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27. Creature

By: Hunter Shea

3.95

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

The monsters live inside of Kate Woodson. Chronic pain and a host of autoimmune diseases have robbe… read more

Similar categories in Hunter Shea's Creature book and Jonathan Janz's The Siren and the Specter

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • audiobook
Cover of The Siren and the Specter by Jonathan Janz

28. The Siren and the Specter

By: Jonathan Janz

3.86

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

When David Caine, a celebrated skeptic of the supernatural, is invited by an old friend to spend a … read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Janz's The Siren and the Specter book and Jonathan Janz's The Siren and the Specter

  • gothic
  • ghosts
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
Cover of Wasps in the Ice Cream by Tim McGregor

29. Wasps in the Ice Cream

By: Tim McGregor

4.10

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

What happens when you fall for the girl everyone hates? Summer 1987: Mark Prewitt's only priorit… read more

Similar categories in Tim McGregor's Wasps in the Ice Cream book and Jonathan Janz's The Siren and the Specter

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
Cover of Sick House by Jeff Strand

30. Sick House

By: Jeff Strand

3.77

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

It's a home invasion from beyond the grave in this novel of unrelenting terror from the Bram Stoker… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Strand's Sick House book and Jonathan Janz's The Siren and the Specter

  • ghosts
  • fiction
  • horror
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
Cover of Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo by Adam Cesare

31. Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo

By: Adam Cesare

3.82

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The thrills and chills are far from over in the third novel from Bram Stoker Award winner and maste… read more

Similar categories in Adam Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo book and Jonathan Janz's The Siren and the Specter

  • audiobook
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror

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Transform Your Habits

The Last Days of Jack Sparks

Jason Arnopp

3.59

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They Lurk

Ronald Malfi

3.79

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Boys in the Valley

Philip Fracassi

4.18

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Black River Orchard

Chuck Wendig

4.13

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The Haunted Forest Tour

James A. Moore , Jeff Strand

3.69

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All the Fiends of Hell

Adam L.G. Nevill

4.01

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NP Cunniffe

3.65

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