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How to Sell a Haunted House

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"Wildly entertaining."-The New York Times

"Ingenious."-The Washington Post

New York Times bestselling author Grady Hendrix takes on the haunted house in a thrilling new novel that explores the way your past—and your family—can haunt you like nothing else.
 
When Louise finds out her parents have died, she dreads going home. She doesn’t want to leave her daughter with her ex and fly to Charleston. She doesn’t want to deal with her family home, stuffed to the rafters with the remnants of her father’s academic career and her mother’s lifelong obsession with puppets and dolls. She doesn’t want to learn how to live without the two people who knew and loved her best in the world.
 
Most of all, she doesn’t want to deal with her brother, Mark, who never left their hometown, gets fired from one job after another, and resents her success. Unfortunately, she’ll need his help to get the house ready for sale because it’ll take more than some new paint on the walls and clearing out a lifetime of memories to get this place on the market.
 
But some houses don’t want to be sold, and their home has other plans for both of them…
 
Like his novels The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires and The Final Girl Support Group, How to Sell a Haunted House is classic Hendrix: equal parts heartfelt and terrifying—a gripping new read from “the horror master” (USA Today).

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Published Jan 2, 2024

448 pages

Average rating: 6.82

666 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

cbunny
Apr 02, 2025
4/10 stars
Not the author’s best. Puppets was an odd choice.
CheriF
Sep 25, 2025
10/10 stars
Funny and creepy and I had a tough time putting it down. Gotta get past the slowish start but once it gets going, whew!
tarabhandari
Sep 10, 2025
10/10 stars
This book literally scared the living daylights out of me. A very WTF is going on kind of book, but in a good way.
literarily_occupied
Aug 12, 2025
8/10 stars
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 4 stars

My first Hendrix novel has definitely left an impression and I can't wait to dig in to more! His writing is so fresh and unique to anything I have read before. It's just the right level of scary, mixed with a little humor, and lots of family dynamics.

I was thoroughly creeped out and I loved it.

The audio was great but I have to say I will be all too happy if I never have to hear "cocka hooie" in that creepy voice ever again, lol.

Many thanks to the Libro.fm Librarian ALC program, Penguin Random House Audio, and the author for this complimentary Audiobook Listening Copy.
Anne-Marie Eberhardt
Jul 02, 2025
10/10 stars
A lot of well deserved hype for any horror lovers!

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