Gothic Books You Should Read (fiction)

1.
Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating β€” 1,415,080 ratings
2.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating β€” 2,259,805 ratings
3.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating β€” 1,959,192 ratings
4.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating β€” 1,782,798 ratings
5.
The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2)
The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2)
by: Anne Rice
4.11 avg rating β€” 212,574 ratings
6.
The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings
The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings 4.19 avg rating β€” 243,678 ratings
7.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating β€” 697,774 ratings
8.
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden 4.16 avg rating β€” 1,263,052 ratings
9.
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1) 3.85 avg rating β€” 232,266 ratings
10.
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 β€” 696,705 ratings
11.
The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House 3.81 avg rating β€” 365,310 ratings
12.
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum 4.14 avg rating β€” 71,254 ratings
13.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle 3.92 avg rating β€” 273,804 ratings
14.
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories 4.07 avg rating β€” 338,239 ratings
15.
The Little Stranger
The Little Stranger 3.57 avg rating β€” 58,371 ratings
16.
A Gathering of Twine
A Gathering of Twine 4.25 avg rating β€” 296 ratings
17.
The Thirteenth Tale
The Thirteenth Tale 3.98 avg rating β€” 323,012 ratings
18.
Carmilla
Carmilla 3.87 avg rating β€” 166,906 ratings
19.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating β€” 1,772,212 ratings
20.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating β€” 387,264 ratings
21.
Fallen
Fallen 4.38 avg rating β€” 2,934 ratings
22.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 3.83 avg rating β€” 641,348 ratings
23.
The Monk
The Monk 3.85 avg rating β€” 31,710 ratings
24.
Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey 3.85 avg rating β€” 439,088 ratings
25.
The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe
The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe 4.40 avg rating β€” 291,483 ratings
26.
The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw 3.38 avg rating β€” 172,362 ratings
27.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) 4.13 avg rating β€” 376,298 ratings
28.
The Raven
The Raven 4.29 avg rating β€” 163,398 ratings
29.
The Ring of Lost Souls
The Ring of Lost Souls 3.67 avg rating β€” 45 ratings
29.
Plague of Angels (The Descended, #1)
Plague of Angels (The Descended, #1) 3.52 avg rating β€” 1,107 ratings
31.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4) 4.26 avg rating β€” 327,512 ratings
32.
The Historian
The Historian 3.80 avg rating β€” 273,579 ratings
33.
The Woman in White
The Woman in White 4.01 avg rating β€” 162,714 ratings
34.
Phantom
Phantom
by: Susan Kay
4.33 avg rating β€” 12,942 ratings
34.
The Short Life of Sparrows
The Short Life of Sparrows
by: Emm Cole
3.97 avg rating β€” 342 ratings
36.
Haunted Castles: The Complete Gothic Stories
Haunted Castles: The Complete Gothic Stories 4.01 avg rating β€” 1,961 ratings
37.
The Crucible
The Crucible 3.61 avg rating β€” 452,159 ratings
38.
The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)
The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1) 4.06 avg rating β€” 179,476 ratings
39.
Mistress of Mellyn
Mistress of Mellyn 3.92 avg rating β€” 9,697 ratings
40.
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories 3.91 avg rating β€” 63,237 ratings
41.
The Masque of the Red Death
The Masque of the Red Death 4.06 avg rating β€” 44,767 ratings
42.
The Dunwich Horror and Other Stories
The Dunwich Horror and Other Stories 4.19 avg rating β€” 16,395 ratings
43.
The Complete Stories and Poems
The Complete Stories and Poems 4.40 avg rating β€” 291,483 ratings
44.
Collected Ghost Stories
Collected Ghost Stories 4.13 avg rating β€” 7,689 ratings
45.
Don't Look Now and Other Stories
Don't Look Now and Other Stories 3.82 avg rating β€” 9,392 ratings
46.
Dark Angel (Dark Angel #1)
Dark Angel (Dark Angel #1) 3.75 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
47.
Verland: The Transformation
Verland: The Transformation 3.88 avg rating β€” 174 ratings
48.
The Forgotten Garden
The Forgotten Garden 4.15 avg rating β€” 234,166 ratings
49.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating β€” 258,320 ratings
50.
The Monkey's Paw
The Monkey's Paw 3.84 avg rating β€” 17,004 ratings
51.
Madam, Will You Talk?
Madam, Will You Talk? 4.09 avg rating β€” 8,271 ratings
52.
The Cask of Amontillado
The Cask of Amontillado 4.08 avg rating β€” 85,823 ratings
53.
The Mysteries of Udolpho
The Mysteries of Udolpho 3.42 avg rating β€” 16,588 ratings
54.
The Castle of Otranto
The Castle of Otranto 3.19 avg rating β€” 39,779 ratings
55.
The Ivy Tree
The Ivy Tree 3.98 avg rating β€” 7,248 ratings
56.
The Lottery
The Lottery 4.04 avg rating β€” 104,219 ratings
57.
