Books Like Bag of Bones

Loved Bag of Bones by Stephen King? If its writer protagonist, ghosts & hauntings and horror hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Come with Me, The Invited and The Book of Cold Cases. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Bag of Bones: Writer Protagonist · Ghosts & Hauntings · Horror · Eerie · Male Lead

Come with Me
Ronald Malfi

Widowed Protagonist · Death of a Spouse · Horror · Haunting · Grief and Mourning

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The Invited
Jennifer McMahon

Haunted House · Ghosts & Hauntings · Supernatural Horror · Eerie · Horror

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The Book of Cold Cases
Simone St. James

Haunted House · Ghosts & Hauntings · Eerie · Writer Protagonist · Small Town

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Home Before Dark
Riley Sager

Haunted House · Ghosts & Hauntings · Horror · Eerie · Small Town

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The Death of Jane Lawrence
Caitlin Starling

Haunted House · Horror · Eerie · Ghosts & Hauntings · Family Secrets

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20th Century Ghosts
Joe Hill

Horror · Haunting · Ghosts & Hauntings · Supernatural Horror · Eerie

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Cold Eternity
S.A. Barnes

Ghosts & Hauntings · Horror · Eerie · Supernatural Horror · Haunted House

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Chasing the Boogeyman
Richard Chizmar

Writer Protagonist · Horror · Eerie · Small Town · Tense and Suspenseful

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The Complete Stories and Poems
Edgar Allan Poe

Haunting · Horror · Eerie · Grief and Mourning · Atmospheric

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The Turn of the Key
Ruth Ware

Haunted House · Eerie · Tense and Suspenseful · Kids in Danger · Atmospheric

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Hidden Pictures
Jason Rekulak

Ghosts & Hauntings · Supernatural Horror · Horror · Eerie · Kids in Danger

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Our Share of Night
Mariana Enriquez

Supernatural Horror · Horror · Haunting · Grief Over a Spouse · Kids in Danger

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House of Leaves
Mark Z. Danielewski

Haunted House · Eerie · Haunting · Horror · Atmospheric

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The Hollow Places
T. Kingfisher

Eerie · Supernatural Horror · Horror · Tense and Suspenseful · Haunting

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The Bewitching
Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Horror · Eerie · Supernatural Horror · Atmospheric · Curses

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Haunting Adeline
H D Carlton

Writer Protagonist · Haunted House · Ghosts & Hauntings · Sexual Assault Content · Family Secrets

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Starling House
Alix E. Harrow

Haunted House · Eerie · Curses · Small Town · Atmospheric

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A Book of Bones
John Connolly

Supernatural Horror · Eerie · Horror · Atmospheric · Male Lead

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Between Two Fires
Christopher Buehlman

Supernatural Horror · Horror · Kids in Danger · Atmospheric · Male Lead

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Shutter
Ramona Emerson

Ghosts & Hauntings · Supernatural Horror · Intense · Grief and Mourning · Atmospheric

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