Eerie fictions written by women

1.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle 3.92 avg rating — 273,801 ratings
2.
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories 3.91 avg rating — 63,236 ratings
3.
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories 3.82 avg rating — 102,310 ratings
4.
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,184 ratings
5.
The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House 3.81 avg rating — 365,305 ratings
6.
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories 4.07 avg rating — 338,232 ratings
7.
Nights at the Circus
Nights at the Circus 3.88 avg rating — 14,348 ratings
8.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,762 ratings
9.
Goblin Market: A Tale of Two Sisters
Goblin Market: A Tale of Two Sisters 4.08 avg rating — 16,039 ratings
10.
The Lottery and Other Stories
The Lottery and Other Stories 4.02 avg rating — 82,490 ratings
11.
Fever Dream
Fever Dream 3.72 avg rating — 48,068 ratings
12.
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Hanging Rock, #1)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Hanging Rock, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 29,097 ratings
13.
Mexican Gothic
Mexican Gothic 3.67 avg rating — 416,488 ratings
14.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 3.87 avg rating — 249,834 ratings
15.
The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories 3.87 avg rating — 23,066 ratings
16.
The Doll's Alphabet
The Doll's Alphabet 3.88 avg rating — 1,950 ratings
17.
The Little Stranger
The Little Stranger 3.57 avg rating — 58,370 ratings
18.
Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories
Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories 3.68 avg rating — 23,816 ratings
19.
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton 3.89 avg rating — 4,892 ratings
20.
Magic for Beginners
Magic for Beginners 3.80 avg rating — 10,117 ratings
21.
Don't Look Now
Don't Look Now 3.82 avg rating — 9,391 ratings
22.
Oke of Okehurst - Or, A Phantom Lover
Oke of Okehurst - Or, A Phantom Lover 3.68 avg rating — 443 ratings
23.
Boy, Snow, Bird
Boy, Snow, Bird 3.34 avg rating — 30,810 ratings
24.
Orlando
Orlando 3.87 avg rating — 109,439 ratings
24.
Paradise Rot
Paradise Rot 3.47 avg rating — 27,312 ratings
26.
White Is for Witching
White Is for Witching 3.54 avg rating — 12,889 ratings
27.
Wakenhyrst
Wakenhyrst 3.87 avg rating — 17,869 ratings
28.
The Magic Toyshop
The Magic Toyshop 3.79 avg rating — 13,385 ratings
29.
Through the Woods
Through the Woods 3.94 avg rating — 86,290 ratings
30.
The Silent Companions
The Silent Companions 3.88 avg rating — 39,834 ratings
31.
A Nest of Nightmares
A Nest of Nightmares 3.93 avg rating — 1,299 ratings
32.
The People in the Castle: Selected Strange Stories
The People in the Castle: Selected Strange Stories 3.85 avg rating — 683 ratings
33.
All the Fabulous Beasts
All the Fabulous Beasts 4.14 avg rating — 453 ratings
34.
Hauntings and Other Fantastic Tales
Hauntings and Other Fantastic Tales 3.80 avg rating — 793 ratings
35.
The Wilds
The Wilds 3.80 avg rating — 1,173 ratings
36.
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe 3.86 avg rating — 4,874 ratings
37.
Night's Master (Tales from the Flat Earth #1)
Night's Master (Tales from the Flat Earth #1) 4.06 avg rating — 3,574 ratings
38.
Her Fearful Symmetry
Her Fearful Symmetry 3.27 avg rating — 95,638 ratings
39.
An Awkward Age
An Awkward Age 3.79 avg rating — 1,227 ratings
39.
Brother
Brother 3.91 avg rating — 65,130 ratings
41.
Jagannath
Jagannath 4.02 avg rating — 4,179 ratings
41.
Bone China
Bone China 3.65 avg rating — 7,455 ratings
41.
The Corset
The Corset 4.14 avg rating — 15,432 ratings
44.
Everything Under
Everything Under 3.50 avg rating — 14,750 ratings
45.
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by: Mona Awad
3.48 avg rating — 288,373 ratings
46.
The Hearing Trumpet
The Hearing Trumpet really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10,850 ratings
47.
Comfort Me with Apples
Comfort Me with Apples 3.57 avg rating — 34,871 ratings
48.
The Deep
The Deep 3.32 avg rating — 11,573 ratings
49.
The Beauty
The Beauty 3.52 avg rating — 3,824 ratings
49.
Randalls Round
Randalls Round 3.89 avg rating — 287 ratings
49.
Get in Trouble
Get in Trouble 3.67 avg rating — 12,778 ratings
52.
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman 3.73 avg rating — 3,950 ratings
53.
The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington
The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,355 ratings
53.
The Sundial
The Sundial 3.80 avg rating — 7,424 ratings
53.
