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Gothic Horror Books
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Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 453 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,482,715 ratings — published 1897
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 449 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,901,941 ratings — published 1818
Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 265 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.66 — 444,353 ratings — published 2020
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 256 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,890,670 ratings — published 1890
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 248 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.81 — 397,175 ratings — published 1959
Carmilla (Paperback)
by (shelved 236 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.87 — 200,940 ratings — published 1872
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 213 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.83 — 667,719 ratings — published 1886
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 197 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.91 — 297,685 ratings — published 1962
Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 178 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.25 — 724,644 ratings — published 1938
The Turn of the Screw (Paperback)
by (shelved 170 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.38 — 180,886 ratings — published 1898
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 157 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 651,983 ratings — published 1976
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
by (shelved 126 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.84 — 141,413 ratings — published 2022
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 125 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,082,539 ratings — published 1847
The Castle of Otranto (Paperback)
by (shelved 125 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.19 — 43,044 ratings — published 1764
The Phantom of the Opera (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 125 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.96 — 278,618 ratings — published 1910
The Monk (Paperback)
by (shelved 109 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.86 — 33,993 ratings — published 1796
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Paperback)
by (shelved 103 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.77 — 155,402 ratings — published 1820
The Hacienda (Hardcover)
by (shelved 100 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.84 — 58,699 ratings — published 2022
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 99 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,331,780 ratings — published 1847
The Woman in Black (Paperback)
by (shelved 97 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.76 — 82,574 ratings — published 1983
The Silent Companions (Paperback)
by (shelved 96 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.87 — 45,095 ratings — published 2017
The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.07 — 361,428 ratings — published 1892
A Dowry of Blood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 81 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.93 — 103,982 ratings — published 2021
The Mysteries of Udolpho (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.43 — 17,233 ratings — published 1794
The Woman in White (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.01 — 166,457 ratings — published 1859
Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 784,495 ratings — published 2002
The Tell-Tale Heart (Library Binding)
by (shelved 70 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.24 — 125,087 ratings — published 1843
The Fall of the House of Usher (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.85 — 89,347 ratings — published 1839
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
by (shelved 66 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.85 — 238,963 ratings — published 1979
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 66 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,713,743 ratings — published 1977
The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2)
by (shelved 66 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.11 — 217,323 ratings — published 1985
The Complete Stories and Poems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.40 — 296,659 ratings — published 1849
The Historian (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 62 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.80 — 277,004 ratings — published 2005
Starling House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.78 — 163,973 ratings — published 2023
House of Hunger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.63 — 24,088 ratings — published 2022
Northanger Abbey (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.85 — 455,657 ratings — published 1817
The Death of Jane Lawrence (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.20 — 22,787 ratings — published 2021
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.90 — 65,426 ratings — published 1979
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 — 145,782 ratings — published 1886
The Call of Cthulhu (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 51 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.01 — 119,144 ratings — published 1999
The Raven (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.29 — 170,900 ratings — published 1845
Hungerstone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.93 — 29,145 ratings — published 2025
Vampires of El Norte (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.88 — 42,685 ratings — published 2023
House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.09 — 201,571 ratings — published 2000
Blood on Her Tongue (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.79 — 16,177 ratings — published 2025
My Darling Dreadful Thing (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.85 — 18,798 ratings — published 2024
Juniper & Thorn (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.62 — 28,905 ratings — published 2022
The Queen of the Damned (The Vampire Chronicles, #3)
by (shelved 47 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.93 — 162,168 ratings — published 1988
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.04 — 556,482 ratings — published 1985
What Feasts at Night (Sworn Soldier, #2)
by (shelved 44 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.79 — 44,353 ratings — published 2024
“I want," she whispered, her voice unnervingly low, almost
hollow. A chill snaked down my spine, the same sensation that
haunted my dreams. Dreams where shadows murmured secrets in
voices I didn't recognize, always just before I woke gasping in the
dark.
The room shifted, almost imperceptibly, as though the air itself
was holding its breath.”
― Pearl Bound
hollow. A chill snaked down my spine, the same sensation that
haunted my dreams. Dreams where shadows murmured secrets in
voices I didn't recognize, always just before I woke gasping in the
dark.
The room shifted, almost imperceptibly, as though the air itself
was holding its breath.”
― Pearl Bound
“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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