22 best-selling horror books like The Haunting of Willow Creek by Sara Crocoll Smith

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The Haunting of Willow Creek

By: Sara Crocoll Smith

4.14

Format: 198 pages, ebook

Take from the Weeping Willow, and the Weeping Willow will take from you… When Birdie arrives at …

If you liked the horror plot in The Haunting of Willow Creek by Sara Crocoll Smith , here is a list of 22 books like this:

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1. The Halloween Tree

By: Ray Bradbury

3.78

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

A fast-moving, eerie tale set on Halloween night... Eight costumed boys running to meet their fr… read more

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  • horror
"Because of this one brave, new-thinking man, summer lives in the winter cave."

-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

"When you reach the stars, boy, yes, and live there forever, all the fears will go, and Death himself will die."

-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

"Night and day. Summer and winter, boys. Seedtime and harvest. Life and death. That's what Halloween is, all rolled up in one."

-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

"The day Joe Pipkin was born all the Orange Crush and Nehi soda bottles in the world fizzed over; and joyful bees swarmed countrysides to sting maiden ladies."

-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

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2. The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well, #1)

By: Rin Chupeco

3.82

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

" [A] Stephen Kinglike horror story...A chilling, bloody ghost story that resonates ."― Kirkus From… read more

Similar categories in Rin Chupeco's The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well, #1) book and Sara Crocoll Smith's The Haunting of Willow Creek

  • horror
"Even then I found the word fitting, soothing. Fireflies. Fire flies. Fire, fly."

-Rin Chupeco, The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well, #1)

"There is a thrill in relishing the suffering of strangers, and they hide their interest with worried faces."

-Rin Chupeco, The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well, #1)

"It is not in my nature to be interested in the living. But there are many things, I have found, that defy nature."

-Rin Chupeco, The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well, #1)

"There are so many other fun ways to dishonor the family name that buying girls’ underwear shouldn’t be one of them."

-Rin Chupeco, The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well, #1)

Cover of Johannes Cabal the Necromancer (Johannes Cabal, #1) by Jonathan L. Howard

3. Johannes Cabal the Necromancer (Johannes Cabal, #1)

By: Jonathan L. Howard

3.31

Format: None pages,

Johannes Cabal has never pretended to be a hero of any kind. There is, after all, little heroic abo… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan L. Howard's Johannes Cabal the Necromancer (Johannes Cabal, #1) book and Sara Crocoll Smith's The Haunting of Willow Creek

  • horror
Cover of The Haunting of Gillespie House by Darcy Coates

4. The Haunting of Gillespie House

By: Darcy Coates

3.69

Format: 192 pages,

Elle can't believe her luck; she's spending a month house-sitting the beautiful Gillespie property.… read more

Similar categories in Darcy Coates's The Haunting of Gillespie House book and Sara Crocoll Smith's The Haunting of Willow Creek

  • gothic
  • horror
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5. Sour Candy

By: Kealan Patrick Burke

3.65

Format: 84 pages, Kindle Edition

At first glance, Phil Pendleton and his son Adam are just an ordinary father and son, no different … read more

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  • horror
"Four months to the day he first encountered the boy at Walmart, the last of Phil Pendleton's teeth fell out."

-Kealan Patrick Burke, Sour Candy

Cover of Ring (Ring, #1) by Kōji Suzuki, Glynne Walley, Robert B. Rohmer

6. Ring (Ring, #1)

By: Kōji Suzuki , Glynne Walley , Robert B. Rohmer

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

A mysterious videotape warns that the viewer will die in one week unless a certain, unspecified act… read more

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  • horror
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7. The Vampyre; A Tale

By: John William Polidori

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Vampyreis a short story by John William Polidori. It is based on a fragment written by Lord Byr… read more

Similar categories in John William Polidori's The Vampyre; A Tale book and Sara Crocoll Smith's The Haunting of Willow Creek

  • gothic
  • horror
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8. The Haunting of Ashburn House

By: Darcy Coates

3.95

Format: None pages,

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  • gothic
  • horror

9. Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands

By: Mary Seacole

3.20

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Mary Seacole was born a free black woman in Jamaica of the early 19th century. In her long and vari… read more

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10. 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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11. The Beetle

By: Richard Marsh

3.58

Format: None pages, Paperback

'The Beetle' (1897) tells the story of a fantastical creature, "born of neither god nor man," with … read more

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12. Grave Sight (Harper Connelly, #1)

