Best Real Life Ghost Stories - May 2024

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

Erik Larson—author of #1 bestseller In the Garden of Beasts—intertwines the true tale of the 1893 World's Fair and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their death. Combining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has crafted a narrative with all the wonder of newly discovered history and the thrills of the best fiction.

• ASIN: 0375725601
• UPC: 884510967318
• ASIN: 0375725601
• ISBN: 0375725601
• Brand: Erik Larson
• Manufacturer: Vintage

The Book of Life: A Novel (All Souls Trilogy, Book 3)

The #1 New York Times bestselling series finale and sequel to A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night.  Look for the hit TV series “A Discovery of Witches” airing Sundays on AMC and BBC America, and streaming on Sundance Now and Shudder.   After traveling through time in Shadow of Night, the second book in Deborah Harkness’s enchanting series, historian and witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont return to the present to face new crises and old enemies. At Matthew’s ancestral home at Sept-Tours, they reunite with the cast of characters from A Discovery of ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00G3L6KQI
• ASIN: B00G3L6KQI
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission

“The greatest World War II story never told” (Esquire)—an enthralling account of the heroic mission to rescue the last survivors of the Bataan Death March. On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected U.S. troops slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty rugged miles to rescue 513 POWs languishing in a hellish camp, among them the last survivors of the infamous Bataan Death March. A recent prison massacre by Japanese soldiers elsewhere in the Philippines made the stakes impossibly high and left little time to plan the complex operation. In Ghost Soldiers Hampt... [Read More]

• ASIN: 038549565X
• ASIN: 038549565X
• ISBN: 038549565X
• Brand: Anchor
• Manufacturer: Anchor

Ghosts

Catrina and her family are moving to the coast of Northern California because her little sister, Maya, is sick. Cat isn't happy about leaving her friends for Bahía de la Luna, but Maya has cystic fibrosis and will benefit from the cool, salty air that blows in from the sea. As the girls explore their new home, a neighbor lets them in on a secret: There are ghosts in Bahía de la Luna. Maya is determined to meet one, but Cat wants nothing to do with them. As the time of year when ghosts reunite with their loved ones approaches, Cat must figure out how to put aside her fears for her sister's sa... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0545540623
• ASIN: 0545540623
• ISBN: 0545540623
• Brand: Graphix
• Manufacturer: GRAPHIX

Smile

Raina Telgemeier's #1 New York Times bestselling, Eisner Award-winning graphic memoir based on her childhood! Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls, severely injuring her two front teeth. What follows is a long and frustrating journey with on-again, off-again braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear, and even a retainer with fake teeth attached. And on top of all that, there's still more to deal with: a major earthquake, boy confusion, and friends who turn out to be not so friendly.  

• ASIN: 0545132061
• ASIN: 0545132061
• ISBN: 0545132061
• Brand: GRAPHIX
• Manufacturer: Graphix

Past Tense: A Jack Reacher Novel

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Family secrets come back to haunt Jack Reacher in this electrifying thriller from “a superb craftsman of suspense” (Entertainment Weekly). Jack Reacher hits the pavement and sticks out his thumb. He plans to follow the sun on an epic trip across America, from Maine to California. He doesn’t get far. On a country road deep in the New England woods, he sees a sign to a place he has never been: the town where his father was born. He thinks, What’s one extra day? He takes the detour. At the same moment, in the same isolated area, a car breaks down. Two you... [Read More]

• ASIN: B079R2H6M9
• ASIN: B079R2H6M9
• Manufacturer: Dell

Among the Hidden (Shadow Children #1)

In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke, an illegal third child, has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm in this start to the Shadow Children series from Margaret Peterson Haddix.Luke has never been to school. He's never had a birthday party, or gone to a friend's house for an overnight. In fact, Luke has never had a friend. Luke is one of the shadow children, a third child forbidden by the Population Police. He's lived his entire life in hiding, and now, with a new housing development replacing the ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0689824750
• ASIN: 0689824750
• ISBN: 0689824750
• Brand: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

NOS4A2: A Novel

The spine-tingling, bone-chilling　novel of supernatural suspense from the #1　New York Times　bestselling author of　The Fireman　and　Horns—now an AMC original series starring Zachary Quinto, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Ashleigh Cummings."A masterwork of horror."—　TimeVictoria McQueen has an uncanny knack for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a missing photograph, answers to unanswerable questions. When she rides her bicycle over the rickety old covered bridge in the woods near her house, she always emerges in the places she needs to be.Charles Talent Manx has a gift of his own. ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B009NF6Z2K
• ASIN: B009NF6Z2K
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: William Morrow

El Deafo

New York Times Bestseller A 2015 Newbery Honor Book Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles her hearing loss at a young age and her subsequent experiences with the Phonic Ear, a very powerful—and very awkward—hearing aid. The Phonic Ear gives Cece the ability to hear—sometimes things she shouldn’t—but also isolates her from her classmates. She really just wants... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1419712179
• ASIN: 1419712179
• ISBN: 9781419712173
• Brand: HACHETTE BOOK GROUP USA
• Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams

