20 must-read paranormal books like The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig

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The Book of Accidents

By: Chuck Wendig

3.73

Format: 530 pages, Hardcover

Long ago, Nathan lived in a house in the country with his abusive father—and has never told his fam…

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1. 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 Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • 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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2. Boys in the Valley

By: Philip Fracassi

4.18

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

St. Vincent's Orphanage for Boys. Turn of the century, in a remote valley in Pennsylvania. Her… read more

Similar categories in Philip Fracassi's Boys in the Valley book and Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
" there is light all around me. There is light inside me. "

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"The sky is the color of stone, flat and hard in appearance, but brittle, as if it would crack like an eggshell - revealing black seams of the universe beyond - if struck hard enough. ."

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"We didn't hit it off like many others in similar situations....Instead, he and I sort of gravitated around each other, either friends nor foes, like the moons of a planet we had no interest in observ…"

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

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

By: Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

Format: 455 pages, Hardcover

The final installment in the most lauded trilogy in the history of horror literature It’s been f… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3) book and Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"I used to be all about the final girl standing on top of a pile of the dead at the end of the movie, her face dripping blood, her chest heaving, her eyes fierce. Now I’m all about holding the door of…"

-Stephen Graham Jones, The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

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4. 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 Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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5. You Like It Darker

By: Stephen King

4.32

Format: 502 pages, Hardcover

From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new coll… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's You Like It Darker book and Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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6. My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.54

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

You won’t find a more hardcore eighties-slasher-film fan than high school senior Jade Daniels. And … read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1) book and Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Some girls just don't know how to die."

-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

"Is it really winning if everybody dies?"

-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

"Horror's not a symptom, it's a love affair."

-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

"We all become history at some point or another, right?"

-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

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7. Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2)

By: Stephen Graham Jones

4.07

Format: 457 pages, Hardcover

Jade returns to the rural lake town of Proofrock the same day as convicted Indigenous serial killer… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2) book and Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. 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 Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • 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

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9. The Hollow Places

By: T. Kingfisher

3.80

Format: 337 pages, Paperback

A young woman discovers a strange portal in her uncle’s house, leading to madness and terror in thi… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's The Hollow Places book and Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"If there's a way into hell, someone will always find it."

-T. Kingfisher, The Hollow Places

"No one has zombie raccoons roaming around their museum. That would just be silly."

-T. Kingfisher, The Hollow Places

"We had passed close in space, but separated by far too much time to make a difference."

-T. Kingfisher, The Hollow Places

"You're from Florida. There's got to be more holes to hell in Florida than any other state."

-T. Kingfisher, The Hollow Places

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10. The Reformatory

By: Tananarive Due

4.47

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

A gripping, page-turning novel set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert Stephens Jr. as he’s sen… read more

Similar categories in Tananarive Due's The Reformatory book and Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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11. 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 Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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12. Looking Glass Sound

By: Catriona Ward

3.49

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

Looking Glass Sound is the newest twisty psychological horror novel from Catriona Ward, the interna… read more

Similar categories in Catriona Ward's Looking Glass Sound book and Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Potatoes make everything okay."

-Catriona Ward, Looking Glass Sound

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13. 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 Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • 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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14. The House That Horror Built

By: Christina Henry

3.22

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

A single mother working in the gothic mansion of a reclusive horror director stumbles upon terrifyi… read more

Similar categories in Christina Henry's The House That Horror Built book and Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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15. Mister Magic

By: Kiersten White

3.59

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

Who is Mister Magic? Former child stars reunite to uncover the tragedy that ended their show—and di… read more

Similar categories in Kiersten White's Mister Magic book and Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Magic never forgets the taste of your friendship."

-Kiersten White, Mister Magic

"This version of him isn't perfect. None of them are. New isn't the same as perfect. Growing up isn't inherently loss, it's just change."

