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Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 475 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,528,335 ratings — published 1897
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 466 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,982,322 ratings — published 1818
Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 283 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.66 — 461,088 ratings — published 2020
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 275 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,976,310 ratings — published 1890
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 265 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.81 — 417,507 ratings — published 1959
Carmilla (Paperback)
by (shelved 257 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.86 — 222,191 ratings — published 1872
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 220 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.83 — 690,735 ratings — published 1886
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 214 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.90 — 313,922 ratings — published 1962
Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 189 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.25 — 755,975 ratings — published 1938
The Turn of the Screw (Paperback)
by (shelved 181 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.38 — 186,390 ratings — published 1898
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 167 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 666,131 ratings — published 1976
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
by (shelved 144 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.84 — 156,129 ratings — published 2022
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 141 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,270,006 ratings — published 1847
The Castle of Otranto (Paperback)
by (shelved 135 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.19 — 45,038 ratings — published 1764
The Phantom of the Opera (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 135 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.96 — 286,948 ratings — published 1910
The Monk (Paperback)
by (shelved 116 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.87 — 35,826 ratings — published 1796
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,396,286 ratings — published 1847
The Silent Companions (Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.86 — 48,657 ratings — published 2017
The Hacienda (Hardcover)
by (shelved 111 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.84 — 62,486 ratings — published 2022
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Paperback)
by (shelved 108 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.77 — 157,514 ratings — published 1820
The Woman in Black (Paperback)
by (shelved 101 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.76 — 85,222 ratings — published 1983
The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 92 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.06 — 382,050 ratings — published 1892
A Dowry of Blood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.91 — 110,334 ratings — published 2021
The Fall of the House of Usher (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.84 — 92,693 ratings — published 1839
The Woman in White (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 170,468 ratings — published 1859
The Mysteries of Udolpho (Paperback)
by (shelved 84 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.43 — 17,755 ratings — published 1794
The Tell-Tale Heart (Library Binding)
by (shelved 76 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.24 — 130,315 ratings — published 1843
Hungerstone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.90 — 41,758 ratings — published 2025
The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2)
by (shelved 70 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.11 — 221,856 ratings — published 1985
Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 800,195 ratings — published 2002
The Historian (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 67 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.80 — 280,457 ratings — published 2005
Blood on Her Tongue (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.79 — 21,199 ratings — published 2025
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 66 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,756,337 ratings — published 1977
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
by (shelved 65 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.86 — 245,000 ratings — published 1979
Starling House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.78 — 177,130 ratings — published 2023
Northanger Abbey (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.85 — 468,342 ratings — published 1817
The Complete Stories and Poems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.40 — 300,098 ratings — published 1849
My Darling Dreadful Thing (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.86 — 22,114 ratings — published 2024
The Death of Jane Lawrence (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.22 — 24,398 ratings — published 2021
House of Hunger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.63 — 25,424 ratings — published 2022
The Raven (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.29 — 174,927 ratings — published 1845
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.91 — 150,146 ratings — published 1886
What Feasts at Night (Sworn Soldier, #2)
by (shelved 53 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.79 — 50,971 ratings — published 2024
Vampires of El Norte (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.88 — 46,079 ratings — published 2023
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.89 — 67,068 ratings — published 1979
The Queen of the Damned (The Vampire Chronicles, #3)
by (shelved 49 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.93 — 164,737 ratings — published 1988
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.04 — 579,058 ratings — published 1985
House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.09 — 210,687 ratings — published 2000
Don't Let the Forest In (Don't Let The Forest In, #1)
by (shelved 47 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.05 — 63,715 ratings — published 2024
A House with Good Bones (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.66 — 74,154 ratings — published 2023
“Must beauty blossom, rooted in decay,
And night devour its flaming hues alway?”
― The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies
And night devour its flaming hues alway?”
― The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies
“How strange the heart was, capable of making you lose your head over a monster.”
― Garden Of Shadows
― Garden Of Shadows












