This was my final read of 2025, and it was a really enjoyable one. This collection brings together a superb selection of classic ghost stories from writers such as E….
Spirits of the Season: Christmas Hauntings, edited by Tanya Kirk
The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories by Henry James
This collection is a masterclass in psychological ghost stories: elegant, unbeatable in premise, and full of that Jamesian ambiguity. 🔩The Turn of the Screw (1898)
A young governess takes a job…
Eight Ghosts by eight different authors (English Heritage compilation)
I love reading ghost stories and gothic books in the summer, so this purchase at a castle in Cornwall was the perfect sunny day read. Each story is inspired by…
The Travelling Bag and Other Ghostly Stories by Susan Hill
A collection of five spooky short stories from the master of classic horror with a contemporary twist, I loved the different themes Hill gets into in this collection. You may…
The Haunting of Alma Fielding by Kate Summerscale
Kate is a fab non-fiction writer; I loved The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, so picking this up from the library was a no-brainer! And I wolfed this one down… The…