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Frankenstein (Paperback)
by (shelved 5835 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.92 — 2,005,136 ratings — published 1818
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 5228 times as gothic)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,543,251 ratings — published 1897
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 4997 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,296,042 ratings — published 1847
Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4637 times as gothic)
avg rating 4.25 — 766,942 ratings — published 1938
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 4359 times as gothic)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,416,282 ratings — published 1847
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 4193 times as gothic)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,006,189 ratings — published 1890
Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3678 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.66 — 467,633 ratings — published 2020
Carmilla (Paperback)
by (shelved 3577 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.86 — 228,960 ratings — published 1872
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 3576 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.90 — 319,648 ratings — published 1962
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 3026 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.81 — 425,095 ratings — published 1959
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2544 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.83 — 698,730 ratings — published 1886
The Turn of the Screw (Paperback)
by (shelved 2241 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.38 — 188,242 ratings — published 1898
The Castle of Otranto (Paperback)
by (shelved 2161 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.19 — 45,771 ratings — published 1764
The Phantom of the Opera (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2014 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.96 — 289,699 ratings — published 1910
Northanger Abbey (Paperback)
by (shelved 1916 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.85 — 472,232 ratings — published 1817
The Monk (Paperback)
by (shelved 1802 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.87 — 36,459 ratings — published 1796
The Woman in White (Paperback)
by (shelved 1762 times as gothic)
avg rating 4.02 — 171,548 ratings — published 1859
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 1688 times as gothic)
avg rating 4.02 — 670,995 ratings — published 1976
The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 1667 times as gothic)
avg rating 4.06 — 387,873 ratings — published 1892
One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)
by (shelved 1665 times as gothic)
avg rating 4.25 — 771,055 ratings — published 2022
The Thirteenth Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1665 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.98 — 331,218 ratings — published 2006
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
by (shelved 1473 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.83 — 160,363 ratings — published 2022
Starling House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1438 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.77 — 181,390 ratings — published 2023
The Mysteries of Udolpho (Paperback)
by (shelved 1403 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.43 — 17,916 ratings — published 1794
A Dowry of Blood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1325 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.91 — 112,167 ratings — published 2021
The Woman in Black (Paperback)
by (shelved 1268 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.76 — 86,196 ratings — published 1983
The Silent Companions (Paperback)
by (shelved 1243 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.86 — 49,676 ratings — published 2017
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 1239 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.89 — 67,594 ratings — published 1979
Belladonna (Belladonna, #1)
by (shelved 1232 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.93 — 191,613 ratings — published 2022
The Hacienda (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1174 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.84 — 63,678 ratings — published 2022
The Fall of the House of Usher (Paperback)
by (shelved 1041 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.84 — 93,759 ratings — published 1839
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
by (shelved 983 times as gothic)
avg rating 4.31 — 753,440 ratings — published 2001
My Cousin Rachel (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 979 times as gothic)
avg rating 4.01 — 74,297 ratings — published 1951
Jamaica Inn (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 942 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.90 — 64,231 ratings — published 1936
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Paperback)
by (shelved 886 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.77 — 158,046 ratings — published 1820
The Historian (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 878 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.80 — 281,399 ratings — published 2005
Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2)
by (shelved 855 times as gothic)
avg rating 4.37 — 591,946 ratings — published 2023
The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1)
by (shelved 846 times as gothic)
avg rating 4.22 — 292,673 ratings — published 2025
A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)
by (shelved 843 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.68 — 112,669 ratings — published 2023
The Tell-Tale Heart (Library Binding)
by (shelved 814 times as gothic)
avg rating 4.24 — 131,855 ratings — published 1843
The Little Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 811 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.57 — 61,254 ratings — published 2009
The Complete Stories and Poems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 787 times as gothic)
avg rating 4.40 — 301,191 ratings — published 1849
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride (Hardcover)
by (shelved 784 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.69 — 32,317 ratings — published 2023
Gallant (Hardcover)
by (shelved 771 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.70 — 155,366 ratings — published 2022
Hungerstone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 753 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.89 — 44,932 ratings — published 2025
The Death of Jane Lawrence (Hardcover)
by (shelved 752 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.23 — 24,790 ratings — published 2021
Nocticadia (Nocticadia, #1)
by (shelved 739 times as gothic)
avg rating 4.19 — 213,393 ratings — published 2023
The Raven (Paperback)
by (shelved 731 times as gothic)
avg rating 4.29 — 176,105 ratings — published 1845
House of Hunger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 728 times as gothic)
avg rating 3.63 — 25,783 ratings — published 2022
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Paperback)
by (shelved 696 times as gothic)
avg rating 4.02 — 225,416 ratings — published 1831
“If your dear heart is wounded, my wild heart bleeds with yours.”
― Carmilla
― Carmilla
“Some ghosts are so quiet you would hardly know they were there.”
― The Butterfly Cabinet
― The Butterfly Cabinet
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dark-romanticism, gothic-fiction, gothic-literature, gothic-suspense, and modern-gothic