Gothic Horror Books

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Dracula Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 449 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,463,430 ratings — published 1897
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 439 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,861,065 ratings — published 1818
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Mexican Gothic Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 254 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.66 — 438,176 ratings — published 2020
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 249 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,854,896 ratings — published 1890
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The Haunting of Hill House The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 245 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.81 — 390,029 ratings — published 1959
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Carmilla Carmilla (Paperback)
by (shelved 235 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.87 — 191,816 ratings — published 1872
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 208 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.83 — 660,861 ratings — published 1886
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 190 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.91 — 291,969 ratings — published 1962
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Rebecca Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 173 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.25 — 714,207 ratings — published 1938
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The Turn of the Screw The Turn of the Screw (Paperback)
by (shelved 167 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.38 — 178,809 ratings — published 1898
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Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1) Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 152 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 646,536 ratings — published 1976
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The Phantom of the Opera The Phantom of the Opera (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 123 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.96 — 275,340 ratings — published 1910
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The Castle of Otranto The Castle of Otranto (Paperback)
by (shelved 122 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.19 — 42,161 ratings — published 1764
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What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1) What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
by (shelved 121 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.85 — 135,557 ratings — published 2022
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Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 121 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,022,851 ratings — published 1847
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The Monk The Monk (Paperback)
by (shelved 109 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.86 — 33,389 ratings — published 1796
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.77 — 154,332 ratings — published 1820
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The Woman in Black The Woman in Black (Paperback)
by (shelved 96 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.75 — 81,553 ratings — published 1983
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The Hacienda The Hacienda (Hardcover)
by (shelved 95 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.84 — 57,553 ratings — published 2022
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Jane Eyre Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 94 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,306,807 ratings — published 1847
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The Silent Companions The Silent Companions (Paperback)
by (shelved 91 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.87 — 43,734 ratings — published 2017
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The Yellow Wall-Paper The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.07 — 353,660 ratings — published 1892
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A Dowry of Blood A Dowry of Blood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 80 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.93 — 101,773 ratings — published 2021
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The Woman in White The Woman in White (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.01 — 165,492 ratings — published 1859
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The Mysteries of Udolpho The Mysteries of Udolpho (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.43 — 17,082 ratings — published 1794
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Coraline Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 777,888 ratings — published 2002
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The Fall of the House of Usher The Fall of the House of Usher (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.85 — 87,846 ratings — published 1839
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The Tell-Tale Heart The Tell-Tale Heart (Library Binding)
by (shelved 66 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.24 — 122,666 ratings — published 1843
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Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1) Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
by (shelved 66 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.85 — 236,861 ratings — published 1979
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The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2) The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2)
by (shelved 66 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.11 — 215,960 ratings — published 1985
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The Historian The Historian (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 63 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.80 — 275,995 ratings — published 2005
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The Shining (The Shining, #1) The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 63 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,693,013 ratings — published 1977
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Starling House Starling House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.78 — 158,852 ratings — published 2023
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The Complete Stories and Poems The Complete Stories and Poems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.40 — 294,985 ratings — published 1849
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The Death of Jane Lawrence The Death of Jane Lawrence (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.20 — 22,471 ratings — published 2021
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The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.90 — 64,889 ratings — published 1979
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House of Hunger House of Hunger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.63 — 23,668 ratings — published 2022
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The Call of Cthulhu The Call of Cthulhu (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 51 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 117,619 ratings — published 1928
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Northanger Abbey Northanger Abbey (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.85 — 450,601 ratings — published 1817
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.91 — 143,863 ratings — published 1886
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The Queen of the Damned (The Vampire Chronicles, #3) The Queen of the Damned (The Vampire Chronicles, #3)
by (shelved 48 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.93 — 161,372 ratings — published 1988
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The Raven The Raven (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.29 — 168,967 ratings — published 1845
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Juniper & Thorn Juniper & Thorn (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.63 — 28,429 ratings — published 2022
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Vampires of El Norte Vampires of El Norte (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.88 — 41,390 ratings — published 2023
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Hungerstone Hungerstone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.94 — 25,385 ratings — published 2025
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House of Leaves House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.09 — 198,460 ratings — published 2000
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Blood on Her Tongue Blood on Her Tongue (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.80 — 14,308 ratings — published 2025
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My Darling Dreadful Thing My Darling Dreadful Thing (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.85 — 17,673 ratings — published 2024
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What Feasts at Night (Sworn Soldier, #2) What Feasts at Night (Sworn Soldier, #2)
by (shelved 43 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.79 — 41,538 ratings — published 2024
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.04 — 547,981 ratings — published 1985
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M.T. O'Neill
“Something about this place rots people. It rots people from the inside.”
M.T. O'Neill, Fairhaven Falls

“Imagine that, surrounded by your loved ones, you and your disease-riddled body have finally just breathed your last. No, scratch that. It’s really much more vile than that, because, even though you still had much life left in you, you’ve just been put to death, and not just in the most painful of ways, but, treacherously, by those whom you thought truly loved you, or, if not that, then, at the least, valued and respected you!
Fortunately, or unfortunately, you disappear into the mists of time, and that means neither you nor your beloved face will ever be seen again. That one of those who had so cruelly abused you might ever try to track you down, or even be able to, is not possible, right? No, of course not, because, as we all know, birth is the beginning and death is the end of all that ever accidently took place in between.
Whether birth is the beginning and death actually the end, it certainly is how the badly disfigured, yet somehow still disturbingly alluring, Virginia Finsterwald thinks. So, when a dying lady shows up at her door - with a duplicate version of her own previously perfect face - it would be impossible for the former spy, now private detective, to take this event as anything more than mere Happenstance.
Meanwhile, just a couple of blocks up the way, Virginia’s principal patron is confronted by a woman who, inexplicably, has the exact face of his aunt, only, she had been lynched when he was a child! As a highly educated man who believes only in materials and reason, the only way Alistair Alligood, the a multi-zillionaire collector of gender-dysphorick pubescent boys, can prevent being undone by this unsettling matter is by writing it off, and yet:------does he really believe that such an occurrance is mere Happenstance?
Maybe so, but, what is not mere Happenstance are the church exorcists, psychicks, mesmerists, physicians, psychologists, and mediums who, when Alistair Alligood falls gravely ill, war with each other over whether he is bodily ill, suffering from past-life trauma, under a witch’s spell, and or is it that he has become demon possessed? What unravels behind the curtain of Alistair’s malady is a centuries’long tale of Poisonings, Duels, Rape, Revenge, Possession, the Black Arts, and Taboo Familial Doings, the seeds of which will miscegenize and explode in ’Beyond The Last Breath’.”
Richarson-South

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