Gothic Books
Gothic novels cultivate dread and decay through haunted architecture, secret pasts, and heroines pressed in on all sides. Whether set in crumbling manors, foggy moors, or cursed cities, these stories pair atmospheric menace with deep romantic and psychological tension.
58 books

Annabel

Young Adult
Belladonna

Horror
Carmilla

Horror
Dracula

Romance
Fallen

Non-Fiction
Frankenstein

Horror
Interview with the Vampire

Romance
Jane Eyre

Literary Fiction
Jane Eyre

Melmoth the Wanderer

Horror
Mexican Gothic

Romance
My Cousin Rachel

Horror
Naomi's Room

Horror
Pet Sematary

Horror
Power

Mystery
Rebecca

Rosemary's Baby

Horror
Salem's Lot

Salt Houses

Thriller
Shiver

Starling House

The Bloody Chamber

The Castle of Otranto

Non-Fiction
The Changeling

Horror
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

Horror
The Fall

Horror
The Grip of It

Horror
The Haunting of Hill House

Horror
The Historian

Fantasy
The Hollow Places

Horror
The Hours

Fantasy
The House with a Clock in Its Walls

Non-Fiction
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

Literary Fiction
The Last House on Needless Street

Horror
The Little Stranger

Horror
The Little Stranger

The Monk

The Mysteries of Udolpho

Thriller
The Only One Left

Horror
The Phantom of the Opera

Literary Fiction
The Picture of Dorian Gray

Horror
The Power

Literary Fiction
The Shadow of the Wind

Fantasy
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Historical Fiction
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Horror
The Sundial

The Thirteenth Tale

Thriller
The Turn of the Key

Romance
The Turn of the Screw

Literary Fiction
The Wasp Factory

Thriller
The Wife Upstairs

Horror
The Woman in Black

Mystery
The Woman in White

Horror
Wanderers

Horror
We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Mystery
We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Horror
What Moves the Dead

Literary Fiction