13 must-read mystery books like The Haunting of Borley Rectory: The Story of a Ghost Story by Sean O'Connor

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The Haunting of Borley Rectory: The Story of a Ghost Story

By: Sean O'Connor

3.89

Format: 482 pages, Hardcover

In 1928, Eric and Mabel Smith arrived from India to take over the lonely parish of Borley on the no…

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1. Devil's Day

By: Andrew Michael Hurley

3.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Every autumn, John Pentecost returns to the Lancashire farm where he grew up to help gather the she… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Michael Hurley's Devil's Day book and Sean O'Connor's The Haunting of Borley Rectory: The Story of a Ghost Story

  • mystery
  • horror

2. Charles Dickens

By: Claire Tomalin

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The tumultuous life of England's greatest novelist, beautifully rendered by unparalleled literary b… read more

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3. Ghosts: A Natural History: 500 Years of Searching for Proof

By: Roger Clarke

4.17

Format: 427 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice "Roger Clarke tells this [the story that inspired Henr… read more

Similar categories in Roger Clarke's Ghosts: A Natural History: 500 Years of Searching for Proof book and Sean O'Connor's The Haunting of Borley Rectory: The Story of a Ghost Story

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4. Into the Uncanny

By: Danny Robins

4.27

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

'A contemporary Van Helsing...' Sunday Times'King of true-life scary tales' Observer'A wonderfully … read more

Similar categories in Danny Robins's Into the Uncanny book and Sean O'Connor's The Haunting of Borley Rectory: The Story of a Ghost Story

  • history
  • ghosts
  • nonfiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"the older I'd got, the more ghost had become an abstract concept, something impossibly fictional on a par with Hobbits, Jedi or getting a GP appointment"

-Danny Robins, Into the Uncanny

"Science itself can be quite negative because you essentially can never really prove a theory is correct, you can only prove it's wrong, so scientists are by definition sceptical because they spend a …"

-Danny Robins, Into the Uncanny

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5. Murder by Candlelight

By: Faith Martin

3.98

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

The Cotswolds, 1924. At the Old Forge in the quiet village of Maybury-in-the-Marsh a cry of anguish… read more

Similar categories in Faith Martin's Murder by Candlelight book and Sean O'Connor's The Haunting of Borley Rectory: The Story of a Ghost Story

  • mystery
  • audiobook
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6. The Neighbour

By: Fiona Cummins

3.84

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The Neighbour is a thrilling standalone novel by the author of Rattle , Fiona Cummins. If you like … read more

Similar categories in Fiona Cummins's The Neighbour book and Sean O'Connor's The Haunting of Borley Rectory: The Story of a Ghost Story

  • mystery
  • audiobook
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7. A Death in the Parish (Canon Clement, #2)

By: Richard Coles

3.90

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

It's been a few months since murder tore apart the community of Champton apart. As Canon Daniel Cl… read more

Similar categories in Richard Coles's A Death in the Parish (Canon Clement, #2) book and Sean O'Connor's The Haunting of Borley Rectory: The Story of a Ghost Story

  • mystery
  • audiobook
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8. A Sliver of Darkness

By: C.J. Tudor

3.81

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The debut short story collection from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man, featuring ten bone-chi… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Tudor's A Sliver of Darkness book and Sean O'Connor's The Haunting of Borley Rectory: The Story of a Ghost Story

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • horror
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9. The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story

By: Kate Summerscale

3.22

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

London, 1938. In the suburbs of the city, an ordinary young housewife has become the eye in a storm… read more

Similar categories in Kate Summerscale's The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story book and Sean O'Connor's The Haunting of Borley Rectory: The Story of a Ghost Story

  • history
  • ghosts
  • nonfiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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10. Starve Acre

By: Andrew Michael Hurley

3.71

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The worst thing possible has happened. Richard and Juliette Willoughby's son, Ewan, has died sudden… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Michael Hurley's Starve Acre book and Sean O'Connor's The Haunting of Borley Rectory: The Story of a Ghost Story

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • paranormal
  • horror
"What you go searching for and what you find aren't always the same."

-Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre

"The will of Richard's father had been to ensure that his son was in no doubt that a church was merely a meeting place for the mentally ill, and that all who gathered there--priest and parishioners--w…"

-Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre

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11. The Whistling

By: Rebecca Netley

3.69

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Alone in the world, Elspeth Swansome has taken the position of nanny to a family on the remote Scot… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Netley's The Whistling book and Sean O'Connor's The Haunting of Borley Rectory: The Story of a Ghost Story

  • mystery
  • horror
  • paranormal
  • ghosts
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12. Fabulosa!: The Story of Polari, Britain’s Secret Gay Language

By: Paul Baker

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Polari is a language that was used chiefly by gay men in the first half of the twentieth century. I… read more

Similar categories in Paul Baker's Fabulosa!: The Story of Polari, Britain’s Secret Gay Language book and Sean O'Connor's The Haunting of Borley Rectory: The Story of a Ghost Story

  • nonfiction
  • history
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13. The Intruders

By: Louise Jensen

4.03

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

They were told to leave. They should have listened. It should be the perfect opportunity: a mano… read more

Similar categories in Louise Jensen's The Intruders book and Sean O'Connor's The Haunting of Borley Rectory: The Story of a Ghost Story

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • horror
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14. X-Force, Vol. 1

By: Benjamin Percy

3.75

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

X-Force is the CIA of the mutant world--one half intelligence branch, one half special ops. Beat, J… read more

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15. The Toll House

By: Carly Reagon

3.82

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The past isn't always dead and buried . . . A house with history. That's how the estate agent de… read more

Similar categories in Carly Reagon's The Toll House book and Sean O'Connor's The Haunting of Borley Rectory: The Story of a Ghost Story

  • mystery
  • paranormal
  • horror
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16. The Night Before Christmas (DI James Walker #4)

By: Alex Pine

4.00

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

This Christmas, the hunters become the hunted… When four trail hunters go missing in the fells o… read more

Similar categories in Alex Pine's The Night Before Christmas (DI James Walker #4) book and Sean O'Connor's The Haunting of Borley Rectory: The Story of a Ghost Story

  • mystery
  • audiobook
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17. Hauntings: A Book of Ghosts and Where to Find Them Across 25 Eerie British Locations

By: Neil Oliver

3.54

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

' Haunted is a wonderful part history, part rumination on life, and, of course a haunting book abo… read more

Similar categories in Neil Oliver's Hauntings: A Book of Ghosts and Where to Find Them Across 25 Eerie British Locations book and Sean O'Connor's The Haunting of Borley Rectory: The Story of a Ghost Story

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • paranormal
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18. The Lady in the Bay Window: A true story of a haunted Sheffield home

By: William C. Grave

4.42

Format: 153 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to the world of paranormal activity in a residential home. In 'The Lady in the Bay Window,'… read more

Similar categories in William C. Grave's The Lady in the Bay Window: A true story of a haunted Sheffield home book and Sean O'Connor's The Haunting of Borley Rectory: The Story of a Ghost Story

  • nonfiction
  • paranormal
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19. The Haunting of Borley Rectory: The Story of a Ghost Story

By: Sean O'Connor

3.89

Format: 482 pages, Hardcover

In 1928, Eric and Mabel Smith arrived from India to take over the lonely parish of Borley on the no… read more

Similar categories in Sean O'Connor's The Haunting of Borley Rectory: The Story of a Ghost Story book and Sean O'Connor's The Haunting of Borley Rectory: The Story of a Ghost Story

  • history
  • ghosts
  • nonfiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
Cover of Rites of Passage: Death and Mourning in Victorian Britain by Judith Flanders

20. Rites of Passage: Death and Mourning in Victorian Britain

By: Judith Flanders

4.21

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

In Rites of Passage, acclaimed historian Judith Flanders deconstructs the intricate, fascinating, a… read more

Similar categories in Judith Flanders's Rites of Passage: Death and Mourning in Victorian Britain book and Sean O'Connor's The Haunting of Borley Rectory: The Story of a Ghost Story

  • history
  • nonfiction

10 Top audiobook books like The Haunting of Borley Rectory: The Story of a Ghost Story by Sean O'Connor

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Danny Robins

4.27

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Murder by Candlelight

Faith Martin

3.98

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The Neighbour

Fiona Cummins

3.84

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Richard Coles

3.90

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Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5)

Sophie Hannah

3.75

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Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

Robert Thorogood

3.92

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The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1)

Mark Billingham

4.11

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Tom Hindle

3.55

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