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Fiction

Incubus
Ann Arensberg

The Exorcist
William Peter Blatty

The Darkest Part of the Woods
Ramsey Campbell

The Hour Before Dark
Douglas Clegg

The Good House
Tananarive Due

Covenant
John Everson

The Séance
John Harwood

Heart-Shaped Box
 Joe Hill

Wicked Game
Lisa Jackson

The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson

The Turn of the Screw
Henry James

The Rising
Brian Keene

Sparrow Rock
Nate Kenyon

The Shining
Stephen King

Odd Hours 
Dean R. Koontz

The Historian
Elizabeth Kostova

Deep in the Darkness
Michael Laimo

The Missing
Sarah Langan

Ghosts of the Fox River Valley
Donna Latham

A House Divided
Deborah LeBlanc

Patient Zero
Jonathan Maberry

Blood and Ice
Robert Masello

Other Worlds
Barbara Michaels

The Shimmer 
David Morrell

The Night Class
Tom Piccirilli

The Reckoning
Sarah Pinborough

Interview with the Vampire
Anne RIce

Ordinary Horror
David Searcy

A Winter Haunting
Dan Simmons

The Ruins
Scott Smith

The Harrowing
Alexandra Sokoloff

In the Night Room
Peter Straub

The Strain 
Guillermo del Toro

The Little Stranger
Sarah Waters

Nonfiction

Haunted Houses: Chilling Tales from Nineteen American Homes 
Nancy Roberts
133.1 ROB

Resurrection Mary:  History & Haunting of Chicago’s Archer Avenue
Troy Taylor
133.1 TAY
Ghosthunting Illinois
John B. Kachuba 
133.109773 KAC

The Illinois Road Guide to Haunted Locations
Chad Lewis and Terry Fisk
133.109773 LEW

Haunted Illinois: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Prairie State
Troy Taylor
133.109773 TAY

Chicago Haunts: Ghostly Lore of the Windy City
Ursula Bielski
133.10977311 BIE

Muldoon: A True Chicago Ghost Story: Tales of a Forgotten Rectory
Rocco A. Facchini & Daniel J.Facchini
133.10977311 FAC

The Amityville Horror 
 Jay Anson 
 133.42 ANS

Lovecraft Unbound: Twenty Stories 
Ellen Datlow, ed.
808.83873 LOV

The 13 Best Horror Stories of All Time
Leslie Pockell, ed. 
808.83873 THI

Masters of Shades and Shadows: An Anthology of Great Ghost Stories 
Selected by Seon Manley and Gogo Lewis
823.0872 MAS

Weird Illinois: Your Travel Guide to Illinois’ Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets
Troy Taylor
917.73 TAY

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