17 Best ghosts books like Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3) by Katherine Arden

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Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

By: Katherine Arden

3.79

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Katherine Arden returns with another creepy, spine-tingling adven…

If you liked the ghosts plot in Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3) by Katherine Arden , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street

By: Lindsay Currie

3.79

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A girl unravels a centuries-old mystery after moving into a haunted house in this deliciously suspe… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street book and Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
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2. Spirit Hunters

By: Ellen Oh

4.00

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

We Need Diverse Books founder Ellen Oh returns with Spirit Hunters, a high-stakes middle grade myst… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Oh's Spirit Hunters book and Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
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3. Thirteens (Thirteens, #1)

By: Kate Alice Marshall

3.97

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

A sleepy town with a dark secret--and the three kids brave enough to uncover it. Twelve-year-old… read more

Similar categories in Kate Alice Marshall's Thirteens (Thirteens, #1) book and Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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4. Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

By: Katherine Arden

3.79

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Katherine Arden returns with another creepy, spine-tingling adven… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3) book and Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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5. The Clackity (Blight Harbor)

By: Lora Senf

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Reminiscent of Doll Bones and Small Spaces , this “delightfully eerie” (Erin A. Craig, New York Tim… read more

Similar categories in Lora Senf's The Clackity (Blight Harbor) book and Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Time made the missing different, but it didn't make it go away."

-Lora Senf, The Clackity (Blight Harbor)

"I'd gotten so close, so close to being the hero of my own story..."

-Lora Senf, The Clackity (Blight Harbor)

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6. The Nighthouse Keeper (Blight Harbor)

By: Lora Senf

4.20

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Evie once again leaves her world behind to rescue Blight Harbor’s ghosts in this second book in the… read more

Similar categories in Lora Senf's The Nighthouse Keeper (Blight Harbor) book and Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
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7. Watch Hollow

By: Gregory Funaro

3.73

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Deep within the enchanted woods in the town of Watch Hollow stands the once-grand Blackford House, … read more

Similar categories in Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow book and Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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8. The Haunting of Aveline Jones (Aveline Jones, #1)

By: Phil Hickes

4.13

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Aveline Jones loves reading ghost stories, so a dreary half-term becomes much more exciting when sh… read more

Similar categories in Phil Hickes's The Haunting of Aveline Jones (Aveline Jones, #1) book and Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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9. Scarewaves

By: Trevor Henderson

3.89

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Internet horror superstar Trevor Henderson is famous for his ghastly creations and hair-raising cre… read more

Similar categories in Trevor Henderson's Scarewaves book and Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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10. What Lives in the Woods

By: Lindsay Currie

3.84

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Welcome to the decrepit Woodmoor Manor…where something in the woods is always watching. From the au… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's What Lives in the Woods book and Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
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11. Brackenbeast (Thirteens, #2)

By: Kate Alice Marshall

4.12

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Last Halloween, Eleanor, Pip, and Otto narrowly escaped the clutches of the evil January Society an… read more

Similar categories in Kate Alice Marshall's Brackenbeast (Thirteens, #2) book and Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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12. The Bellwoods Game

By: Celia Krampien

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Doll Bones and Hocus Pocus , this “beautifully creepy” ( Kirkus Reviews ), high… read more

Similar categories in Celia Krampien's The Bellwoods Game book and Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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13. 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

Similar categories in Jeff Strand's It Watches in the Dark (Eek!) book and Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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14. It Found Us

By: Lindsay Currie

3.97

Format: 274 pages, None

From the author of Scritch Scratch and The Girl in White comes a new spooky mystery about a girl de… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's It Found Us book and Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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15. Nightbooks (Nightbooks, #1)

By: J.A. White

4.00

Format: 320 pages, ebook

A boy is imprisoned by a witch and must tell her a new scary story each night to stay alive. This t… read more

Similar categories in J.A. White's Nightbooks (Nightbooks, #1) book and Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"And now I realize---so what if I write scary stories? I might hurt someone with nouns and adjectives, but I would never hurt someone for real."

