19 best-selling thriller books like A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

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A Head Full of Ghosts

By: Paul Tremblay

3.79

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-…

"On the morning of the exorcism, I stayed home from school."

-Paul Tremblay, A Head Full of Ghosts

"On the morning of the exorcism, I stayed home from school."

-Paul Tremblay, A Head Full of Ghosts

"Father Wanderly said, “Are we speaking with a demon right now?"

-Paul Tremblay, A Head Full of Ghosts

"Father Wanderly said, “Are we speaking with a demon right now?"

-Paul Tremblay, A Head Full of Ghosts

If you liked the thriller plot in A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. Penpal

By: Dathan Auerbach

3.86

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

Penpal began as a series of short and interconnected stories posted on an online horror forum. Befo… read more

Similar categories in Dathan Auerbach's Penpal book and Paul Tremblay's A Head Full of Ghosts

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
"Sometimes forgetting is the gift that we give ourselves"

-Dathan Auerbach, Penpal

"Memories extend our lives backward through time, making them feel longer."

-Dathan Auerbach, Penpal

"Our loved ones pass away or simply leave our lives forever too soon, and we think to ourselves, “I wasn’t ready for you to leave. It just wasn’t time,"

-Dathan Auerbach, Penpal

"We want so badly to be happy – to live the kinds of lives that we always hoped we’d live – that we give gifts to ourselves by remembering things not as they were, but as we wish they were."

-Dathan Auerbach, Penpal

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2. The Deep

By: Nick Cutter

3.42

Format: 394 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of The Troop—which Stephen King raved “scared the hell out of me and I co… read more

Similar categories in Nick Cutter's The Deep book and Paul Tremblay's A Head Full of Ghosts

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"What are you so afraid of? said that same voice inside Luke’s head. Everything, another voice answered."

-Nick Cutter, The Deep

"Well, time works differently down here, boss. Sometimes I feel like I've lived a thousand lifetimes ... it's funny. The pain is constant. Sometimes it's so much that I can't stand it. I bite at mysel…"

-Nick Cutter, The Deep

"The water wasn't the same down here. Water is what runs out of the kitchen taps or a playground drinking fountain. It fills bathubs and pools and yes, of course, the ocean- but at a certain depth, wa…"

-Nick Cutter, The Deep

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3. Come Closer

By: Sara Gran

3.65

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

A recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment. A memo to her boss that's replaced by obscene i… read more

Similar categories in Sara Gran's Come Closer book and Paul Tremblay's A Head Full of Ghosts

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
"What we think is impossible happens all the time."

-Sara Gran, Come Closer

"In January I had a proposal due to my boss, Leon Fields, on a new project."

-Sara Gran, Come Closer

Cover of A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

4. A Head Full of Ghosts

By: Paul Tremblay

3.79

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-… read more

Similar categories in Paul Tremblay's A Head Full of Ghosts book and Paul Tremblay's A Head Full of Ghosts

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"On the morning of the exorcism, I stayed home from school."

-Paul Tremblay, A Head Full of Ghosts

"Father Wanderly said, “Are we speaking with a demon right now?"

-Paul Tremblay, A Head Full of Ghosts

"And I asked her about the holes in the walls and Mom tried to joke, saying, “Yes, Marjorie was sleep punching too."

-Paul Tremblay, A Head Full of Ghosts

"Are you scared and confused like I am?" Her voice was as small as I'd ever heard it. "I think everyone is secretly like me."

-Paul Tremblay, A Head Full of Ghosts

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5. The Ruins

By: Scott Smith

3.68

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

Trapped in the Mexican jungle, a group of friends stumble upon a creeping horror unlike anything th… read more

Similar categories in Scott Smith's The Ruins book and Paul Tremblay's A Head Full of Ghosts

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The Greek pissed and pissed and pissed."

