Sentient Houses

A list of stories with sentient houses and other things that go bump in the night (to varying degrees of spookiness)

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Echo North (Echo North, #1)

Echo North (Echo North, #1)

Joanna Ruth Meyer

Puzzleheart

Puzzleheart

Jenn Reese

Rose/House

Rose/House

Arkady Martine

A House with Good Bones

A House with Good Bones

T. Kingfisher

Within These Wicked Walls

Within These Wicked Walls

Lauren Blackwood

A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping

A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping

Sangu Mandanna

Return to Hoodoo (Boudin, Barbecue, and Hoodoo #1)

Return to Hoodoo (Boudin, Barbecue, and Hoodoo #1)

Reggi Dupree

Keeper of Enchanted Rooms

Keeper of Enchanted Rooms

Charlie N. Holmberg

Bryony and Roses

Bryony and Roses

T. Kingfisher

Model Home

Model Home

Rivers Solomon

House of Many Ways (Howl's Moving Castle, #3)

House of Many Ways (Howl's Moving Castle, #3)

Diana Wynne Jones

House of Leaves

House of Leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski

The Haunting of Hill House

The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson

Starling House

Starling House

Alix E. Harrow

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Elfundertheshelf

Oh that's so niche ! That's so cool saved and saved !!

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one_crazy_eliott

Puzzleheart by Jenn Reese has a sentient house! :)

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NikLit

Here are some additions!

Return to Hoodoo by Reggi Dupree A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood A House with Good Bones by T Kingfisher

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deletedOP

Thank you!! Much appreciated:))

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lissame

Also Rose/House by Arkady Martine

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moss-mylk
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LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE ! Saved. May i also suggest Echo North? I think also Piranesi tho i havent read it

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laurr_reads

other sentient houses but neither of them are spooky, i think: a court of silver flames by sarah j maas getting it on with gargoyles by hazel mack

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