The Fifth Child
The Fifth Child 3.63 avg rating β€” 23,555 ratings
58.
Annabel Lee
Annabel Lee 4.32 avg rating β€” 11,524 ratings
59.
Wake the Wicked
Wake the Wicked 3.45 avg rating β€” 76 ratings
59.
The Collector of Dying Breaths (Reincarnationist, #6)
The Collector of Dying Breaths (Reincarnationist, #6)
by: M.J. Rose
3.84 avg rating β€” 1,627 ratings
61.
The Black Feathers
The Black Feathers 3.92 avg rating β€” 1,645 ratings
61.
The Whistling
The Whistling 3.67 avg rating β€” 7,829 ratings
63.
The House of the Wolf
The House of the Wolf 3.73 avg rating β€” 75 ratings
64.
The Imp of the Perverse
The Imp of the Perverse 3.67 avg rating β€” 2,575 ratings
65.
Tears of Abandon
Tears of Abandon 4.21 avg rating β€” 278 ratings
66.
Conjure Wife
Conjure Wife 3.80 avg rating β€” 2,706 ratings
67.
My Cousin Rachel
My Cousin Rachel really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 66,219 ratings
68.
Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry & Tales
Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry & Tales 4.38 avg rating β€” 1,887 ratings
69.
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher 3.85 avg rating β€” 83,631 ratings
70.
The Yellow Wallpaper
The Yellow Wallpaper 4.07 avg rating β€” 338,239 ratings
71.
Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh
Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh 3.74 avg rating β€” 6,997 ratings
71.
The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales (C. Auguste Dupin, #1-3)
The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales (C. Auguste Dupin, #1-3) 3.74 avg rating β€” 11,667 ratings
73.
Touch Not the Cat
Touch Not the Cat 3.95 avg rating β€” 8,654 ratings
74.
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (The Wolves Chronicles, #1)
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (The Wolves Chronicles, #1) 4.06 avg rating β€” 22,170 ratings
75.
Airs Above the Ground
Airs Above the Ground 4.10 avg rating β€” 7,521 ratings
76.
The Comfort of Strangers
The Comfort of Strangers 3.39 avg rating β€” 20,160 ratings
77.
Nine Coaches Waiting
Nine Coaches Waiting 4.06 avg rating β€” 16,770 ratings
77.
Little Black Book of Stories
Little Black Book of Stories 3.79 avg rating β€” 2,796 ratings
79.
Dark Matter: A Ghost Story
Dark Matter: A Ghost Story 3.96 avg rating β€” 21,958 ratings
80.
Thornyhold
Thornyhold 3.86 avg rating β€” 7,742 ratings
81.
Jassy
Jassy 4.01 avg rating β€” 354 ratings
81.
The Moonstone
The Moonstone 3.91 avg rating β€” 97,252 ratings
83.
Red Riding Hood
Red Riding Hood 3.47 avg rating β€” 20,780 ratings
83.
Asylum
Asylum 3.96 avg rating β€” 38,473 ratings
83.
Coffee With Poe
Coffee With Poe 3.67 avg rating β€” 135 ratings
83.
House of Corruption
House of Corruption 3.61 avg rating β€” 157 ratings
83.
The Age of Apollyon (The Age of Apollyon Trilogy, #1)
The Age of Apollyon (The Age of Apollyon Trilogy, #1) 3.92 avg rating β€” 72 ratings
83.
The House
The House 3.37 avg rating β€” 30 ratings
83.
King Stakh's Wild Hunt
King Stakh's Wild Hunt 4.43 avg rating β€” 1,162 ratings
83.
The Followers
The Followers 3.23 avg rating β€” 22 ratings
83.
Weird Tales of Terror: Volume One
Weird Tales of Terror: Volume One 3.50 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
83.
The Wilde Passions of Dorian Gray
The Wilde Passions of Dorian Gray 3.07 avg rating β€” 43 ratings
83.
The Gothic Rainbow (Vampire Nocturaries #1)
The Gothic Rainbow (Vampire Nocturaries #1) 3.95 avg rating β€” 20 ratings
83.
Three Gothic Novels: The Castle of Otranto; Vathek; Frankenstein
Three Gothic Novels: The Castle of Otranto; Vathek; Frankenstein 3.81 avg rating β€” 458 ratings
83.
Oulanem
Oulanem 4.46 avg rating β€” 24 ratings
83.
The Night of Elisa
The Night of Elisa 4.06 avg rating β€” 126 ratings
83.
Dark Surrender (Passion & Promises #2)
Dark Surrender (Passion & Promises #2) 3.68 avg rating β€” 424 ratings
83.
Tyburn (The Southwark Saga, #1)
Tyburn (The Southwark Saga, #1) 4.07 avg rating β€” 237 ratings
83.
The Shimmering Stones of Winter's Light
The Shimmering Stones of Winter's Light 3.86 avg rating β€” 102 ratings
83.
Reaper: Awakening
Reaper: Awakening 4.30 avg rating β€” 27 ratings
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