2026 Reading Challenge
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Neovictorian


Neovictorian Books

The Essex Serpent
The Silent Companions
The Crimson Petal and the White
Silent in the Grave (Lady Julia Grey, #1)
The Companion (Lizzie Martin, #1)
The Glass of Time (The Meaning of Night, #2)
The Observations
The Iron Duke (Iron Seas, #1)
Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1)
The Butcher's Daughter: The Hitherto Untold Story of Mrs. Lovett
Hungerstone
Victorian Psycho
House of Hunger
Lucy Undying
A Rip Through Time (A Rip Through Time, #1)
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A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba BrayStalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri ManiscalcoJus Breathe by B. Lynn CarterThe Madman's Daughter by Megan ShepherdThis Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel
YA Gothic Historical Fiction
72 books — 63 voters
Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert BeattyUncle Montague's Tales of Terror by Chris PriestleyThe Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan AikenTales of Terror from the Black Ship by Chris PriestleyTales of Terror from the Tunnel's Mouth by Chris Priestley
Middle Grade Victorian Gothic Fiction
47 books — 32 voters

Fingersmith by Sarah WatersThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsDracula by Bram StokerAlias Grace by Margaret AtwoodThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Victorian Asylums
60 books — 76 voters
Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror by Chris PriestleyTales of Terror from the Black Ship by Chris PriestleyTales of Terror from the Tunnel's Mouth by Chris PriestleyThe Ghost of Crutchfield Hall by Mary Downing HahnA Drowned Maiden's Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz
Middle Grade Historical Ghost Fiction
36 books — 17 voters

Soulless by Gail CarrigerKiss of Steel by Bec McMasterMission by Bec McMasterPrudence by Gail CarrigerPoison or Protect by Gail Carriger
M/F Steampunk Romance Books
71 books — 18 voters
The Séance by John HarwoodAffinity by Sarah WatersThings Half in Shadow by Alan FinnThe House of Velvet and Glass by Katherine HoweThe Diviners by Libba Bray
Victorian Spiritualism Fiction
132 books — 79 voters