20+ Spine-Tingling Haunted House Books to Read This Halloween

Robert Marasco's Burnt Offerings is an underrated classic. The book helped inspire Stephen King's The Shining, but it more than stands on its own. Ben and Marian Rolfe just can't pass up an offer to rent a mansion in upstate New York for the entire Summer for a measly $900. There's just one catch — the couple must prepare meals for an aging resident who lives in a distant wing of the house . . . nothing bad could come of that, right?