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Books like The Light

Across Ghost Stories, Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural, Legends, Myths, Fables, and Death, Grief, Bereavement — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as The Light by D.J. MacHale.

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Titles selected for shared themes, overlapping readership, and similar literary appeal.

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Themes: Ghost Stories • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Legends, Myths, Fables

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Themes: Ghost Stories • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Legends, Myths, Fables

What Stays Buried

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Themes: Ghost Stories • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Death, Grief, Bereavement

Rogue

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Themes: Ghost Stories • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Death, Grief, Bereavement

The Hidden

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Themes: Ghost Stories • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Death, Grief, Bereavement

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Themes: Ghost Stories • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Legends, Myths, Fables

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Themes: Ghost Stories • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Death, Grief, Bereavement

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Themes: Ghost Stories • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Death, Grief, Bereavement

The School for Good and Evil

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Themes: Ghost Stories • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Legends, Myths, Fables

#10

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Themes: Ghost Stories • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Legends, Myths, Fables

#11

The Mediator #6: Twilight

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Themes: Ghost Stories • Death, Grief, Bereavement • Horror

#12

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Themes: Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Legends, Myths, Fables • Death, Grief, Bereavement

#13

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Themes: Ghost Stories • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Legends, Myths, Fables

#14

Lightning Falls

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Themes: Ghost Stories • Legends, Myths, Fables • Horror

#15

The Accursed Vampire #2: The Curse at Witch Camp

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Themes: Ghost Stories • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Horror

#16

Rayleigh Mann in the Company of Monsters

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Themes: Ghost Stories • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Legends, Myths, Fables

#17

The Ghost Job

Greg van Eekhout

Themes: Ghost Stories • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Horror

#18

Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans

Isi Hendrix

Themes: Ghost Stories • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Legends, Myths, Fables

#19

The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book A Greenglass House Story

Kate Milford

Themes: Ghost Stories • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Legends, Myths, Fables

#20

Sublime

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Themes: Ghost Stories • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Death, Grief, Bereavement

#21

The Library of Shadows

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Themes: Ghost Stories • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Death, Grief, Bereavement

#22

Spirit Walk Walk of the Spirits and Shadow Mirror

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Themes: Ghost Stories • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Horror

#23

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Themes: Ghost Stories • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Death, Grief, Bereavement

#24

The Haunted House Project

Tricia Clasen

Themes: Ghost Stories • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Death, Grief, Bereavement

Fans of The Light by D.J. MacHale will find 24 titles here, all united by Ghost Stories, Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural, Legends, Myths, Fables. Authors represented include D.J. MacHale, Rin Chupeco, Suzanne Young, Gina Damico, and others.