105 books
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16 voters
Gothic Horror Books
Showing 1-50 of 7,098
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 447 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,463,899 ratings — published 1897
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 439 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,862,165 ratings — published 1818
Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 253 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.66 — 438,324 ratings — published 2020
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 248 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,855,742 ratings — published 1890
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 243 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.81 — 390,188 ratings — published 1959
Carmilla (Paperback)
by (shelved 234 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.87 — 192,039 ratings — published 1872
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 207 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.83 — 661,080 ratings — published 1886
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 189 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.91 — 292,131 ratings — published 1962
Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 173 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.25 — 714,427 ratings — published 1938
The Turn of the Screw (Paperback)
by (shelved 166 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.38 — 178,882 ratings — published 1898
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 152 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 646,663 ratings — published 1976
The Phantom of the Opera (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 123 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.96 — 275,423 ratings — published 1910
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
by (shelved 121 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.85 — 135,686 ratings — published 2022
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 120 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,023,730 ratings — published 1847
The Castle of Otranto (Paperback)
by (shelved 120 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.19 — 42,188 ratings — published 1764
The Monk (Paperback)
by (shelved 108 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.86 — 33,396 ratings — published 1796
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Paperback)
by (shelved 99 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.77 — 154,378 ratings — published 1820
The Woman in Black (Paperback)
by (shelved 96 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.75 — 81,592 ratings — published 1983
The Hacienda (Hardcover)
by (shelved 95 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.84 — 57,580 ratings — published 2022
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 93 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,307,314 ratings — published 1847
The Silent Companions (Paperback)
by (shelved 91 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.87 — 43,777 ratings — published 2017
A Dowry of Blood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 80 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.93 — 101,824 ratings — published 2021
The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.07 — 353,837 ratings — published 1892
The Woman in White (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.01 — 165,511 ratings — published 1859
The Mysteries of Udolpho (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.43 — 17,086 ratings — published 1794
Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 778,059 ratings — published 2002
The Fall of the House of Usher (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.85 — 87,888 ratings — published 1839
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
by (shelved 66 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.85 — 236,902 ratings — published 1979
The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2)
by (shelved 66 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.11 — 216,000 ratings — published 1985
The Tell-Tale Heart (Library Binding)
by (shelved 65 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.24 — 122,739 ratings — published 1843
The Historian (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 63 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.80 — 276,028 ratings — published 2005
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 63 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,693,472 ratings — published 1977
Starling House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.78 — 158,936 ratings — published 2023
The Complete Stories and Poems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.40 — 295,024 ratings — published 1849
The Death of Jane Lawrence (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.20 — 22,476 ratings — published 2021
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.90 — 64,911 ratings — published 1979
House of Hunger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.63 — 23,675 ratings — published 2022
Northanger Abbey (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.85 — 450,714 ratings — published 1817
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.91 — 143,927 ratings — published 1886
The Call of Cthulhu (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 50 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 117,650 ratings — published 1928
The Queen of the Damned (The Vampire Chronicles, #3)
by (shelved 48 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.93 — 161,401 ratings — published 1988
The Raven (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.29 — 169,013 ratings — published 1845
Juniper & Thorn (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.63 — 28,445 ratings — published 2022
Hungerstone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.94 — 25,483 ratings — published 2025
Vampires of El Norte (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.88 — 41,432 ratings — published 2023
House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.09 — 198,551 ratings — published 2000
Blood on Her Tongue (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.79 — 14,377 ratings — published 2025
My Darling Dreadful Thing (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.85 — 17,697 ratings — published 2024
What Feasts at Night (Sworn Soldier, #2)
by (shelved 43 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 3.79 — 41,627 ratings — published 2024
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as gothic-horror)
avg rating 4.04 — 548,181 ratings — published 1985
“All spirits come out at night, they like the dark, they hide in the shadows.”
― Garden Of Shadows
― Garden Of Shadows
“Must beauty blossom, rooted in decay,
And night devour its flaming hues alway?”
― The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies
And night devour its flaming hues alway?”
― The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies












