Shirley Jackson

Shirley Hardie Jackson was an American writer known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. Over the duration of her writing career, which spanned over two decades, she composed six novels, two memoirs, and more than 200 short stories.

Books by Shirley Jackson

5 books available

The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson
3.8 (162k) average on GoodreadsThriller
Four strangers seeking proof of the paranormal find themselves ensnared by Hill House, a malevolent entity that hungers for the fragile mind of one lonely woman to claim as its own.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shirley Jackson
4.0 (118k) average on GoodreadsThriller
Isolated in their crumbling mansion, the eccentric Blackwood sisters, one a suspected poisoner and the other a darkly protective recluse, must defend their peculiar sanctuary from an avaricious cousin and a prying world.
The Lottery and Other Stories
Shirley Jackson
4.1 (64k) average on GoodreadsFiction
Shirley Jackson's unsettling collection shows how ordinary towns and homes hide chilling rituals and cruel acts, revealing the darkness beneath everyday life.
The Lottery
Shirley Jackson
4.1 (58k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction
In a quiet village, an annual tradition unfolds, revealing the terrible cost of blind conformity and the dark side of human nature.
Life Among the Savages
Shirley Jackson
4.0 (5k) average on GoodreadsBiography
The master of literary macabre, Shirley Jackson, hilariously turns her sharp, unsentimental wit on the domestic chaos of raising four children and countless books in a boisterous Vermont farmhouse.