Readalikes: If you enjoyed October's selection . . .

If you enjoyed Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey, then you might also enjoy these books and films recommended by our discussion group members, some of which are based on real places and events profiled in Ghostland:

• Anything by Edgar Allan Poe. Of course!
• The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• The Woman in White and The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
• The Turn of the Screw and other ghost stories by Henry James
• The Haunting of Hill House and The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson
• Cult classic Wisconsin Death Trip by Michael Lesy, photographs by Charles Van Schaik
• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
• The Shining by Stephen King and the film. Of course!
• Stranger Things television show. Second season airs Friday, October 27, 2017!
• Twin Peaks television show. And really any film by David Lynch.
• The Serafina series of books by Robert Beatty
• Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series of books by Ransom Riggs
• Home by Bill Bryson
• This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust
• Smoke Gets In Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

Happy Halloween!