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books with gothic elements that have LGBTQIA+ MAIN characters. main traits of a gothic novel include: dark supernatural, horror, Victorian setting, romance, gloomy/decayed setting (e.g. haunted derelict house), curses or prophecies, intense emotions. there is an element of subjectivity about this, of course, so don't worry too much; if you think it fits based on that criteria and other things you know about the gothic genre, go ahead and add it!

i define a "main" character as a character who has substantial chapters from their POV, i.e. over half.

please only add the first book in a series!
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93 books · 64 voters · list created May 20th, 2018 by nemo ☠️ (votes) .
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