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Gothic Literature Books
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 239 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.89 � 1,744,541 ratings � published 1818
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 201 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 4.02 � 1,395,101 ratings � published 1897
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 157 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 4.13 � 1,745,327 ratings � published 1890
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 152 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 4.15 � 2,233,629 ratings � published 1847
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 140 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.90 � 1,935,528 ratings � published 1847
Carmilla (Paperback)
by (shelved 129 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.87 � 157,565 ratings � published 1872
The Castle of Otranto (Paperback)
by (shelved 127 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.19 � 39,180 ratings � published 1764
Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 126 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 4.25 � 685,565 ratings � published 1938
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.83 � 633,467 ratings � published 1886
The Monk (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.84 � 31,277 ratings � published 1796
The Phantom of the Opera (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.96 � 264,426 ratings � published 1910
The Turn of the Screw (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.38 � 170,354 ratings � published 1898
The Woman in White (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 4.01 � 161,443 ratings � published 1859
Northanger Abbey (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.85 � 433,281 ratings � published 1817
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.82 � 355,920 ratings � published 1959
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.92 � 267,420 ratings � published 1962
The Mysteries of Udolpho (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.42 � 16,420 ratings � published 1794
Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.67 � 408,710 ratings � published 2020
The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 4.08 � 330,015 ratings � published 1892
The Italian (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.53 � 5,950 ratings � published 1796
The Woman in Black (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.75 � 76,862 ratings � published 1983
The Raven (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 4.29 � 161,049 ratings � published 1845
The Complete Stories and Poems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 4.40 � 289,376 ratings � published 1849
The Tell-Tale Heart (Library Binding)
by (shelved 37 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 4.24 � 114,685 ratings � published 1843
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.91 � 62,357 ratings � published 1979
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.78 � 147,450 ratings � published 1820
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 4.02 � 627,959 ratings � published 1976
The Fall of the House of Usher (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.86 � 82,113 ratings � published 1839
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 4.02 � 211,263 ratings � published 1831
Uncle Silas (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.74 � 6,949 ratings � published 1864
My Cousin Rachel (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 30 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 4.00 � 65,171 ratings � published 1951
Melmoth the Wanderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.74 � 5,403 ratings � published 1820
Vathek (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.24 � 7,029 ratings � published 1786
Gothic Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.80 � 3,015 ratings � published 2000
The Vampyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.31 � 14,447 ratings � published 1819
The House of the Seven Gables (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.45 � 41,784 ratings � published 1851
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 4.02 � 124,718 ratings � published 1848
The Cask of Amontillado (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 4.08 � 85,029 ratings � published 1846
The Thirteenth Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.98 � 321,724 ratings � published 2006
The Masque of the Red Death (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 4.06 � 44,183 ratings � published 1842
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.92 � 137,244 ratings � published 1886
In a Glass Darkly (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.84 � 5,779 ratings � published 1872
The Black Cat (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 4.03 � 53,405 ratings � published 1843
Jamaica Inn (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 20 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.90 � 55,995 ratings � published 1936
The Romance of the Forest (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.50 � 2,977 ratings � published 1791
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.68 � 9,453 ratings � published 1824
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.86 � 111,472 ratings � published 2022
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 4.04 � 521,072 ratings � published 1985
The Moonstone (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 3.91 � 96,654 ratings � published 1868
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as gothic-literature)
avg rating 4.17 � 74,462 ratings � published 1960
“The castle is situated at the terminus of a long and upward-winding mountain road. It presents a somewhat forbidding aspect to the world, for there is little about it to suggest gaiety or warmth or any of those qualities that might assure a wayfarer of welcome. Rather, this vast edifice of stone exudes an austerity, cold and repellent, a hint of ancient mysteries long buried, an effluvium of medieval dankness and decay. At night, and most particularly on nights when the moon is slim or cloud-enshrouded, it is a heavy blot upon the horizon, a shadow only, without feature save for its many-turreted outline; and should the moon be temporarily released from her cloudy confinement, her fugitive rays lend scant comfort, for they but serve to throw the castle into sudden, startling chiaroscuro, its windows fleetingly assuming the appearance of sightless though all-seeing orbs, its portcullis becoming for an instant a gaping mouth, its entire form striking the physical and the mental eye as would the sight of a giant skull.”
― Haunted Castles: The Complete Gothic Stories
― Haunted Castles: The Complete Gothic Stories
“The air is thick, the stone is cold,
These chains are rust, these years are old.
Darkness lingers, gnaws, decays,
A hollow tomb in endless days.”
― Gothic Poems to Love & Liberty: A Collection of Poems on Myths & Broken Hearts
These chains are rust, these years are old.
Darkness lingers, gnaws, decays,
A hollow tomb in endless days.”
― Gothic Poems to Love & Liberty: A Collection of Poems on Myths & Broken Hearts
