More on Shirley Jackson

If you are a fan of our current book group pick and looking for more, we've got you covered!

One writer over at Book Riot is raving about the new movie version of We Have Always Lived in the Castle.  Find out more here.

You can also look forward to a movie version of Susan Merrell Scarf's fictitious novel Shirley about a young couple who become the tenants of Jackson and her husband Stanley Hyman.  To place that book on hold, click here.  To learn more about the film, click here.  Elizabeth Moss is set to play Jackson.

Shirley Jackson:  a Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin is a fascinating biography on Jackson's life and work.  Click here to place it on hold.

More of Jackson's writing:

The next obvious place to go is Jackson's classic novel The Haunting of Hill House about a group of people who have had paranormal experiences who are gathered into a large mansion that is believed to be haunted.  Click here to place this book on hold.


Let Me Tell You is a new collection of essays, short stories, and other writing.  Click here to place on hold.

To check out Jackson's classic short story "The Lottery", as well as other collected works, click here.

To get started immediately, you can take a look at Jackson's New Yorker articles, click here.

For even shorter work, look through this list of quotes, compiled by Book Riot.

Looking for Read-Alikes?

 The novel that comes up most often in recommended lists of books similar to Jackson's writing is Katherine Dunn's Geek Love, about a family of Binewskis, a circus-geek family whose matriarch and patriarch have bred their own exhibit of human oddities.  Click here to place this title on hold.

Sarah Water's The Little Stranger captures the creepy atmosphere in We Have Always Lived in the Castle perfectly.  Dr. Faraday is called to Hundreds Hall, a crumbling estate that is home to a mother, son, and daughter and his life will become terrifyingly entwined with theirs.  Click here to place this book on hold.

For more of a classic novel, try Daphne DuMaurier's Rebecca.  Featuring a haunted mansion, an unreliable narrator, and an ominous cloud over everything making it feel like things are not quite right, it is both thrilling and spooky.  Click here to place Rebecca on hold.

We hope to see you on Monday, October 15 at 7 PM at the Peddler's Daughter!