American Gothic Books

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We Have Always Lived in the Castle We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.91 — 301,962 ratings — published 1962
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Beloved Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.98 — 496,939 ratings — published 1987
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The Haunting of Hill House The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.81 — 402,392 ratings — published 1959
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As I Lay Dying As I Lay Dying (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.72 — 188,951 ratings — published 1930
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The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.44 — 926,421 ratings — published 1850
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The House of the Seven Gables The House of the Seven Gables (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.45 — 43,307 ratings — published 1851
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Wise Blood Wise Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.82 — 38,260 ratings — published 1952
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Child of God (Vintage International) Child of God (Vintage International)
by (shelved 9 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.82 — 56,314 ratings — published 1973
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The Yellow Wall-Paper The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 4.07 — 367,301 ratings — published 1892
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Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 4.15 — 227,037 ratings — published 1985
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.99 — 120,460 ratings — published 1940
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The Fall of the House of Usher The Fall of the House of Usher (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.84 — 90,385 ratings — published 1839
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,954,224 ratings — published 1960
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.77 — 156,009 ratings — published 1820
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The Lottery The Lottery (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 4.04 — 111,705 ratings — published 1948
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Wieland, or, The Transformation (Carwin, #1) Wieland, or, The Transformation (Carwin, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.18 — 2,016 ratings — published 1798
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Absalom, Absalom! Absalom, Absalom! (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.99 — 48,357 ratings — published 1936
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No Country for Old Men No Country for Old Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 4.17 — 254,020 ratings — published 2005
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Other Voices, Other Rooms Other Voices, Other Rooms (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.74 — 17,858 ratings — published 1948
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Moby-Dick or, The Whale Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.57 — 620,940 ratings — published 1851
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The Elementals The Elementals (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.98 — 23,496 ratings — published 1981
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In Cold Blood In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 4.09 — 737,278 ratings — published 1966
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.92 — 297,741 ratings — published 1994
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American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1) American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 4.10 — 994,652 ratings — published 2001
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The Lottery and Other Stories The Lottery and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 4.01 — 85,125 ratings — published 1949
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The Sundial The Sundial (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.79 — 8,371 ratings — published 1958
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Light in August Light in August (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.94 — 67,127 ratings — published 1932
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Young Goodman Brown Young Goodman Brown (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.64 — 16,625 ratings — published 1835
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The Road The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,051,478 ratings — published 2006
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The Complete Stories The Complete Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 4.38 — 41,008 ratings — published 1971
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The Only Good Indians (The Only Good Indians, #1) The Only Good Indians (The Only Good Indians, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.68 — 117,760 ratings — published 2020
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 4.16 — 50,123 ratings — published 1955
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A Streetcar Named Desire A Streetcar Named Desire (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.98 — 336,705 ratings — published 1947
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Outer Dark Outer Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.89 — 26,300 ratings — published 1968
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All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1) All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 4.06 — 149,109 ratings — published 1992
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The Virgin Suicides The Virgin Suicides (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.78 — 420,484 ratings — published 1993
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The Turn of the Screw The Turn of the Screw (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.38 — 182,416 ratings — published 1898
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The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 4.13 — 307,188 ratings — published 1970
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La riada (Blackwater, #1) La riada (Blackwater, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.69 — 84,464 ratings — published 1983
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Beasts Beasts (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.63 — 5,421 ratings — published 2001
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’Salem’s Lot ’Salem’s Lot (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 4.10 — 667,499 ratings — published 1975
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Ghost Story Ghost Story (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.92 — 83,605 ratings — published 1979
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The Sound and the Fury The Sound and the Fury (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.86 — 197,519 ratings — published 1929
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The Gospel Singer The Gospel Singer (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,054 ratings — published 1968
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Sula Sula (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 4.06 — 127,171 ratings — published 1973
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The Violent Bear It Away The Violent Bear It Away (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 4.07 — 15,713 ratings — published 1960
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Dark Places Dark Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.94 — 847,418 ratings — published 2009
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Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1) Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 4.02 — 655,574 ratings — published 1976
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Something Wicked This Way Comes Something Wicked This Way Comes (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 3.89 — 155,473 ratings — published 1962
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The Cask of Amontillado The Cask of Amontillado (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as american-gothic)
avg rating 4.07 — 88,991 ratings — published 1846
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Charles Brockden Brown
“I found it necessary to change my posture, in order to preserve my blood from congealing.”
Charles Brockden Brown

A.D. Aliwat
“Them, graves, the city in late-August haze: a twenty-first-century American Gothic.”
A.D. Aliwat, In Limbo

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