-Kiersten White, Mister Magic

"I think you've told me thank you more in the last day than anyone else has in years. It's like--when there's a stack of dishes, if my husband actually does them , I tell him thank you. But when I do …"

-Kiersten White, Mister Magic

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16. This Wretched Valley

By: Jenny Kiefer

3.33

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Four ambitious climbers hike into the Kentucky wilderness. Seven months later, three mangled bodies… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Kiefer's This Wretched Valley book and Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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17. Black Sheep

By: Rachel Harrison

3.60

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

A cynical twentysomething must confront her unconventional family’s dark secrets in this fiery, irr… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Harrison's Black Sheep book and Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"How can anyone know when ruin wears the disguise of love?"

-Rachel Harrison, Black Sheep

"I hoped wherever she was, she was having a shitty time, had an itch in a place she couldn't scratch."

-Rachel Harrison, Black Sheep

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18. 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 Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • 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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19. The Spite House

By: Johnny Compton

3.53

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

Eric Ross is on the run from a mysterious past with his two daughters in tow. Having left his wife,… read more

Similar categories in Johnny Compton's The Spite House book and Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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20. The Gathering

By: C.J. Tudor

3.93

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A detective investigating a grisly crime in rural Alaska finds herself caught up in the dark secret… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Tudor's The Gathering book and Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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21. 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 Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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22. The Book of Accidents

By: Chuck Wendig

3.73

Format: 530 pages, Hardcover

Long ago, Nathan lived in a house in the country with his abusive father—and has never told his fam… read more

Similar categories in Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents book and Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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23. Sundial

By: Catriona Ward

3.80

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

Sundial is a new, twisty psychological horror novel from Catriona Ward, internationally bestselling… read more

Similar categories in Catriona Ward's Sundial book and Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I don't know what it's like for other people, but love and nausea are often indistinguishable to me"

-Catriona Ward, Sundial

"Gdy coś ci zagraża, możesz zrobić trzy rzeczy: uciekać, walczyć albo spróbować się z tym zaprzyjaźnić."

-Catriona Ward, Sundial

"Rozłąka z dzieckiem to doznanie niepodobne do żadnego innego. Człowiek ma wrażenie, że jest pusty w środku."

-Catriona Ward, Sundial

"Dorosłe życie to bagno, w którym człowiek tkwi po uszy, gobelin wzajemnych pretensji tkany tak ciasno, że nie sposób go rozplątać."

-Catriona Ward, Sundial

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24. Small Town Horror

By: Ronald Malfi

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Five childhood friends are forced to confront their own dark past as well as the curse placed upon … read more

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's Small Town Horror book and Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • audiobook
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25. 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 Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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26. 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 Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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27. Just Like Home

By: Sarah Gailey

3.35

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

“Come home.” Vera’s mother called and Vera obeyed. In spite of their long estrangement, in spite of… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Gailey's Just Like Home book and Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Here is something that she controls, here is something that responds to her with the kind of frantic immediacy she always wanted from the world"

-Sarah Gailey, Just Like Home

"Tenderness was a foreign, forgotten thing that she hadn't encountered since before everything went wrong. She did not want it. Not now. Not from him."

-Sarah Gailey, Just Like Home

"Is one possible without the other? I think you have to know someone in order to truly love them, and you have to love someone in order to really hate them."

-Sarah Gailey, Just Like Home

"I think you have to know someone in order to truly love them, and you have to love someone in order to really hate them. There’s the thin hate we have for strangers. (...) And then there’s the thick,…"

-Sarah Gailey, Just Like Home

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28. We Used to Live Here

By: Marcus Kliewer

3.84

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Get Out meets Parasite in this eerily haunting debut and Reddit hit—soon to be a Netflix original m… read more

Similar categories in Marcus Kliewer's We Used to Live Here book and Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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29. 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 Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • 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

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30. 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 Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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31. 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 Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook

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A Head Full of Ghosts

Paul Tremblay

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Boys in the Valley

Philip Fracassi

4.18

Transform Your Habits

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

Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

Transform Your Habits

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Craig DiLouie

3.53

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Episode Thirteen

Craig DiLouie

3.53

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The Only One Left

Riley Sager

4.14

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Jeneva Rose

3.86

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