World's Scariest Places Books in Order

Bad weather diverts a group of friends from climbing Mount Fuji to camping in Aokigahara. When one of them is found dead the next morning, stories of spirits haunting the forest acquire a frightening immediacy.

Friends travel to an Ohio area known for tales of occult activity, hoping for an evening of thrills. A mysterious hearse forces them off the road, and their investigation becomes a struggle to survive as companions die.

Mysterious footage found beneath Paris draws a group of friends into the catacombs to investigate. Their curiosity carries them through tunnels filled with human remains toward a discovery far more dangerous than an underground adventure.

Friends filming a documentary on a Mexican island covered in old dolls discover a brutal murder. As an unknown killer stalks them, fear and suspicion turn the group against itself during a desperate night.

An American true-crime writer retraces the route of nine hikers who died mysteriously in the Siberian wilderness. Seeking answers to the Dyatlov Pass incident, he encounters a danger no account of the original expedition prepared him for.

Assigned to investigate renovations at New York’s Hotel Chelsea, a reporter befriends its eccentric residents. Increasingly abnormal experiences lead him to question the building’s haunted reputation and the people who call it home.

A movie star and her hotelier husband travel to Africa to repair their marriage, only to become hostages after an embassy bombing. Taken into the Congo, they face violent captors and a wilderness where an assassin may offer their best hope.