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Frankenstein (Paperback)
by (shelved 205 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,024,071 ratings — published 1818
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 176 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,561,463 ratings — published 1897
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 162 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,309,874 ratings — published 1847
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 133 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,427,883 ratings — published 1847
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 133 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,023,338 ratings — published 1890
Carmilla (Paperback)
by (shelved 130 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.86 — 236,434 ratings — published 1872
Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 122 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 4.25 — 775,512 ratings — published 1938
The Castle of Otranto (Paperback)
by (shelved 117 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.19 — 46,465 ratings — published 1764
The Monk (Paperback)
by (shelved 95 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.87 — 37,040 ratings — published 1796
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 94 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.80 — 435,680 ratings — published 1959
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.83 — 705,596 ratings — published 1886
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.90 — 326,644 ratings — published 1962
The Turn of the Screw (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.38 — 190,164 ratings — published 1898
Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.66 — 473,551 ratings — published 2020
The Mysteries of Udolpho (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.43 — 18,043 ratings — published 1794
The Phantom of the Opera (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.96 — 291,736 ratings — published 1910
The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 4.06 — 391,567 ratings — published 1892
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 56 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 4.02 — 674,591 ratings — published 1976
Northanger Abbey (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.85 — 474,593 ratings — published 1817
The Woman in White (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 4.02 — 172,327 ratings — published 1859
The Fall of the House of Usher (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.84 — 94,968 ratings — published 1839
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.77 — 160,014 ratings — published 1820
The Tell-Tale Heart (Library Binding)
by (shelved 35 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 4.24 — 133,157 ratings — published 1843
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.90 — 152,733 ratings — published 1886
The Vampyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.33 — 19,012 ratings — published 1819
The Italian (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.53 — 6,460 ratings — published 1796
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.89 — 68,046 ratings — published 1979
The Woman in Black (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.76 — 87,579 ratings — published 1983
Melmoth the Wanderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.72 — 5,867 ratings — published 1820
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 4.02 — 226,340 ratings — published 1831
Zofloya (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.61 — 3,030 ratings — published 1806
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.83 — 164,832 ratings — published 2022
The Thirteenth Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.98 — 331,983 ratings — published 2006
The Complete Stories and Poems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 4.40 — 302,001 ratings — published 1849
The Raven (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 4.29 — 177,032 ratings — published 1845
Vathek (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.22 — 7,758 ratings — published 1786
A Dowry of Blood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.91 — 113,854 ratings — published 2021
My Cousin Rachel (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 22 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 4.02 — 75,202 ratings — published 1951
Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.99 — 518,289 ratings — published 1987
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 4.04 — 590,675 ratings — published 1985
The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2)
by (shelved 20 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 4.12 — 224,227 ratings — published 1985
A Sicilian Romance (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.38 — 5,181 ratings — published 1790
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.67 — 10,371 ratings — published 1824
The Silent Companions (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.86 — 50,872 ratings — published 2017
Uncle Silas (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.74 — 7,515 ratings — published 1864
The Romance of the Forest (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.52 — 3,338 ratings — published 1791
Jamaica Inn (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 18 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.90 — 64,964 ratings — published 1936
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 4.04 — 139,489 ratings — published 1848
Hungerstone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.89 — 47,408 ratings — published 2025
House of Hunger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as gothic-lit)
avg rating 3.63 — 26,135 ratings — published 2022