Read-alikes and related books

Books like Ghosts

24 titles for readers of Ghosts by David A. Robertson, selected for shared themes: Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island, Mental Illness, Indigenous, and Magical Realism.

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Top related books to Ghosts

A handpicked shelf of strong matches chosen for shared themes, literary overlap, and a broader spread of voices.

Monsters

David Robertson

Themes: Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island • Mental Illness • Indigenous

Breakdown

David A. Robertson

Themes: Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island • Mental Illness • Indigenous

Road Allowance Era

Katherena Vermette

Themes: Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island • Indigenous • Canada

Into the Bright Open: A Secret Garden Remix

Cherie Dimaline

Themes: Mental Illness • Indigenous • Canada

Visions of the Crow

Wanda John-Kehewin

Themes: Mental Illness • Indigenous • People & Places

From the Roots Up

Tasha Spillett

Themes: Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island • Indigenous • People & Places

Before I Let Go

Marieke Nijkamp

Themes: Mental Illness • Magical Realism • People & Places

Those Pink Mountain Nights

Jen Ferguson

Themes: Mental Illness • Indigenous • People & Places

The Night Wanderer A Native Gothic Novel

Drew Hayden Taylor

Themes: Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island • Canada • People & Places

#10

Under Shifting Stars

Alexandra Latos

Themes: Mental Illness • Canada • People & Places

#11

While You Were Dreaming

Alisha Rai

Themes: Mental Illness • Superheroes • People & Places

#12

White Smoke

Tiffany D. Jackson

Themes: Mental Illness • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • People & Places

#13

Firekeeper’s Daughter

Angeline Boulley

Themes: Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island • Indigenous • People & Places

#14

Devil in Ohio

Daria Polatin

Themes: Mental Illness • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • People & Places

#15

Hopeless in Hope

Wanda John-Kehewin

Themes: Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island • Indigenous • People & Places

#16

Goodbye Buffalo Bay

Larry Loyie

Themes: Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island • Indigenous • Canada

#17

The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

Jenny Ferguson

Themes: Indigenous • Canada • People & Places

#18

Tears of Frost

Bree Barton

Themes: Indigenous • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • People & Places

#19

The New Policeman

Kate Thompson

Themes: Magical Realism • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • People & Places

#20

Where I Belong

Tara White

Themes: Indigenous • Canada • People & Places

#21

Rust in the Root

Justina Ireland

Themes: Magical Realism • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • People & Places

#22

Kingdom of the Golden Dragon

Isabel Allende

Themes: Indigenous • Magical Realism • People & Places

#23

Black Star, Bright Dawn — Scott O’Dell

Scott O'Dell

Themes: Indigenous • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • People & Places

#24

Forest of the Pygmies

Isabel Allende

Themes: Indigenous • Magical Realism • People & Places

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Ghosts by David A. Robertson. Connected by Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island, Mental Illness, Indigenous. Authors featured include David Robertson, David A. Robertson, Katherena Vermette, Cherie Dimaline, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.