9 Top ghosts books like The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales by Mary Downing Hahn

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The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales

By: Mary Downing Hahn

3.53

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The author of wildly popular ghost stories, Mary Downing Hahn has created a group of tales for fans…

If you liked the ghosts plot in The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales by Mary Downing Hahn , here is a list of 9 books like this:

1. The Haunting of Rookward House

By: Darcy Coates

4.75

Format: None pages,

She's always watching... When Guy finds the deeds to a house in his mother's attic, it seems like a… read more

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2. Full Tilt

By: Neal Shusterman

4.01

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sixteen-year-old Blake and his younger brother, Quinn, are exact opposites. Blake is the responsibl… read more

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3. Towers Falling

By: Jewell Parker Rhodes

4.04

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes, a powerful novel set fifteen years after the 9/11 a… read more

Similar categories in Jewell Parker Rhodes's Towers Falling book and Mary Downing Hahn's The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"Home. It's where we come from. Who we are."

-Jewell Parker Rhodes, Towers Falling

"Home is our starting point for connecting to the past."

-Jewell Parker Rhodes, Towers Falling

"When asked a question, class, it's important to consider how it's framed. Sometimes a question is a door to another question, another way of seeing. Understanding."

-Jewell Parker Rhodes, Towers Falling

4. Party Games (Fear Street Relaunch, #1)

By: R.L. Stine

4.13

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Her friends warn her not to go to Brendan Fear's birthday party at his family's estate on mysteriou… read more

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5. Quarter to Midnight: Fifteen Tales of Horror and Suspense

By: Darcy Coates

3.72

Format: 294 pages,

Fifteen chilling tales of gothic horror and suspense. Push past the curtains of the rational, safe … read more

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6. The One That Got Away with Murder

By: Trish Lundy

3.77

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

Be careful who you fall for... Robbie and Trevor Cresmont have a body count—the killer kind. Han… read more

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  • fiction
"Until something crashes down around us, and he's screaming. I inhale ash. His burning skin. His burning hair. It suffocates me."

-Trish Lundy, The One That Got Away with Murder

"We write one thing we're going to leave behind in the old season and then we burn it. We start off every year with a clean slate."

-Trish Lundy, The One That Got Away with Murder

"Suddenly, everything around me is on fire. I lurch forward, stumbling because I'm drunk. Sweating because it's hot as hell. The smoke is black as night and I can't see anything. Then I feel his hand,…"

-Trish Lundy, The One That Got Away with Murder

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7. The Girl on the Porch

By: Richard Chizmar

3.53

Format: 152 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestseller Richard Chizmar, author of Gwendy's Button Box (with Stephen King) a… read more

Similar categories in Richard Chizmar's The Girl on the Porch book and Mary Downing Hahn's The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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8. The Fear Zone 2

By: K.R. Alexander

4.05

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

They thought the fears were gone. They thought the nightmares would stop haunting them. But the fiv… read more

Similar categories in K.R. Alexander's The Fear Zone 2 book and Mary Downing Hahn's The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales

  • middle grade
  • horror
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9. Camp Scare

By: Delilah S. Dawson

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An eerie, twisty ghost story about twelve-year-old Parker, who only wanted a summer of fun and new … read more

Similar categories in Delilah S. Dawson's Camp Scare book and Mary Downing Hahn's The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • paranormal
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10. It Watches in the Dark (Eek!)

By: Jeff Strand

3.90

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

"She glanced over her shoulder. Had the scarecrow moved? It stood there, smile stitched on its face… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • horror
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11. Last Laugh

By: K.R. Alexander

3.71

Format: 134 pages, Kindle Edition

What's scarier than a collection of clown dolls in a secret locked room? How about... those clown … read more

Similar categories in K.R. Alexander's Last Laugh book and Mary Downing Hahn's The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • horror
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12. Sunshine: A Graphic Novel

By: Jarrett J. Krosoczka

4.55

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary--and extraordinarily powerful--follow-up to HEY, KIDDO. When Jarrett J. Krosoc… read more

Similar categories in Jarrett J. Krosoczka's Sunshine: A Graphic Novel book and Mary Downing Hahn's The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales

  • middle grade
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13. Horrid

By: Katrina Leno

3.56

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

From the author of You Must Not Miss comes a haunting contemporary horror novel that explores theme… read more

Similar categories in Katrina Leno's Horrid book and Mary Downing Hahn's The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales

  • paranormal
  • fiction
  • horror
"The combined smell of coffee and used books felt like the intersection of all things good and necessary."

-Katrina Leno, Horrid

"The combined smell of coffee and used books felt like the intersection of all things good and necessary, as far as Jane was concerned."

-Katrina Leno, Horrid

"... her ears were overcome by the sound of her own blood sloshing angrily through her veins, the sound of crashing waves, persistent and loud."

-Katrina Leno, Horrid

"Her head was on fire, pounding. She felt like she was on a boat like the bed was gently rocking back and forth, tossed among huge rolling waves."