By: Charlaine Harris

4.00

Format: 98 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Grave Sight (Harper Connelly Mysteries, Book 1) Harper Connelly has what you might call a strange j… read more

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13. The Haunting of Blackwood House

By: Darcy Coates

4.40

Format: 86 pages, Paperback

Could you survive a week in a haunted house? Mara is the daughter of spiritualists. Her childhood w… read more

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14. The Paleontologist

By: Luke Dumas

3.53

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

A haunted paleontologist returns to the museum where his sister was abducted years earlier and is f… read more

Similar categories in Luke Dumas's The Paleontologist book and Sara Crocoll Smith's The Haunting of Willow Creek

  • horror
"He had understood that, like the site of a nuclear tragedy, the place was uninhabitable for him now."

-Luke Dumas, The Paleontologist

Cover of What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1) by T. Kingfisher

15. What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

By: T. Kingfisher

3.89

Format: 165 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones comes a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edg… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1) book and Sara Crocoll Smith's The Haunting of Willow Creek

  • gothic
  • horror
"You shouldn't joke about fairies."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"The dead don’t walk. Except, sometimes, when they do."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"Most of us go to the Devil without him having to personally oversee things."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"I had a strong urge to step back from them, and an even stronger urge to poke them with a stick."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

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16. A House with Good Bones

By: T. Kingfisher

3.69

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

A haunting Southern Gothic from an award-winning master of suspense, A House With Good Bones explor… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's A House with Good Bones book and Sara Crocoll Smith's The Haunting of Willow Creek

  • gothic
  • horror
"Like many family dynamics, it didn't have to be healthy, it just had to work."

-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones

"He's got an alibi. People with alibis in the first half of the show are always suspicious."

-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones

"I could research it. I am a champion researcher. It's why they pay me the meager academic bucks."

-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones

"I understood Grand Mae then, I think. I could not pity the adult she had become, but I could pity the girl she had been."

-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones

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17. Like Real People Do (Breakaway, #1)

By: E.L. Massey

4.33

Format: 423 pages, ebook

Nineteen-year-old hockey phenom Alexander Price is the youngest-ever captain in the NHL. With a pol… read more

Similar categories in E.L. Massey's Like Real People Do (Breakaway, #1) book and Sara Crocoll Smith's The Haunting of Willow Creek

"Apparently, Alex doesn't know how to handle emotions, and he's a dumpster fire of a human being."

-E.L. Massey, Like Real People Do (Breakaway, #1)

"The problem is he thinks he and Eli could be good for each other. Really good. Under different circumstances. In a different life. Or maybe, if he was just a little braver, in this one."

-E.L. Massey, Like Real People Do (Breakaway, #1)

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18. Like You've Nothing Left to Prove (Breakaway, #2)

By: E.L. Massey

4.40

Format: None pages, ebook

As the headline-stealing captain of the Houston Hell Hounds, nineteen-year-old Alexander Price has … read more

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"He doesn't have words for this kind of thing. But 'love' seems really fucking trite for all the whatever that he feels. Or maybe other people shouldn't be allowed to use the word 'love' because they …"

-E.L. Massey, Like You've Nothing Left to Prove (Breakaway, #2)

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19. Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again

By: Shigeru Kayama

3.80

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The first English translations of the original novellas about the iconic kaijū Godzilla Godzilla em… read more

Similar categories in Shigeru Kayama's Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again book and Sara Crocoll Smith's The Haunting of Willow Creek

  • horror
Cover of You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn  Bayron

20. You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight

By: Kalynn Bayron

3.59

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

At Camp Mirror Lake, terror is the name of the game . . . but can you survive the night?This heart-… read more

Similar categories in Kalynn Bayron's You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight book and Sara Crocoll Smith's The Haunting of Willow Creek

  • horror
"I turn my Black ass right around and book it back to my cabin, where I close and lock the door."

-Kalynn Bayron, You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight

Cover of The Haunting of Bechdel Mansion (A Riveting Haunted House Mystery, #1) by Roger Hayden

21. The Haunting of Bechdel Mansion (A Riveting Haunted House Mystery, #1)

By: Roger Hayden

3.95

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

A paranormal phenomenon, a mysterious curse, and an unsolved murder forty years in the making. A yo… read more

Similar categories in Roger Hayden's The Haunting of Bechdel Mansion (A Riveting Haunted House Mystery, #1) book and Sara Crocoll Smith's The Haunting of Willow Creek

  • horror
Cover of Manor by Karl Heinrich Ulrichs

22. Manor

By: Karl Heinrich Ulrichs

3.67

Format: 9 pages, ebook

Manor, un joven marinero, rescata al pequeño Har de morir ahogado. A partir de ese momento, Manor y… read more

Similar categories in Karl Heinrich Ulrichs's Manor book and Sara Crocoll Smith's The Haunting of Willow Creek

  • gothic
  • horror
"Bury me in his grave, won't you?"

-Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Manor

"A yearning drove me here to you. I have found no peace in my grave"."

-Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Manor

"A yearning drove me here to you. I have found no peace in my grave." - Manor"

-Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Manor

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23. Home Before Dark

By: Riley Sager

4.07

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

What was it like? Living in that house. Maggie Holt is used to such questions. Twenty-five years… read more

Similar categories in Riley Sager's Home Before Dark book and Sara Crocoll Smith's The Haunting of Willow Creek

  • horror
"Every house has a story to tell."

-Riley Sager, Home Before Dark

"I long for the quiet camaraderie only a library can provide."

-Riley Sager, Home Before Dark

"Every house has a story. Ours is a ghost story. It’s also a lie. And now that yet another person has died within these walls, it’s finally time to tell the truth."

-Riley Sager, Home Before Dark

"What I do recall is colored by what’s in the Book. Instead of memories, I have excerpts. It’s like looking at a photograph of a photograph. The framing is off. The colors are dulled. The image is sli…"

-Riley Sager, Home Before Dark

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24. Jinnistan: Scary stories to tell over chai

By: Ayesha Muzaffar

3.81

Format: 195 pages, Paperback

If there's something Pakistanis love more than December shaadis and desi food, it’s jinn stories. J… read more

Similar categories in Ayesha Muzaffar's Jinnistan: Scary stories to tell over chai book and Sara Crocoll Smith's The Haunting of Willow Creek

  • horror
Cover of In the Pit of Your Stomach: An Interactive Horror Story by Arden Powell

25. In the Pit of Your Stomach: An Interactive Horror Story

By: Arden Powell

4.21

Format: 93 pages, Kindle Edition

There is a hole in your yard. Something pale and hungry is about to emerge. You have two try to co… read more

Similar categories in Arden Powell's In the Pit of Your Stomach: An Interactive Horror Story book and Sara Crocoll Smith's The Haunting of Willow Creek

  • horror
Cover of The Haunting of Ocean Point House by Cat Knight

26. The Haunting of Ocean Point House

By: Cat Knight

4.05

Format: 90 pages, Kindle Edition

Isobel McNair, a jaded police officer has moved to Ocean Point for a sea change, but Ocean Point is… read more

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27. Red X

By: David Demchuk

3.77

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

A hunted community. A haunted author. A horror that spans centuries. Men are disappearing from T… read more

Similar categories in David Demchuk's Red X book and Sara Crocoll Smith's The Haunting of Willow Creek

  • horror
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28. Beneath Strange Lights (Daughter of Eve Book 1)

By: Vivian Valentine

4.32

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Amelia Temple always knew she was different. Other. But that never stopped her from wanting more-es… read more

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29. The Haunting of Willow Creek

By: Sara Crocoll Smith

4.14

Format: 198 pages, ebook

Take from the Weeping Willow, and the Weeping Willow will take from you… When Birdie arrives at … read more

Similar categories in Sara Crocoll Smith's The Haunting of Willow Creek book and Sara Crocoll Smith's The Haunting of Willow Creek

  • gothic
  • horror
Cover of The Gingerbread Men by Joanna Corrance

30. The Gingerbread Men

By: Joanna Corrance

3.88

Format: 297 pages, Paperback

Eric abandons his fiancé, Eleanor, at the Edinburgh Christmas market, following a mysterious woman … read more

Similar categories in Joanna Corrance's The Gingerbread Men book and Sara Crocoll Smith's The Haunting of Willow Creek

  • gothic
  • horror

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Transform Your Habits

The Haunting of Gillespie House

Darcy Coates

3.69

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The Vampyre; A Tale

John William Polidori

4.00

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The Haunting of Ashburn House

Darcy Coates

3.95

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What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

T. Kingfisher

3.89

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Transform Your Habits

This Is Where We Talk Things Out

Caitlin Marceau

3.77

Transform Your Habits

The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

Nghi Vo

4.17

Transform Your Habits

The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

Shubnum Khan

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Undercover (Into Shadow, #5)

Tamsyn Muir

4.01

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