13 must-read paranormal books like Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark by Lucia Peters

Cover of Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark by Lucia Peters

Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

By: Lucia Peters

4.10

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

What begins as a test of bravery or a sleepover activity—chanting in front of a mirror, riding an e…

If you liked the paranormal plot in Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark by Lucia Peters , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Celtic Tales: Fairy Tales and Stories of Enchantment from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales

By: Kate Forrester

3.98

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Selkies, wyverns, witches, and giants. Perilous quests, true love, and animals that talk. The … read more

Similar categories in Kate Forrester's Celtic Tales: Fairy Tales and Stories of Enchantment from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales book and Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

  • folklore
Cover of Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi, Curt Gentry

2. Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

By: Vincent Bugliosi , Curt Gentry

4.06

Format: 687 pages, Paperback

Prosecuting attorney in the Manson trial, Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider's position in one … read more

Similar categories in Vincent Bugliosi's Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders book and Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

  • nonfiction
  • horror
"Deciding that his own life expectancy was directly proportional to his usefulness to Manson, Crockett made himself very useful, volunteering his truck to haul in supplies, and so forth."

-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

"Noting that it would be a long trial, with many witnesses, I recall the old Chinese proverb, "The palest ink is better than the best memory," urging the jury to take detailed notes to aid them in the…"

-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

"For a lawyer to do less than his utmost is, I strongly feel, a betrayal of his client. Though in criminal trials one tends to focus on the defense attorney and his client the accused, the prosecutor …"

-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

"One day Manson tried with me. I stared right back, holding his gaze until his hands started shaking. During the recess, I slid my chair over next to his and asked, "What are you trembling about, Char…"

-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

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3. FantasticLand

By: Mike Bockoven

3.90

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Since the 1970s, FantasticLand has been the theme park where “Fun is Guaranteed!” But when a hurric… read more

Similar categories in Mike Bockoven's FantasticLand book and Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

  • adult
  • horror
"One more thing. I...I kind of hate people. Seriously, I've thought about how to phrase this and the best thing I can say isn't, "I'm not a people person," or something like that. It's that I hate peo…"

-Mike Bockoven, FantasticLand

Cover of American Murder Houses: A Coast-to-Coast Tour of the Most Notorious Houses of Homicide by Steve Lehto

4. American Murder Houses: A Coast-to-Coast Tour of the Most Notorious Houses of Homicide

By: Steve Lehto

3.94

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

There are places in the United States of America where violent acts of bloodshed have occurred. Yea… read more

Similar categories in Steve Lehto's American Murder Houses: A Coast-to-Coast Tour of the Most Notorious Houses of Homicide book and Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

  • nonfiction
  • horror
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5. Last Days

By: Adam L.G. Nevill

3.75

Format: 531 pages, Paperback

When guerrilla documentary maker, Kyle Freeman, is asked to shoot a film on the notorious cult know… read more

Similar categories in Adam L.G. Nevill's Last Days book and Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

  • adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
"...there is something demoniac in human nature that we are unable to stop revering."

-Adam L.G. Nevill, Last Days

"Mobile phones ... they're not for communicating, they're for broadcasting. Broadcasting The Show Of Me ."

-Adam L.G. Nevill, Last Days

"I believe the vulpine greed of the corporate world is cut from the very same cloth as the tyrant of history."

-Adam L.G. Nevill, Last Days

"The destruction of Dan's Star Wars collectibles would have been mourned with more intensity by their owner than the burning of the library at Alexandria."

-Adam L.G. Nevill, Last Days

6. Ask Baba Yaga: Otherworldly Advice for Everyday Troubles

By: Taisia Kitaiskaia

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

With a strange, otherworldly style, poetic clarity, and striking honesty, Ask Baba Yagacontains bea… read more

Similar categories in Taisia Kitaiskaia's Ask Baba Yaga: Otherworldly Advice for Everyday Troubles book and Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

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7. 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 Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

  • adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
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8. To Drink Coffee with a Ghost (Things that Haunt, #2)

By: Amanda Lovelace

4.02

Format: 160 pages, None

"You cannot have a funeral for your mother without also having a funeral for yourself." This book … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Lovelace's To Drink Coffee with a Ghost (Things that Haunt, #2) book and Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

  • adult
  • nonfiction
"some things don’t come alive until we believe in them with our whole hearts."

