How to Sell a Haunted House

By: Grady Hendrix

Narrated by: Jay Aaseng, Mikhaila Aaseng

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).

©2022 Grady Hendrix (P)2022 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

“Grady Hendrix’s horror novels are a gateway drug to the genre...By weaving violence, family trauma and humor, Hendrix creates a texture that engages the reader emotionally and viscerally…[a] gripping, wildly entertaining exploration of childhood horrors.” —The New York Times

“It's tempting to point out the balance of horror and humor here, and the commingling of the two really is something else, but the true power behind How to Sell a Haunted House is in its emotionality, the sister-brother dynamic, the family matters. It's life and death in the childhood home, and Hendrix has masterfully rendered the journey from one end to the other.” —Josh Malerman, New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box and Daphne

“A spirited nightmare story about death, but also, what comes after: grief, guilt, family secrets, and estate administration. Oh, also, did I mention the evil puppets?" —Chuck Wendig, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Accidents

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Why did the narrator switch between the pronunciation Louise/Luis the whole time. Very distracting.
Story is wildly entertaining.

Once Again - Super Impressed

I have read most of the books that Mr Hendrix has written and each one is different yet familiar . I really enjoyed this book as it was both scary and funny. I suggest buying it and listening if you like comedy horror or any of the other books Hendrix has written.

Good read

Deliciously creepy. A thumping good read and would provoke great discussions for a book club.

Fun Listen

My son and I listened to this while were driving to a couple of different camping trips the past week and a half and we loved it! I was happy to share something with him that I love. This book had a little bit of everything I love in horror, it builds suspense, keeps you guessing on which way things are going to go, and gives you a satisfying ending. I heard it may be made in it to a movie and most of the time I don't want this to happen because it never lives up to the book, but if done right this could be a really fun movie.

Great story, great narration, a must read!

A slow sad start but the story has depth and I hated to put my audible down between chapters. I didn't expect the ending even though the pieces were there to see it coming. Grady Hendrix has become one of my favorite authors and the duo that narrated this book did such a great job with all of the characters. I can't wait to see this as a movie!

Creepy and fun

I really enjoyed this one. It was just creepy enough without actually being scary. I think I liked it just a little more than A Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires. October is my book club month, and this is going to be my choice. Can wait for all the Halloween fun hosting. Pupkins says Kakawewe...

Excellent!

Loved this newest offering by Grady Hendrix! Solid storytelling, believable characters, highly visual setting, and a fabulous narrator. Definitely recommend. 5 stars!

This Book!!

I lived this book! It was very creepy, awesome narration, great ending. Gotta read another of his books now!

Masterful

This book is like life. Terrifying, beautiful, hilarious, sad, uncontrollable and full of little things that you can’t control that feel like that may or may not be trying to kill you,

Gripping story built on one’s fears of puppets and haunted houses

Having grown up in a house that I certainly thought was haunted by my mom‘s terrifying, porcelain dolls, this story hit home in a lot of ways…no pun intended. The way the author captured the mixed bag of emotions that comes with the death of a close relative and the loss of one’s childhood home felt authentic and true, at least from my personal experience. Add in the layer of fear from your mom‘s collection of creepy dolls or puppets, and it adds a whole other confusing layer of feelings that are hard to grapple with. I thought this story did an amazing job of showing the main characters’ emotional and psychological roller coaster of a journey as they navigate the life post-familial death and try to sell their parents’ haunted house. Aside from getting the characters and their emotions on point, this story is just plain creepy! It had me on edge listening the whole time as I thought about my own childhood in our haunted house. Loved it!