Seven of the best haunted houses in literature

At the B&N Reads blog Dell Villa tagged seven of the best haunted houses in literature, including:

The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson

Even after nearly 60 years, Hill House is unparalleled—it’s one of the most terrifying mansions in literature. When an unlikely foursome visits the rundown house on an ominous night, it quickly becomes clear that, with each turn of the page, the house is becoming more powerful, and one of the intruders is not going to make it out alive.

Read about the other entries on the list.

Also see Christopher Golden's top five haunted house novels you may not have read, Claire Barker's top ten haunted houses in fiction, and Ashley Brooke Roberts's seven best haunted house books.

The Haunting of Hill House also appears on Kat Rosenfield's list of seven scary October reads, Michael Marshall Smith's top ten list of horror books, Carlos Ruiz Zafón's top ten list of 20th-century gothic novels,  and Brad Leithauser's five best list of ghost tales.

--Marshal Zeringue