![]() The house is remote, the other servants taciturn. A young woman is hired to be a governess to a man’s niece and nephew, Flora and Miles. ![]() ![]() Henry James is known as a major figure in the transition between realist and modernist fiction, but he also wrote this absolute banger of a ghost story. ![]() But what exactly happened that night six years ago? The Turn of the Screw by Henry James The rest have been shunned since a previous family tragedy. Merricat, the narrator, is the only one of the family who goes into the local village. Merricat Blackwood lives with her older sister Constance and their uncle Julian in an isolated house. I’d start with this novel- newly adapted into a movie starring Taissa Farmiga and Alexandra Daddario-because it’s often called Jackson’s masterpiece. Obviously, if you enjoyed either the book or the TV series The Haunting of Hill House, you’ll probably like Jackson’s other work. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson So here’s my list of 13 of the best ghost stories, spooky reads, and other books like The Haunting of Hill House. ![]() (We’ll just ignore that last episode…) I devoured all ten episodes in a few days, and now I’m dying for more haunted house books. While the new Netflix show isn’t a straight adaptation of the novel, instead using it as loose inspiration for a story about a family beset by terrifying ghosts in a creepy old house, it does manage to capture a little of the flavor of Jackson’s original. Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House is a beloved classic work of horror. ![]()
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