Best Gothic Books of All Time

1.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,697 ratings
2.
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,086 ratings
3.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,068 ratings
4.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,728 ratings
5.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 3.83 avg rating — 641,296 ratings
6.
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera 3.96 avg rating — 267,546 ratings
7.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,782,631 ratings
8.
Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating — 1,414,993 ratings
9.
The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House 3.81 avg rating — 365,270 ratings
10.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle 3.92 avg rating — 273,774 ratings
11.
Carmilla
Carmilla 3.87 avg rating — 166,874 ratings
12.
The Woman in White
The Woman in White 4.01 avg rating — 162,713 ratings
13.
The Thirteenth Tale
The Thirteenth Tale 3.98 avg rating — 323,008 ratings
14.
The Yellow Wall-Paper
The Yellow Wall-Paper 4.07 avg rating — 338,209 ratings
15.
The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw 3.38 avg rating — 172,352 ratings
16.
The Monk
The Monk 3.85 avg rating — 31,708 ratings
17.
The Raven
The Raven 4.29 avg rating — 163,384 ratings
18.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame 4.02 avg rating — 213,354 ratings
19.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) 4.13 avg rating — 376,279 ratings
20.
The Castle of Otranto
The Castle of Otranto 3.19 avg rating — 39,779 ratings
21.
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories 3.91 avg rating — 63,236 ratings
22.
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart 4.24 avg rating — 117,085 ratings
23.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 3.78 avg rating — 148,578 ratings
24.
The Woman in Black
The Woman in Black 3.75 avg rating — 77,964 ratings
25.
The Mysteries of Udolpho
The Mysteries of Udolpho 3.42 avg rating — 16,587 ratings
26.
My Cousin Rachel
My Cousin Rachel really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 66,210 ratings
27.
The Little Stranger
The Little Stranger 3.57 avg rating — 58,369 ratings
28.
Mexican Gothic
Mexican Gothic 3.67 avg rating — 416,456 ratings
29.
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher 3.85 avg rating — 83,625 ratings
30.
The Masque of the Red Death
The Masque of the Red Death 4.06 avg rating — 44,766 ratings
31.
Uncle Silas
Uncle Silas 3.74 avg rating — 6,997 ratings
32.
Collected Ghost Stories
Collected Ghost Stories 4.13 avg rating — 7,689 ratings
33.
The House of the Seven Gables
The House of the Seven Gables 3.45 avg rating — 42,102 ratings
34.
Jamaica Inn
Jamaica Inn 3.90 avg rating — 57,108 ratings
35.
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by: Anne Rice
4.02 avg rating — 633,818 ratings
36.
The Gormenghast Novels (Gormenghast, #1-3)
The Gormenghast Novels (Gormenghast, #1-3) 4.03 avg rating — 9,798 ratings
37.
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None 4.28 avg rating — 1,544,035 ratings
38.
Melmoth the Wanderer
Melmoth the Wanderer 3.73 avg rating — 5,454 ratings
39.
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol 4.09 avg rating — 896,484 ratings
40.
Perfume. The story of a murderer
Perfume. The story of a murderer 4.04 avg rating — 530,052 ratings
41.
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
The Shining (The Shining, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,650,273 ratings
42.
The Italian
The Italian 3.53 avg rating — 6,011 ratings
43.
Mistress of Mellyn
Mistress of Mellyn 3.92 avg rating — 9,697 ratings
44.
The Willows
The Willows 4.05 avg rating — 16,015 ratings
45.
Gothic Tales
Gothic Tales 3.80 avg rating — 3,031 ratings
46.
Lady Audley's Secret
Lady Audley's Secret 3.78 avg rating — 26,003 ratings
47.
Dragonwyck
Dragonwyck 3.79 avg rating — 6,883 ratings
48.
Affinity
Affinity 3.75 avg rating — 28,186 ratings
49.
The Black Cat
The Black Cat 4.03 avg rating — 54,334 ratings
50.
The Historian
The Historian 3.80 avg rating — 273,568 ratings
51.
The Distant Hours
The Distant Hours 3.89 avg rating — 83,460 ratings
52.
Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey 3.85 avg rating — 439,071 ratings
53.
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner 3.68 avg rating — 9,551 ratings
54.
