48 books
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6 voters
Gothic Horror Books
Showing 1-50 of 7,577
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 466 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,516,195 ratings — published 1897
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 463 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,962,478 ratings — published 1818
Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 276 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.66 — 456,253 ratings — published 2020
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 272 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,952,303 ratings — published 1890
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 257 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.81 — 411,644 ratings — published 1959
Carmilla (Paperback)
by (shelved 247 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.86 — 216,534 ratings — published 1872
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 216 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.83 — 684,597 ratings — published 1886
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 210 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.91 — 309,428 ratings — published 1962
Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 184 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.25 — 747,588 ratings — published 1938
The Turn of the Screw (Paperback)
by (shelved 176 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.38 — 184,896 ratings — published 1898
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 163 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 661,902 ratings — published 1976
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 137 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,245,027 ratings — published 1847
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
by (shelved 133 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.84 — 152,320 ratings — published 2022
The Castle of Otranto (Paperback)
by (shelved 130 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.19 — 44,508 ratings — published 1764
The Phantom of the Opera (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 129 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.96 — 284,740 ratings — published 1910
The Monk (Paperback)
by (shelved 112 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.86 — 35,324 ratings — published 1796
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 108 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,379,145 ratings — published 1847
The Silent Companions (Paperback)
by (shelved 107 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.87 — 47,787 ratings — published 2017
The Hacienda (Hardcover)
by (shelved 106 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.84 — 61,459 ratings — published 2022
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Paperback)
by (shelved 104 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.77 — 156,976 ratings — published 1820
The Woman in Black (Paperback)
by (shelved 102 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.76 — 84,443 ratings — published 1983
The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.06 — 376,713 ratings — published 1892
A Dowry of Blood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 84 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.92 — 108,773 ratings — published 2021
The Woman in White (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 169,491 ratings — published 1859
The Fall of the House of Usher (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.84 — 91,893 ratings — published 1839
The Mysteries of Udolpho (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.43 — 17,625 ratings — published 1794
The Tell-Tale Heart (Library Binding)
by (shelved 75 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.24 — 128,976 ratings — published 1843
The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2)
by (shelved 69 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.11 — 220,384 ratings — published 1985
Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 795,684 ratings — published 2002
The Historian (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 66 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.80 — 279,662 ratings — published 2005
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 66 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,744,752 ratings — published 1977
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
by (shelved 64 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.86 — 243,328 ratings — published 1979
Starling House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.78 — 173,932 ratings — published 2023
The Complete Stories and Poems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.40 — 299,168 ratings — published 1849
Blood on Her Tongue (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.79 — 19,931 ratings — published 2025
The Death of Jane Lawrence (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.22 — 24,131 ratings — published 2021
Hungerstone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.91 — 38,146 ratings — published 2025
House of Hunger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.63 — 25,084 ratings — published 2022
Northanger Abbey (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.85 — 465,142 ratings — published 1817
The Raven (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.29 — 173,883 ratings — published 1845
My Darling Dreadful Thing (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.85 — 21,290 ratings — published 2024
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.91 — 148,978 ratings — published 1886
Vampires of El Norte (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.88 — 45,202 ratings — published 2023
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.90 — 66,649 ratings — published 1979
The Queen of the Damned (The Vampire Chronicles, #3)
by (shelved 48 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.93 — 163,964 ratings — published 1988
What Feasts at Night (Sworn Soldier, #2)
by (shelved 47 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.79 — 49,377 ratings — published 2024
House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.09 — 208,186 ratings — published 2000
Juniper & Thorn (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.62 — 29,772 ratings — published 2022
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.04 — 573,344 ratings — published 1985
A House with Good Bones (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.67 — 72,140 ratings — published 2023
“At its heart, Gothic Fiction is the introvert's "Hero's Journey" where heroes and heroines must navigate the uncharted territory of the mind in order to solve the mystery of their life's adventure.”
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“I mean, we all have our dark days. Very dark days, sometimes. When our demons come out to play. No one lives entirely in the light, right?”
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