-J.A. White, Nightbooks (Nightbooks, #1)

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16. Scritch Scratch

By: Lindsay Currie

3.92

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A ghost story about a malevolent spirit, an unlucky girl, and a haunting mystery that will tie the … read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's Scritch Scratch book and Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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17. Wretched Waterpark (Sinister Summer, #1)

By: Kiersten White

3.75

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

A middle-grade mystery series that's spooky, creepy, and filled with gothic twists! Meet the Sinist… read more

Similar categories in Kiersten White's Wretched Waterpark (Sinister Summer, #1) book and Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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18. Fairest of All: The Graphic Novel (Whatever After Graphic Novels #1)

By: Sarah Mlynowski

4.22

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

The magic of the New York Times and PW bestselling Whatever After series comes to life in this bran… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Mlynowski's Fairest of All: The Graphic Novel (Whatever After Graphic Novels #1) book and Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
Cover of Gravebooks (Nightbooks, #2) by J.A. White

19. Gravebooks (Nightbooks, #2)

By: J.A. White

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Return to the world of Nightbooks . . . if you dare. Dead stories—and dead witches—are back to haun… read more

Similar categories in J.A. White's Gravebooks (Nightbooks, #2) book and Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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20. Not Quite a Ghost

By: Anne Ursu

4.08

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy comes an unforgettable and … read more

Similar categories in Anne Ursu's Not Quite a Ghost book and Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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21. Field of Screams

By: Wendy Parris

3.77

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A new pulse-pounding supernatural mystery about twelve-year-old Rebecca, who has always wanted to h… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Parris's Field of Screams book and Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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22. The Girl in White

By: Lindsay Currie

3.82

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Sweet Molly once lived in Eastport Sweet Molly once loved the sea Sweet Molly lost Liam to the sh… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's The Girl in White book and Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
"Life doesn't always give us the choices we want. All we can do is make the best of things."

-Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

"Speaking up for people who don’t have a voice is important...It's the right thing to do, even if it's hard."

-Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

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23. The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

By: Ellen Oh

4.09

Format: 256 pages, ebook

The thrilling sequel to the Texas Bluebonnet Award-nominated Spirit Hunters! We Need Diverse Boo… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2) book and Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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24. The Darkdeep (The Darkdeep, #1)

By: Ally Condie

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

When a bullying incident sends twelve-year-old Nico Holland over the edge of a cliff into the icy w… read more

Similar categories in Ally Condie's The Darkdeep (The Darkdeep, #1) book and Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
Cover of The Vanishing of Aveline Jones (Aveline Jones, #3) by Phil Hickes

25. The Vanishing of Aveline Jones (Aveline Jones, #3)

By: Phil Hickes

4.21

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Turn on your torches and join Aveline Jones! Aveline is determined to discover the truth behind … read more

Similar categories in Phil Hickes's The Vanishing of Aveline Jones (Aveline Jones, #3) book and Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
Cover of Vampiric Vacation (Sinister Summer #2) by Kiersten White

26. Vampiric Vacation (Sinister Summer #2)

By: Kiersten White

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The spooky summer adventures of the Sinister-Winterbottom twins continue in another gothic mystery:… read more

Similar categories in Kiersten White's Vampiric Vacation (Sinister Summer #2) book and Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Whispering Pines (Whispering Pines, #1) by Heidi Lang

27. Whispering Pines (Whispering Pines, #1)

By: Heidi Lang

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A young boy and girl who must protect their small town from otherworldly forces threatening to dest… read more

Similar categories in Heidi Lang's Whispering Pines (Whispering Pines, #1) book and Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
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28. Ghost Girl

By: Ally Malinenko

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Small Spaces and Nightbooks, Ally Malinenko’s middle-grade debut is an empoweri… read more

Similar categories in Ally Malinenko's Ghost Girl book and Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
Cover of Glassheart (Thirteens, #3) by Kate Alice Marshall

29. Glassheart (Thirteens, #3)

By: Kate Alice Marshall

4.35

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The terrifying conclusion to Thirteens and Brackenbeast, for fans of Neil Gaiman's Coraline and Str… read more

Similar categories in Kate Alice Marshall's Glassheart (Thirteens, #3) book and Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Something Wicked (Spirit Hunters, #3) by Ellen Oh

30. Something Wicked (Spirit Hunters, #3)

By: Ellen Oh

4.09

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The riveting conclusion to the acclaimed Spirit Hunters series! We Need Diverse Books cofounder Ell… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Oh's Something Wicked (Spirit Hunters, #3) book and Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook

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Lindsay Currie

3.79

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Ellen Oh

4.00

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Kate Alice Marshall

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Ghost Roast

Shawnelle Gibbs

4.13

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Haunted Holiday (Sinister Summer #5)

Kiersten White

4.10

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Empty Smiles (Small Spaces, #4)

Katherine Arden

3.79

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Marthe Jocelyn

3.92

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