Spirits of the Ghan is 2015 Australian novel by writer Judy Nunn.

It is Nunn's thirteenth novel.

[1] The book was inspired by a journey that Nunn took on the Ghan.

[2] The novel follows the final stages of the completion of the Ghan railway line across central Australia.

It focuses on the characters of Jessica Manning, a negotiator who engages with the local Aboriginal inhabitants, and Matthew Witherton, the leader of a survey team tasked with ensuring the railway line is completed.