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum 4.14 avg rating — 71,253 ratings
55.
In a Glass Darkly
In a Glass Darkly 3.84 avg rating — 5,817 ratings
56.
Lost Souls
Lost Souls 3.90 avg rating — 18,831 ratings
57.
Marina
Marina 4.14 avg rating — 90,758 ratings
58.
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 696,663 ratings
59.
The Ghost Writer
The Ghost Writer 3.45 avg rating — 6,943 ratings
60.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 4.03 avg rating — 126,448 ratings
61.
Vathek
Vathek 3.24 avg rating — 7,105 ratings
62.
Nine Coaches Waiting
Nine Coaches Waiting 4.06 avg rating — 16,770 ratings
63.
The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre
The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre 3.68 avg rating — 3,587 ratings
64.
Rappaccini's Daughter
Rappaccini's Daughter 3.89 avg rating — 7,707 ratings
65.
The Magic Toyshop
The Magic Toyshop 3.79 avg rating — 13,385 ratings
66.
On the Night of the Seventh Moon
On the Night of the Seventh Moon 3.99 avg rating — 5,929 ratings
67.
Les Fleurs du Mal
Les Fleurs du Mal 4.20 avg rating — 77,699 ratings
68.
The Shivering Sands
The Shivering Sands 3.92 avg rating — 6,140 ratings
69.
Don't Look Now
Don't Look Now 3.82 avg rating — 9,390 ratings
70.
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton 3.89 avg rating — 4,892 ratings
71.
Mary Reilly
Mary Reilly 3.67 avg rating — 2,881 ratings
72.
The Meaning of Night (The Meaning of Night, #1)
The Meaning of Night (The Meaning of Night, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 9,525 ratings
73.
The Ivy Tree
The Ivy Tree 3.98 avg rating — 7,248 ratings
74.
Selected Tales
Selected Tales 4.16 avg rating — 7,428 ratings
75.
Bride of Pendorric
Bride of Pendorric 3.87 avg rating — 4,850 ratings
76.
The Gargoyle
The Gargoyle 3.97 avg rating — 50,385 ratings
77.
Coraline
Coraline 4.13 avg rating — 760,503 ratings
78.
The Bride of Lammermoor
The Bride of Lammermoor 3.65 avg rating — 2,142 ratings
79.
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 232,241 ratings
80.
Asylum
Asylum 3.96 avg rating — 38,472 ratings
81.
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa 4.10 avg rating — 4,048 ratings
82.
Thornyhold
Thornyhold 3.86 avg rating — 7,742 ratings
83.
A Sicilian Romance
A Sicilian Romance 3.39 avg rating — 4,561 ratings
84.
Zofloya
Zofloya 3.60 avg rating — 2,522 ratings
85.
Dracul
Dracul 4.15 avg rating — 17,780 ratings
86.
Kirkland Revels
Kirkland Revels 3.86 avg rating — 3,418 ratings
87.
The Great God Pan
The Great God Pan 3.68 avg rating — 15,732 ratings
88.
The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories
The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories 3.79 avg rating — 25,466 ratings
89.
My Sweet Audrina (Audrina, #1)
My Sweet Audrina (Audrina, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 29,680 ratings
90.
The Prince of Mist (Niebla, #1)
The Prince of Mist (Niebla, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 64,275 ratings
91.
This Rough Magic
This Rough Magic 4.06 avg rating — 10,378 ratings
92.
The Beetle
The Beetle 3.50 avg rating — 3,915 ratings
93.
Wieland and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist
Wieland and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist 3.38 avg rating — 2,252 ratings
94.
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 117,908 ratings
95.
American Gothic Tales
American Gothic Tales 4.12 avg rating — 1,366 ratings
96.
Bellefleur
Bellefleur 3.78 avg rating — 2,708 ratings
97.
A Dowry of Blood
A Dowry of Blood 3.95 avg rating — 91,656 ratings
98.
Temptation and Denial
Temptation and Denial 4.61 avg rating — 165 ratings
98.
River of Ashes (St. Benedict, #1)
River of Ashes (St. Benedict, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 808 ratings
98.
The Forgotten Lock
The Forgotten Lock 4.91 avg rating — 186 ratings
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