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251 Paranormal reviews on The Bookish Elf. Paranormal here most often crosses with Fantasy, Romance and Mystery Thriller. The authors we review most are V.E. Schwab and Carissa Broadbent.

Sir by Martin James Miriam follows John Klee, a skeptical New York accountant haunted by the numbers 9-1-1, into a world of lucid dreams, diaries from 1944 and a chilling online prophet. Blending simulation…

Falcon of the Faroe Islands represents the culmination of Jennifer Ivy Walker's ambitious vision. It delivers everything readers expect from epic historical fantasy: fierce battles, passionate romance, intricate magic systems, and characters whose fates…

As Thomas J. Gebhardt III's third novel—following Washington and Everyday Rainbows—Smiling Faceless Woman represents a confident leap into supernatural thriller territory while maintaining the character-driven focus evident in his previous work.

An orphaned toddler is adopted by the ghosts of a hilltop cemetery and grows up learning the skills of the dead while his family's killer keeps hunting. Gaiman's linked-story structure gives every chapter its…

Blatty builds his possession story like a case file, sending a frightened mother through neurologists, psychiatrists and a homicide detective before a doubting Jesuit is asked to help. The method makes the horror feel…

Bardugo closes the Alex Stern trilogy by digging up a 1933 expedition the societies erased, then sending her soldier up Harkness Tower alone. The archive sections and one demon's-eye chapter are the best writing…

Ben Reeves' debut hands the narration of life to Death himself, a gentle stranger named Travis who restores old photos and slowly falls for the family across the hall. Lyrical, tender, and occasionally overwrought,…

We Who Will Die establishes Stacia Stark as a formidable voice in adult romantasy willing to embrace both genuine darkness and emotional vulnerability. While the novel's cliffhanger ending and occasional pacing issues prevent it…

Nat Cassidy's "When the Wolf Comes Home" is a tour de force of contemporary horror that seamlessly blends supernatural terror with psychological insight. It's a novel about monsters, yes, but more importantly, it's about…

"Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng" stands as a powerful, necessary addition to the contemporary horror landscape. Baker has crafted a novel that refuses to look away from uncomfortable truths about racism,…
























Sir, Falcon of the Faroe Islands, Smiling Faceless Woman, The Graveyard Book, The Exorcist are our highest-rated Paranormal reviews.
V.E. Schwab (8), Carissa Broadbent (6), Stephen Graham Jones (6), Harper L. Woods (4), Stephen King (4).
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