-Katrina Leno, Horrid

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14. The Cherished

By: Patricia Ward

3.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Claire Legrand, Rory Power, and Danielle Vega comes a visceral horror thriller in the v… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Ward's The Cherished book and Mary Downing Hahn's The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales

  • paranormal
  • horror
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15. The Fear Zone

By: K.R. Alexander

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

If you don't stand up to your fears,they will destroy you.When five kids are invited to a cemetery … read more

Similar categories in K.R. Alexander's The Fear Zone book and Mary Downing Hahn's The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • paranormal
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16. Let Him In

By: William Friend

3.36

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

William Friend’s haunting debut Let Him In is a creeping, gothic psychological suspense about a you… read more

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  • paranormal
  • fiction
  • horror
"They say that grief numbs, but I still feel everything and mostly it hurts."

-William Friend, Let Him In

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17. Camp Sylvania (Camp Sylvania #1)

By: Julie Murphy

3.88

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin’ and Dear Sweet Pea comes a hilarious and … read more

Similar categories in Julie Murphy's Camp Sylvania (Camp Sylvania #1) book and Mary Downing Hahn's The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • paranormal
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18. Hide and Don't Seek: And Other Very Scary Stories

By: Anica Mrose Rissi

3.48

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A contemporary collection of original short stories by Anica Mrose Rissi that is sure to elicit chi… read more

Similar categories in Anica Mrose Rissi's Hide and Don't Seek: And Other Very Scary Stories book and Mary Downing Hahn's The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • juvenile
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19. The Collector (The Collector, #1)

By: K.R. Alexander

3.86

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Josie always liked visiting her grandmother in the countryside. But when her mother loses her job i… read more

Similar categories in K.R. Alexander's The Collector (The Collector, #1) book and Mary Downing Hahn's The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • paranormal
  • juvenile
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20. Mine

By: Delilah S. Dawson

3.89

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Lily's new house is a real nightmare. . . . Lily Horne is a drama queen. It's helped her rise to… read more

Similar categories in Delilah S. Dawson's Mine book and Mary Downing Hahn's The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales

  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • paranormal
  • ghost stories
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21. The Undrowned

By: K.R. Alexander

3.86

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In too deadly.In too deep.Samantha and Rachel used to be friends. But then Rachel betrayed Samantha… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • paranormal
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22. The Girl in the Lake

By: India Hill Brown

3.79

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Small Spaces, Doll Bones, and Mary Downing Hahn, a truly chilling (and historically ins… read more

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  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • paranormal
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23. Follow Me

By: K.R. Alexander

3.96

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A new house brings new horrors and new ghosts in this spine tingler from K.R. Alexander. It's st… read more

Similar categories in K.R. Alexander's Follow Me book and Mary Downing Hahn's The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
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24. Wait Till Helen Comes: A Graphic Novel

By: Scott Peterson

3.87

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

In this graphic novel adaptation of master horror storyteller Mary Downing Hahn's spookiest and mos… read more

Similar categories in Scott Peterson's Wait Till Helen Comes: A Graphic Novel book and Mary Downing Hahn's The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • paranormal
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25. Haunt Me

By: K.R. Alexander

4.05

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

From horror master K. R. Alexander, the tale of a sleepover where a vengeful ghost is the uninvited… read more

Similar categories in K.R. Alexander's Haunt Me book and Mary Downing Hahn's The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • paranormal
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26. Stinetinglers

By: R.L. Stine

3.70

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author R.L. Stine, the master of horror for young readers, comes te… read more

Similar categories in R.L. Stine's Stinetinglers book and Mary Downing Hahn's The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • paranormal
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27. Speak For Me (Saddleback Classics)

By: K.R. Alexander

3.85

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

From kid horror master K.R. Alexander, the story of a virtual friend that puts the fright into stag… read more

Similar categories in K.R. Alexander's Speak For Me (Saddleback Classics) book and Mary Downing Hahn's The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales

  • paranormal
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • horror
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28. The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales

By: Mary Downing Hahn

3.53

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The author of wildly popular ghost stories, Mary Downing Hahn has created a group of tales for fans… read more

Similar categories in Mary Downing Hahn's The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales book and Mary Downing Hahn's The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • short story collection
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • paranormal
  • ghost stories
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29. Bury Me

By: K.R. Alexander

4.02

Format: 211 pages, Paperback

Some dolls never die.No one ever leaves Copper Hollow. It's a town with a deadly history . . . but … read more

Similar categories in K.R. Alexander's Bury Me book and Mary Downing Hahn's The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • horror
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30. Infested

By: Angel Luis Colón

3.65

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The Taking of Jake Livingston meets Cemetery Boys in this YA ghost story about a Puerto Rican teen’… read more

Similar categories in Angel Luis Colón's Infested book and Mary Downing Hahn's The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales

  • horror
  • paranormal
  • fiction
  • ghosts
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31. The Replacement

By: Lindsey Duga

4.13

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A girl is possessed by a ghost yearning to be free in this brand-new spooky mystery by Lindsey Duga… read more

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  • middle grade
  • horror

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Jewell Parker Rhodes

4.04

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The One That Got Away with Murder

Trish Lundy

3.77

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The Girl on the Porch

Richard Chizmar

3.53

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Camp Scare

Delilah S. Dawson

3.83

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Darkroom

K.R. Alexander

4.17

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Thirteens (Thirteens, #1)

Kate Alice Marshall

3.97

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Sunny Makes Her Case (Sunny #5)

Jennifer L. Holm

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Lindsay Currie

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