Favorite ghostly books

[mollyringle]

My novel The Ghost Downstairs comes out in less than a month now, on April 3 (*dress rehearsal of confetti! whee!*), so in honor of that, I ask you:

What are your all-time favorite novels (or shorter stories) featuring ghosts?

The ones that come to mind for me are from my childhood, and are YA books: The Ghost Next Door by Wylly Folk St. John and Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn. In addition, I rather enjoyed Nora Roberts' "In the Garden" trilogy, which dealt with a haunted house owned by a garden nursery proprietor. And who could forget Jacob Marley and the three Christmas ghosts coming back to haunt Ebenezer Scrooge?

Hopefully when you answer with your favorites, I'll remember some other good ones, or discover some new gems.

Comments

Re: spookity!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Eek, yes, anything King ever does with ghosts, or other creepy things--totally terrifying.

I keep hearing great things about Kenyon. Must read her sometime!

Re: spookity!

[celticmommy.livejournal.com]

If you don't mind ebooks, I've got the whole set you can read for a teaser. :) I'm trying to get a friend of mine hooked on them, she bought one of the books in the middle of the series and read like a chapter or two before she realized it was a continuation of a series that she needed to read from the beginning.

I much prefer the smell of paper and the cracking open of a new binding, but, ebooks work in a pinch if you want a taste of something new. :)

There are mannnnnny hot descriptives of characters, and supernatural bodice ripper moments, but verah nice!

Re: spookity!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Hey, Buffy's a supernatural bodice ripper in a way, and I loved that. :) Sounds fun.

I can request the first couple of books from the library, and see how I like 'em. Our library sometimes even has ebooks that can be "checked out" via email.