If what hooked you in The Uninvited was Windward’s tangible eeriness—cold spots, inexplicable scents, and those séance scenes where Roderick and Pamela try to reason with the inexplicable—then The Haunting of Hill House delivers that same tactile uncanniness. Eleanor joins a small group to test Hill House’s reputation, and the manifestations creep in with the same insinuating dread that shadowed Stella at the cliffside house. Like the revelations about Carmel and Mary, Jackson lets you question whether the house itself is the true antagonist.

You liked how Roderick methodically pieces together the history behind Windward—interviews, old stories, and that fateful séance that reframes Stella’s past. In The Woman in Black, Arthur Kipps is sent to sort Mrs. Drablow’s papers at Eel Marsh House and, through ledgers, letters, and locals’ whispers, uncovers why the specter appears. The investigative momentum mirrors the way Miss Holloway’s secrets and Carmel’s story come into focus—each clue tightening the noose.

If the gradual tightening of atmosphere in The Uninvited drew you in—the quiet nights at Windward, the restrained manifestations that crescendo around Stella—James’s The Turn of the Screw is a masterclass in slow-burn dread. The governess’s accounts of seeing Peter Quint and Miss Jessel escalate with the same careful pacing as the Fitzgeralds’ séances, each encounter raising the stakes without ever breaking the spell of ambiguity.

Like the intimate circle at Windward—Roderick, Pamela, and Stella, with Miss Holloway’s influence pressing from the margins—The Little Stranger confines its menace to Hundreds Hall and the dwindling Ayres family. Dr. Faraday’s visits draw him into a handful of rooms, a handful of lives, and a mounting series of incidents whose scale is small but stakes are personal, echoing how every new disturbance at Windward deepens the peril for Stella.

If you enjoyed hearing Roderick’s voice guide you through Windward—his skepticism, protectiveness toward Stella, and the way the séances test his nerve—The Haunting of Maddy Clare offers a gripping first-person voice in Sarah Piper. Hired to document a volatile haunting with ghost-hunter Alistair Gellis, Sarah’s candid, immediate narration puts you inside every creak and confrontation, much like Roderick’s account of the night the truth about Carmel finally breaks through.