-Amanda Lovelace, To Drink Coffee with a Ghost (Things that Haunt, #2)

"what do we do with all the things we need to say to someone we’ll never see again? - maybe that’s why i write."

-Amanda Lovelace, To Drink Coffee with a Ghost (Things that Haunt, #2)

"I wish I had known I was never going to see you again because I would have spent more time clinging to the good we did have instead of clinging to the bad I couldn't change."

-Amanda Lovelace, To Drink Coffee with a Ghost (Things that Haunt, #2)

"lately, it seems like everywhere I look, I only find daughters haunted by something their mothers did to them. we tell each other that we could raise our daughters differently. we do this while wonde…"

-Amanda Lovelace, To Drink Coffee with a Ghost (Things that Haunt, #2)

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9. The Invited

By: Jennifer McMahon

3.81

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

A chilling ghost story with a twist: the New York Times bestselling author of The Winter People ret… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer McMahon's The Invited book and Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

  • adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
"It's not the gun you should be scared of—it's the crazy man with the gun"

-Jennifer McMahon, The Invited

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10. Cryptid Club

By: Sarah Andersen

4.27

Format: 112 pages, ebook

Do you hate social gatherings? Dodge cameras? Enjoy staying up just a little too late at night? You… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Andersen's Cryptid Club book and Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

  • adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
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11. The Mysteries

By: Bill Watterson

3.76

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Indie Bestseller. From Bill Watterson, bests… read more

Similar categories in Bill Watterson's The Mysteries book and Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

  • adult
  • horror
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12. Out There Screaming

By: Jordan Peele

3.79

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

The visionary writer and director of Get Out, Us, and Nope, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions, c… read more

Similar categories in Jordan Peele's Out There Screaming book and Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

  • adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
"Jesus better keep his little bitch mouth shut"

-Jordan Peele, Out There Screaming

Cover of When I Arrived at the Castle by Emily Carroll

13. When I Arrived at the Castle

By: Emily Carroll

3.69

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

"A castle, a killer, and prey all bound and blurred by lust and blood." Like many before her tha… read more

Similar categories in Emily Carroll's When I Arrived at the Castle book and Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

  • horror
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14. Ghost Eaters

By: Clay McLeod Chapman

3.37

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

One of Vulture's Best Horror Novels of 2022, this terrifying supernatural page-turner will make you… read more

Similar categories in Clay McLeod Chapman's Ghost Eaters book and Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

  • adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
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15. Bad Dolls

By: Rachel Harrison

3.73

Format: 132 pages, ebook

In this stunning new collection of four horror stories, award-winning author Rachel Harrison explor… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Harrison's Bad Dolls book and Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

  • adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
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16. Nordic Tales: Folktales from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark

By: Ulla Thynell

3.85

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A deluxe volume of 16 traditional Nordic folk tales that is sure to impress any fan of cultural and… read more

Similar categories in Ulla Thynell's Nordic Tales: Folktales from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark book and Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

  • folklore
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17. 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 Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

  • adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
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18. Horror Movie

By: Paul Tremblay

3.45

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and… read more

Similar categories in Paul Tremblay's Horror Movie book and Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

  • adult
  • horror
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19. The Hollows

By: Mark Edwards

3.87

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The House Guest comes a chilling story set deep in the woods… Wit… read more

Similar categories in Mark Edwards's The Hollows book and Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

  • adult
  • horror
Cover of Cursed Objects: Strange but True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items by J.W. Ocker