-Scott Smith, The Ruins

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6. Seed

By: Ania Ahlborn

4.25

Format: 127 pages, ebook

Fans of Stephen King, Jack Kilborn, and Blake Crouch... prepare to meet the Devil. In the vine-twis… read more

Similar categories in Ania Ahlborn's Seed book and Paul Tremblay's A Head Full of Ghosts

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook

7. Stolen Tongues

By: Felix Blackwell

4.25

Format: None pages,

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Similar categories in Felix Blackwell's Stolen Tongues book and Paul Tremblay's A Head Full of Ghosts

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8. The Troop

By: Nick Cutter

3.84

Format: 407 pages, Hardcover

Once a year, scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a three-d… read more

Similar categories in Nick Cutter's The Troop book and Paul Tremblay's A Head Full of Ghosts

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Soldering iron, Max."

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

"You’ve never heard of the tapeworm diet?"

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

"I been to hell ... I ain't afraid to go back"

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

"His fear was whetted to such a fine edge that he could actually feel it now: a disembodied ball of baby fingers inside his stomach, tickling him from the inside. That's what mortal terror felt like, …"

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

9. Brother

By: Ania Ahlborn

5.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling horror author of Within These Wallsand The Bird Eater comes a brand-new novel … read more

Similar categories in Ania Ahlborn's Brother book and Paul Tremblay's A Head Full of Ghosts

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10. Maeve Fly

By: C.J. Leede

3.78

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Golden Poppy Octavia E. Butler Award! A Bram Stoker and Splatterpunk Award Nominee! … read more

Similar categories in C.J. Leede's Maeve Fly book and Paul Tremblay's A Head Full of Ghosts

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Inside my room, I turn on Billy Holiday. There are only two kinds of music in my world. Billy Holiday and Halloween songs."

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

"Men have always been permitted in fiction and in life to simply be what they are, no matter how dark or terrifying that might be. But with a woman, we expect an answer, a reason."

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

"I have tried the way of the misanthrope, the way of the deviant, the philosopher, the observer, the pretender. But there is one road I have not seriously considered walking down, have not permitted m…"

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

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11. The Only Good Indians

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.70

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

The creeping horror of Paul Tremblay meets Tommy Orange’s There There in a dark novel of revenge, c… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's The Only Good Indians book and Paul Tremblay's A Head Full of Ghosts

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Names are stupid, though. Pretty soon he won't even need his."

-Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians

"Lewis finds the fourteen-foot aluminum ladder under boxes in the garage, Three Stooges in into the backyard..."

-Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians

"Dealing with cops is like being around a skittish horse: No sudden movements, nothing shiny or loud. Zero jokes."

-Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians

"An elk mother, cornered, will slash with her hooves and tear with her mouth and even offer the hope of her own hamstrings, and if none of that works, she'll rise again years and years later, because …"

-Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians

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12. 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 Paul Tremblay's A Head Full of Ghosts

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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13. Nestlings

By: Nat Cassidy

3.86

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

Nat Cassidy is at his razor-sharp best again with his horror novel Nestlings, which harnesses the c… read more

Similar categories in Nat Cassidy's Nestlings book and Paul Tremblay's A Head Full of Ghosts

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Grief is the space between two states of being: who you were and who you are. It’s an excruciatingly long, unlit hallway. A staircase you have to crawl down, one interminable flight at a time."

-Nat Cassidy, Nestlings

Cover of The Watchers (The Watchers, #1) by A.M. Shine

14. The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

By: A.M. Shine

3.93

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

This forest isn't charted on any map. Every car breaks down at its treeline. Mina's is no different… read more

Similar categories in A.M. Shine's The Watchers (The Watchers, #1) book and Paul Tremblay's A Head Full of Ghosts

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Every grudge, if it is to stand the test of time, relies on the certainty of a selective memory."

