Cover of Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk

Haunted

A Novel

by Chuck Palahniuk

Read · October 2026Find it on openlibrary.org
“People fall so in love with their pain, they can’t leave it behind. The same as the stories they tell. We trap ourselves.”

Publisher's Description

Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They’re told by people who have answered an ad for a writer’s retreat and unwittingly joined a “Survivor”-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales become more extreme, and they ruthlessly plot to make themselves the hero of the reality show that will surely be made from their plight. This is one of the most disturbing and outrageous books you’ll ever read, one that could only come from the mind of Chuck Palahniuk.