20. Cursed Objects: Strange but True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items

By: J.W. Ocker

3.70

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An illustrated compendium that reveals the true stories behind the most infamous, creepy, and bizar… read more

Similar categories in J.W. Ocker's Cursed Objects: Strange but True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items book and Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

  • folklore
  • nonfiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • paranormal
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21. White Horse

By: Erika T. Wurth

3.51

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

White Horse is a gritty, vibrant debut from Erika T. Wurth about an Indigenous woman who must face … read more

Similar categories in Erika T. Wurth's White Horse book and Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

  • adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
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22. Man, Fuck This House

By: Brian Asman

3.36

Format: 158 pages, Kindle Edition

Sabrina Haskins and her family have just moved into their dream home, a gorgeous Craftsman in the r… read more

Similar categories in Brian Asman's Man, Fuck This House book and Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

  • adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
Cover of 大ダーク 1 [Dai Dark 1] by Q. Hayashida

23. 大ダーク 1 [Dai Dark 1]

By: Q. Hayashida

4.27

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

ドロヘドロの林田球が放つ、SF大宇宙!! 宇宙というどこまでも広がる黒い暗闇のどこかで、 血だらけで漂う一人の男がいた。 彼の名はザハ=サンコ、14歳。 その骨は「どんな願いも叶える… read more

Similar categories in Q. Hayashida's 大ダーク 1 [Dai Dark 1] book and Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

  • horror
Cover of The Butcher and the Wren (Dr. Wren Muller, #1) by Alaina Urquhart

24. The Butcher and the Wren (Dr. Wren Muller, #1)

By: Alaina Urquhart

3.73

Format: 242 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the co-host of chart-topping true crime podcast Morbid, a… read more

Similar categories in Alaina Urquhart's The Butcher and the Wren (Dr. Wren Muller, #1) book and Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

  • adult
  • horror
Cover of Backwoods Witchcraft: Conjure & Folk Magic from Appalachia by Jake Richards

25. Backwoods Witchcraft: Conjure & Folk Magic from Appalachia

By: Jake Richards

4.04

Format: 211 pages, Paperback

In Backwoods Witchcraft , Jake Richards offers up a folksy stew of family stories, lore, omens, rit… read more

Similar categories in Jake Richards's Backwoods Witchcraft: Conjure & Folk Magic from Appalachia book and Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

  • occult
  • folklore
  • nonfiction
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26. Spitting Gold

By: Carmella Lowkis

3.52

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A deliciously haunting debut for fans of Sarah Waters and Sarah Penner set in 19th-century Paris, b… read more

Similar categories in Carmella Lowkis's Spitting Gold book and Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

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27. Incidents Around the House

By: Josh Malerman

3.82

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

A chilling horror novel about a haunting told from the perspective of a young girl whose troubled f… read more

Similar categories in Josh Malerman's Incidents Around the House book and Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

  • adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
Cover of I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom by Jason Pargin

28. I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom

By: Jason Pargin

4.02

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A standalone darkly humorous thriller set in modern America's age of anxiety, by New York Times bes… read more

Similar categories in Jason Pargin's I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom book and Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

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29. Monsters You Should Know

By: Emma SanCartier

4.17

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Meet the world's most unusual monsters in this darkly funny collection of creatures and cryptids fr… read more

Similar categories in Emma SanCartier's Monsters You Should Know book and Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

  • folklore
  • horror
Cover of I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones

30. I Was a Teenage Slasher

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.68

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling horror writer Stephen Graham Jones comes a classic slasher story wi… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's I Was a Teenage Slasher book and Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

  • adult
  • horror
Cover of Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark by Lucia Peters

31. Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

By: Lucia Peters

4.10

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

What begins as a test of bravery or a sleepover activity—chanting in front of a mirror, riding an e… read more

Similar categories in Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark book and Lucia Peters's Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark

  • occult
  • folklore
  • nonfiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • paranormal

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3.75

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3.53

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3.22

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