-A.M. Shine, The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

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15. Gone to See the River Man

By: Kristopher Triana

3.67

Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition

Super fans. Groupies. Stalkers. These people will give anything for the idols they worship, be t… read more

Similar categories in Kristopher Triana's Gone to See the River Man book and Paul Tremblay's A Head Full of Ghosts

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"That didn't matter, though. Her thoughts toward her were entirely justified. They'd always been there, but were suppressed by a guilt she'd now began to think she never should have felt in the first …"

-Kristopher Triana, Gone to See the River Man

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16. Diavola

By: Jennifer Marie Thorne

3.95

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

Jennifer Thorne skewers all-too-familiar family dynamics in this sly, wickedly funny vacation-Gothi… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Marie Thorne's Diavola book and Paul Tremblay's A Head Full of Ghosts

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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17. The September House

By: Carissa Orlando

3.92

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

A woman is determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes a haunted nightmare in this c… read more

Similar categories in Carissa Orlando's The September House book and Paul Tremblay's A Head Full of Ghosts

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"the stars shone in the sky, reminding me there were calm constants everywhere"

-Carissa Orlando, The September House

"Hal was familiar with anger. He preferred it. It was like a warm blanket to him. Something soft, and smelling of home"

-Carissa Orlando, The September House

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18. My Best Friend's Exorcism

By: Grady Hendrix

3.94

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since fifth grade, when they bonded over a shared love of … read more

Similar categories in Grady Hendrix's My Best Friend's Exorcism book and Paul Tremblay's A Head Full of Ghosts

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Are you going to do it?"

-Grady Hendrix, My Best Friend's Exorcism

"Abby Rivers was a certified grown-up because she'd finally cried at a movie."

-Grady Hendrix, My Best Friend's Exorcism

"I love you, Gretchen Lang. You are my reflection and my shadow and I will not let you go. We are bound together forever and ever! Until Halley’s Comet comes around again. I love you dearly and I love…"

-Grady Hendrix, My Best Friend's Exorcism

"Brother Lemon and Abby looked at each other, eyes gleaming in the shadows, and then he stood up. Rummaging in one of his duffle bags, he pulled out an athletic cup and slid it down the front of his p…"

-Grady Hendrix, My Best Friend's Exorcism

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19. How to Sell a Haunted House

By: Grady Hendrix

3.68

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

Grady Hendrix takes on the haunted house in a thrilling new novel that explores the way your past—a… read more

Similar categories in Grady Hendrix's How to Sell a Haunted House book and Paul Tremblay's A Head Full of Ghosts

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Nice clean cut," Santos said, and Louise almost said thank you but managed to stop herself."

-Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House

"Mom and Dad could've done it," he said. "They were grown-ups. We're just . . . tall children."

-Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House

"But if we weren’t related, if we met today, we wouldn’t choose to be friends. We’re different people with different values, and we’re also adults who can choose who we want to spend our time with…"

-Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House

"There were so many dolls in there, waiting for her. Somewhere, in a less rational part of her brain, Louise felt that nothing could look so human and exist for so long without starting to develop tho…"

-Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House

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20. Mary

By: Nat Cassidy

3.80

Format: 405 pages, Paperback

Mary is a quiet, middle-aged woman doing her best to blend into the background. Unremarkable. Invis… read more

Similar categories in Nat Cassidy's Mary book and Paul Tremblay's A Head Full of Ghosts

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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21. The Last House on Needless Street

By: Catriona Ward

3.85

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

This is the story of a serial killer. A stolen child. Revenge. Death. And an ordinary house at the … read more

Similar categories in Catriona Ward's The Last House on Needless Street book and Paul Tremblay's A Head Full of Ghosts

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Kittens don't come back from the woods."

-Catriona Ward, The Last House on Needless Street

"Thoughts are a door that the dead walk through."

-Catriona Ward, The Last House on Needless Street

"Truth has weight. It leaves footprints in your mind."

-Catriona Ward, The Last House on Needless Street

"If there's anything better than a cat on the bed, I don't know about it."

-Catriona Ward, The Last House on Needless Street

19 Best fiction books like A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

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Dathan Auerbach

3.86

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Nick Cutter

3.42

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Come Closer

Sara Gran

3.65

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Paul Tremblay

3.79

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20 best-selling fiction books like Maeve Fly by C.J. Leede

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C.J. Leede

3.78

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Boys in the Valley

Philip Fracassi

4.18

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The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

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Chuck Tingle

3.94

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