The Keeper of Lonely Spirits
#4004.03 adjusted 4.00 for sample size in the official ranking · full ranking
Books 1 book Status Complete 2025 Reading commitment Low E.M. Anderson Last reviewed 2026-08-19
Overview
The Keeper of Lonely Spirits is E.M. Anderson's 2025 standalone cozy contemporary fantasy novel about ghost hunters, paranormal spirits, and found family. Set in the present day, it follows a small team of ghost hunters as they investigate a haunting that turns out to be more personal, and more emotionally complicated, than the usual case, building a found-family dynamic among its investigators as they work through both the spirit's unfinished business and their own. The novel is part of a wider recent wave of "cozy fantasy" that favors low-stakes, character-driven storytelling and gentle humor over high-stakes battles, applying that sensibility to a ghost-hunting premise rather than the genre's more common coffee-shop or bakery settings. No sequel has been announced.
Cozy fantasy · For Adult
Core Canon: Reading Order (1 work) counts toward ranking
The Keeper of Lonely Spirits E.M. Anderson
| Work | Year | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Keeper of Lonely Spirits | 2025 | core | 4.03 (1,447 ratings) |
A standalone 2025 cozy contemporary fantasy novel about ghost hunters and found family; no sequel has been announced.
Quick answers
- How many books are in The Keeper of Lonely Spirits? The Keeper of Lonely Spirits's Core Canon is 1 book.
- Is The Keeper of Lonely Spirits finished? Complete (2025).
- How much reading does The Keeper of Lonely Spirits take? Low reading commitment (estimated from 1 Core Canon book · ~400 pages).
- How is The Keeper of Lonely Spirits ranked? #400 in this site's official ranking, based on 1,447 reader ratings across 1 Core Canon book. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #400?
Ranked #400 in the official ranking.
- Average reader rating of 4.03 across 1 core book.
- A smaller readership (1,447 ratings), so the score carries less weight of numbers.
- Less than 0.01 behind #399, Dragões de Éter (a finer tie-break level decides the order).
- Below the top-10 average of 4.45.
- A single standalone novel: ranked on that one book alone.
Why explore this universe?
Well rated · 1 book · Complete · 1k ratings · Ranks #400 overall
Good choice if you want a quick, low-commitment cozy fantasy universe that's already finished, so there's no wait for the next book.
Reading order
A single Core Canon work: no sequencing question to resolve.
Awards (verified)
- No awards found for this universe.
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Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 4.03 across 1,447 ratings on 1 Core Canon book. See Why is it ranked here? above for the full breakdown, or the full ranking.
How do we know this?
Admission: The Keeper of Lonely Spirits (E.M. Anderson) admitted; standalone 2025 cozy fantasy accepted 2026-08-19
Sources: (see source tier definitions)
- Publisher listing: The Keeper of Lonely Spirits Tier 1
- Locus: The Keeper of Lonely Spirits review Tier 2
Last reviewed: 2026-08-20
Rule: Registered as a single-work universe: one standalone novel, no announced sequel.