by Stephen King (1977)
Jack Torrance’s new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he’ll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever more remote and sinister.
Shirley Jackson
Past the locked gates and sprawling dark grounds, Hill House stands alone, holding darkness within. Four seekers arrive: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Luke, a future heir; and Eleanor, a fragile, lonely young woman acquainted with poltergeists. But the house is preparing to choose one of them.
Daphne du Maurier
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. So begins the famous story of a naive young companion who impulsively marries wealthy widower Maxim de Winter. Arriving at his isolated Cornish estate, Manderley, she discovers that the memory of his glamorous first wife Rebecca holds a sinister, suffocating sway over the house and its housekeeper Mrs. Danvers.
Alix E. Harrow
Eden, Kentucky, is just another dying coal town. Opal knows better than to get involved in the strange history of Starling House, a grotesque nineteenth-century mansion that seems to move on its own. But when she accepts a housekeeping job from its reclusive heir Arthur, the house begins showing her dreams of its dark roots.
David Gatward
Trev's sister is dead. Trev's mum is dead, and his dad. The authorities think he did it. They won't believe him - that it was the house that took them. They won't believe him until it's too late and there is only ... Blood red. Torn flesh. Red blood.