Dark Sacred Night (A Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch Novel Book 1)

• ASIN: B0796R3RR4
• ASIN: B0796R3RR4
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

Rebecca

A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderly again."With these words, the reader is ushered into an isolated gray stone mansion on the windswept Cornish coast, as the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter recalls the chilling events that transpired as she began her new life as the young bride of a husband she barely knew. For in every corner of every room were phantoms of a time dead but not forgotten—a past devotedly preserved by the sinister housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers: a suite immaculate and untouched, clothing laid out and ready to be worn, but not by any of the grea... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0380730405
• ASIN: 0380730405
• ISBN: 0380730405
• Brand: Harper Paperbacks
• Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

Pet Sematary

Now a major motion picture from Paramount Pictures starring John Lithgow, Jason Clarke, and Amy Seimetz! Stephen King’s #1 New York Times bestseller Pet Sematary, a “wild, powerful, disturbing” (The Washington Post Book World) classic about evil that exists far beyond the grave—among King’s most iconic and beloved novels.When Dr. Louis Creed takes a new job and moves his family to the idyllic rural town of Ludlow, Maine, this new beginning seems too good to be true. Despite Ludlow’s tranquility, an undercurrent of danger exists here. Those trucks on the road outside the Creed’s ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0743412281
• ASIN: 0743412281
• ISBN: 9780743412285
• Manufacturer: Gallery Books

The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

An astonishing new science called "neuroplasticity" is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the human brain is immutable. In this revolutionary look at the brain, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Norman Doidge, M.D., provides an introduction to both the brilliant scientists championing neuroplasticity and the people whose lives they've transformed. From stroke patients learning to speak again to the remarkable case of a woman born with half a brain that rewired itself to work as a whole, The Brain That Changes Itself will permanently alter the way we look at our brains, human nature, and h... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0143113100
• UPC: 000143113100
• ASIN: 0143113100
• ISBN: 9780143113102
• Brand: Penguin Group
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

Doctor Sleep: A Novel (The Shining Book 2)

• ASIN: B00A6CCF0K
• ASIN: B00A6CCF0K
• Manufacturer: Scribner

The Stand

• ASIN: B001C4NXKM
• ASIN: B001C4NXKM
• Manufacturer: Anchor

Real Ghost Stories : Haunting Encounters Told by Real People

Based on true, real-life experiences from people all over the world, this book is a collection of the best chilling tales and spooky hauntings from the wildly popular podcast, Real Ghost Stories

• UPC: 55769872

50 Real American Ghost Stories : A Journey Into the Haunted History of the United States - 1800 to 1899

Bestselling author and ghost historian MJ Wayland explores America's haunted heritage. As well as visiting some of the most famous ghost cases of the time, the author also uncovers ghost stories that have never seen

• UPC: 53619898
• Rating: 3.0

The Best Ghost Stories Ever Told

When "gut feelings" have been replaced by a thirst for proof and hard evidence, it's good to know that you can still be spooked by a collection like this one. Best Ghost Stories is a

• UPC: 16434661

50 Real Ghost Stories : Terrifying Real Life Encounters with Ghosts and Spirits

"Terrifying real life encounters with ghosts and spirits" Published for the first time, MJ Wayland releases fifty real-life ghost experiences told by the witnesses. Carefully selected, this book is a collection of some of the

• UPC: 49979389

Best Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood - eBook

"Best Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood" is a collection of supernatural stories by one of the greatest writers of such stories to have ever lived. This collection contains the story, "Ancient Sorceries", which is the

• UPC: 303008876
• Rating: 4.0

Ghost Girl : The True Story of a Child in Desperate Peril-And a Teacher Who Saved Her

"A paperback edition of this book was published in 1991 by Little, Brown and Company, Inc."--Title page

• UPC: 52612439
• Rating: 4.0

Ghost Hunters of America : Real Stories of Paranormal Investigators

Ghost Hunters Of America, Asfar,

• UPC: 45840551
• Rating: 5.0

Thanks for the Money : How to Use My Life Story to Become the Best Joel McHale You Can Be

From actor and comedian Joel McHale comes the most important celebrity-penned book of this, or any, generation. Part shocking tell-all memoir, part aspirational how-to guide, and mostly all book, this one-of-a-kind tome is required reading

• UPC: 52579254
• Rating: 4.0

The Ghost Photographer : A Hollywood Executive's True Story of Discovering the Real World of Make-Believe

"A good primer on getting into the psychic realm, this is also, ultimately, a story of unconditional love and healing by a woman you might just want to have a drink with." --Booklist This inspirational

• UPC: 508717510

Best Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood - eBook

A woman of snow . . . a midnight caller keeping his promise . . . forests where Nature is deliberate and malefic . . . enchanted houses . . . these are the beings

• UPC: 792497078