The Mermaid
The Mermaid 3.63 avg rating — 10,283 ratings
56.
Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales
Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales 4.11 avg rating — 4,757 ratings
57.
Furnace
Furnace 3.88 avg rating — 483 ratings
58.
Black Venus
Black Venus 3.88 avg rating — 2,295 ratings
59.
Surfacing
Surfacing 3.45 avg rating — 28,050 ratings
60.
Gothic Tales
Gothic Tales 3.80 avg rating — 3,031 ratings
61.
The Passion of New Eve
The Passion of New Eve 3.67 avg rating — 5,008 ratings
62.
American Ghosts & Old World Wonders
American Ghosts & Old World Wonders 3.71 avg rating — 466 ratings
63.
Heroes and Villains
Heroes and Villains 3.53 avg rating — 3,108 ratings
63.
Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces
Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces 3.75 avg rating — 1,274 ratings
63.
At the Mouth of the River of Bees: Stories
At the Mouth of the River of Bees: Stories 4.05 avg rating — 2,583 ratings
66.
Freshwater
Freshwater 4.01 avg rating — 35,600 ratings
67.
Seven Gothic Tales
Seven Gothic Tales 3.87 avg rating — 3,695 ratings
68.
Asleep
Asleep 3.77 avg rating — 15,367 ratings
68.
Truismes
Truismes 3.46 avg rating — 3,767 ratings
70.
The Hole
The Hole 3.35 avg rating — 8,959 ratings
71.
The Girl in Red
The Girl in Red 3.71 avg rating — 18,016 ratings
72.
Wise Children
Wise Children 3.90 avg rating — 9,435 ratings
73.
All the Names They Used for God
All the Names They Used for God 4.03 avg rating — 6,637 ratings
73.
Dark Matter: A Ghost Story
Dark Matter: A Ghost Story 3.96 avg rating — 21,955 ratings
75.
The Woman in Black
The Woman in Black 3.75 avg rating — 77,964 ratings
75.
The Snow Child
The Snow Child 4.01 avg rating — 166,410 ratings
77.
Indigara
Indigara 3.22 avg rating — 152 ratings
77.
Fatal Women
Fatal Women 4.14 avg rating — 56 ratings
79.
In the Forest of Forgetting
In the Forest of Forgetting 3.94 avg rating — 1,046 ratings
80.
Louisa The Poisoner
Louisa The Poisoner 3.83 avg rating — 380 ratings
80.
The Silver Metal Lover (Silver Metal Lover, #1)
The Silver Metal Lover (Silver Metal Lover, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 4,169 ratings
82.
Into the Drowning Deep (Rolling in the Deep, #1)
Into the Drowning Deep (Rolling in the Deep, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 42,641 ratings
83.
The Family Plot
The Family Plot 3.65 avg rating — 4,150 ratings
83.
Maplecroft (The Borden Dispatches, #1)
Maplecroft (The Borden Dispatches, #1) 3.58 avg rating — 4,680 ratings
85.
Those Who Went Remain There Still
Those Who Went Remain There Still 3.78 avg rating — 352 ratings
86.
Goblin Market and Other Poems
Goblin Market and Other Poems 4.04 avg rating — 5,457 ratings
87.
The Grotesque Child
The Grotesque Child
by: Kim Parko
3.56 avg rating — 16 ratings
87.
Orange World and Other Stories
Orange World and Other Stories 3.97 avg rating — 6,568 ratings
89.
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves 3.79 avg rating — 13,004 ratings
90.
The Dawn of Evil (The Wages of Sin, #5)
The Dawn of Evil (The Wages of Sin, #5) 4.55 avg rating — 49 ratings
90.
House of Fear
House of Fear 4.11 avg rating — 276 ratings
90.
The Death of Jane Lawrence
The Death of Jane Lawrence 3.20 avg rating — 21,361 ratings
90.
Flight of the Goose: A Story of the Far North
Flight of the Goose: A Story of the Far North 4.18 avg rating — 147 ratings
90.
Jackalope Wives and Other Stories
Jackalope Wives and Other Stories 4.48 avg rating — 2,134 ratings
90.
White Rabbits
White Rabbits 3.60 avg rating — 58 ratings
90.
The Veil Here Is Thumbprint Thin: Poems and Tales from the In-Between
The Veil Here Is Thumbprint Thin: Poems and Tales from the In-Between really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
90.
Orpheus Builds a Girl
Orpheus Builds a Girl 4.02 avg rating — 774 ratings
90.
Sky Lake Lost
Sky Lake Lost 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
99.
The Birth of Death (The Wages of Sin, #4)
The Birth of Death (The Wages of Sin, #4) 4.56 avg rating — 41 ratings
99.
Frankissstein: A Love Story
Frankissstein: A Love Story 3.53 avg rating — 13,877 ratings
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