The Haunting of Hill House(1959)

Shirley Jackson

Alone in the world, Eleanor is delighted to take up Dr Montague's invitation to spend a summer in the mysterious Hill House. Joining them are Theodora, an artistic sensitive, and Luke, heir to the house. But what begins as a light-hearted experiment is swiftly proven to be a trip into their darkest nightmares, and an investigation that one of their number may not survive.

The best-known of Shirley Jackson’s novels and filmed twice as The Haunting, this is an immaculate examination of how fear can make us our own worst enemy.