Gothic Fantasy Books

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One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1) One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)
by (shelved 99 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 4.27 — 563,058 ratings — published 2022
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Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2) Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2)
by (shelved 58 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 4.40 — 425,088 ratings — published 2023
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Belladonna (Belladonna, #1) Belladonna (Belladonna, #1)
by (shelved 52 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 3.96 — 164,718 ratings — published 2022
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A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1) A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 3.72 — 91,190 ratings — published 2023
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Starling House Starling House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 3.79 — 149,020 ratings — published 2023
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The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1) The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 4.33 — 107,159 ratings — published 2025
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Phantasma (Wicked Games, #1) Phantasma (Wicked Games, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 4.06 — 255,892 ratings — published 2024
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Anathema (The Eating Woods, #1) Anathema (The Eating Woods, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 4.22 — 64,508 ratings — published 2024
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A Dowry of Blood A Dowry of Blood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 3.94 — 94,447 ratings — published 2021
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Foxglove (Belladonna, #2) Foxglove (Belladonna, #2)
by (shelved 24 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 4.10 — 69,488 ratings — published 2023
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House of Salt and Sorrows (Sisters of the Salt, #1) House of Salt and Sorrows (Sisters of the Salt, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 3.90 — 109,606 ratings — published 2019
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Nocticadia Nocticadia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 22 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 4.20 — 122,477 ratings — published 2023
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The Last Tale of the Flower Bride The Last Tale of the Flower Bride (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 3.69 — 30,047 ratings — published 2023
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Juniper & Thorn Juniper & Thorn (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 3.63 — 27,333 ratings — published 2022
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Lakesedge (World at the Lake's Edge, #1) Lakesedge (World at the Lake's Edge, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 3.44 — 8,619 ratings — published 2021
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Gallant Gallant (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 3.71 — 141,147 ratings — published 2022
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Fairydale Fairydale (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 14 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 3.83 — 31,754 ratings — published 2022
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Wisteria (Belladonna, #3) Wisteria (Belladonna, #3)
by (shelved 13 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 4.23 — 40,383 ratings — published 2024
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Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1) Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 4.19 — 175,570 ratings — published 2019
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Mexican Gothic Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 3.67 — 421,921 ratings — published 2020
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Lady Macbeth Lady Macbeth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 3.47 — 24,213 ratings — published 2024
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Nettle & Bone Nettle & Bone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 4.08 — 131,572 ratings — published 2022
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The Witchwood Knot (Victorian Faerie Tales, #1) The Witchwood Knot (Victorian Faerie Tales, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,181 ratings — published 2023
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Dream by the Shadows (The Shadow Weavers Duology, #1) Dream by the Shadows (The Shadow Weavers Duology, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 3.53 — 2,560 ratings — published 2023
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Nightshade (Nightshade, #1) Nightshade (Nightshade, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 3.99 — 19,639 ratings — published 2021
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Where the Dark Stands Still Where the Dark Stands Still (ebook)
by (shelved 11 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 4.05 — 26,018 ratings — published 2024
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What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1) What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 3.86 — 122,315 ratings — published 2022
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House of Roots and Ruin (Sisters of the Salt, #2) House of Roots and Ruin (Sisters of the Salt, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 4.12 — 18,601 ratings — published 2023
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Hollow Heathens: Book of Blackwell (Tales of Weeping Hollow, #1) Hollow Heathens: Book of Blackwell (Tales of Weeping Hollow, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 3.91 — 14,351 ratings — published 2020
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Dracula Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,428,607 ratings — published 1897
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Gothikana Gothikana (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 3.76 — 109,776 ratings — published 2021
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A Dark and Drowning Tide A Dark and Drowning Tide (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 3.53 — 14,736 ratings — published 2024
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The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Crown, #1) The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Crown, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 3.76 — 34,339 ratings — published 2023
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Anatomy: A Love Story (The Anatomy Duology, #1) Anatomy: A Love Story (The Anatomy Duology, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 3.84 — 103,770 ratings — published 2022
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House of Hollow House of Hollow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 4.01 — 97,084 ratings — published 2021
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The Night Circus The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,076,524 ratings — published 2011
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Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1) Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 4.02 — 637,789 ratings — published 1976
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Titus Groan (Gormenghast, #1) Titus Groan (Gormenghast, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 3.93 — 23,224 ratings — published 1946
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The Wolf and the Woodsman The Wolf and the Woodsman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 3.52 — 29,873 ratings — published 2021
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House of Hunger House of Hunger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 3.64 — 22,282 ratings — published 2022
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Down Comes the Night Down Comes the Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 3.78 — 9,416 ratings — published 2021
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Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1) Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 4.01 — 384,923 ratings — published 2019
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The Familiar The Familiar (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 3.75 — 122,797 ratings — published 2024
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An Education in Malice An Education in Malice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 3.50 — 20,916 ratings — published 2024
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Kingdom of the Wicked (Kingdom of the Wicked, #1) Kingdom of the Wicked (Kingdom of the Wicked, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 3.86 — 349,794 ratings — published 2020
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The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2) The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 4.11 — 213,768 ratings — published 1985
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The Exorcism of Faeries (Morbid Realities, #1) The Exorcism of Faeries (Morbid Realities, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 3.93 — 4,035 ratings — published
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Enchantra (Wicked Games, #2) Enchantra (Wicked Games, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 4.32 — 91,883 ratings — published 2025
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A Treachery of Swans A Treachery of Swans (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 3.79 — 3,153 ratings — published 2025
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The Poisoner The Poisoner (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as gothic-fantasy)
avg rating 3.73 — 13,794 ratings — published 2024
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Hazel Butler
“Death begins before birth. I have always found this an odd notion, but were it not for the death of certain cells during our initial development, humans would be born with webbed toes. Death moulds our physical being from the very start of our existence. It sculpts us, determines how we begin, and where we end. The events in life that define us, that break us and remake us, all stem from death—the death of a place, a time, a relationship, of those we hold most dear, and finally ourselves. Death is the one inescapable aspect of life, the only immutable force, the single thing in this world that cannot and should not be changed.
But death is never the end.
It is the beginning.”
Hazel Butler, Chasing Azrael

Mervyn Peake
“Swelter's eyes meet those of his enemy, and never has there held between four globes of gristle so sinister a hell of hatred. Had the flesh, the fibres, and the bones of the chef and those of Mr Flay been conjured away and away down that dark corridor leaving only their four eyes suspended in mid-air outside the Earl's door, then, surely, they must have reddened to the hue of Mars, reddened and smouldered, and at last broken into flame, so intense was their hatred - broken into flame and circled about one another in ever-narrowing gyres and in swifter and yet swifter flight until, merged into one sizzling globe of ire they must surely have fled, the four in one, leaving a trail of blood behind them in the cold grey air of the corridor, until, screaming as they fly beneath innumerable arches and down the endless passageways of Gormenghast, they found their eyeless bodies once again, and reentrenched themselves in startled sockets.”
Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan

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