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Dracula Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,496,804 ratings — published 1897
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,929,390 ratings — published 1818
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The Graveyard Book The Graveyard Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.15 — 567,701 ratings — published 2008
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.91 — 302,258 ratings — published 1962
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.06 — 242,652 ratings — published 2003
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.22 — 109,929 ratings — published 2014
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The Complete Stories and Poems The Complete Stories and Poems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.40 — 297,642 ratings — published 1849
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Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1) Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.02 — 655,814 ratings — published 1976
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From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.30 — 47,226 ratings — published 2017
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The Haunting of Hill House The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.81 — 402,784 ratings — published 1959
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.83 — 674,655 ratings — published 1886
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Tender Is the Flesh Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.77 — 421,069 ratings — published 2017
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Coraline Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.13 — 788,976 ratings — published 2002
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.04 — 563,550 ratings — published 1985
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,915,840 ratings — published 1890
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It It (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,285,458 ratings — published 1986
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The Stand The Stand (Audiobook)
by (shelved 11 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.35 — 843,183 ratings — published 1978
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The Gashlycrumb Tinies (The Vinegar Works, #1) The Gashlycrumb Tinies (The Vinegar Works, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.08 — 83,957 ratings — published 1963
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The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 244,942 ratings — published 1843
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Carmilla Carmilla (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.87 — 207,718 ratings — published 1872
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The Cask of Amontillado The Cask of Amontillado (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.07 — 89,027 ratings — published 1846
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Carrie Carrie (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.99 — 857,328 ratings — published 1974
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The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1) The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.91 — 669,074 ratings — published 1982
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Something Wicked This Way Comes Something Wicked This Way Comes (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.89 — 155,562 ratings — published 1962
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All the Living and the Dead All the Living and the Dead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.25 — 12,787 ratings — published 2022
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Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And Other Questions About Dead Bodies Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And Other Questions About Dead Bodies (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.12 — 48,350 ratings — published 2019
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Johannes Cabal the Necromancer (Johannes Cabal, #1) Johannes Cabal the Necromancer (Johannes Cabal, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.92 — 22,156 ratings — published 2009
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’Salem’s Lot ’Salem’s Lot (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.10 — 667,796 ratings — published 1975
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American Psycho American Psycho (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 368,253 ratings — published 1991
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, #1) Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.32 — 142,538 ratings — published 2009
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,233,374 ratings — published 1954
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What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1) What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.84 — 146,219 ratings — published 2022
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The Tell-Tale Heart The Tell-Tale Heart (Library Binding)
by (shelved 8 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.24 — 126,733 ratings — published 1843
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The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.11 — 43,282 ratings — published 1997
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The Turn of the Screw The Turn of the Screw (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.38 — 182,555 ratings — published 1898
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Pet Sematary Pet Sematary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.09 — 709,437 ratings — published 1983
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The Call of Cthulhu The Call of Cthulhu (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.01 — 120,345 ratings — published 1928
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In Cold Blood In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.09 — 737,727 ratings — published 1966
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Mexican Gothic Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.66 — 449,273 ratings — published 2020
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At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.25 — 24,917 ratings — published 1981
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.00 — 766,154 ratings — published 2003
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The Silence of the Lambs  (Hannibal Lecter, #2) The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.26 — 592,085 ratings — published 1988
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The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.17 — 75,001 ratings — published 1960
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1) Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,364,419 ratings — published 2011
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Cujo Cujo (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.80 — 325,051 ratings — published 1981
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The Shining (The Shining, #1) The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,726,538 ratings — published 1977
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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.02 — 571,178 ratings — published 2006
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The Wasp Factory The Wasp Factory (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.76 — 111,404 ratings — published 1984
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Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as macabre)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,189,819 ratings — published 1847
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The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as macabre)
avg rating 4.23 — 222,066 ratings — published 1812
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Gothic Revival by Michael MullinGothic Poems to Love & Liberty by Mason CarterThe Flowers of Evil by Charles BaudelaireLegendary Tales by William Henry TalbotSeason of the Sorceress by Melody  Lee
Gothic Poetry
27 books — 7 voters
My Eyes Are Black Holes by Logan Ryan SmithThat Which Destroys Me by Kimber S. DawnEnjoy Me by Logan Ryan SmithAltered Selves by Christopher HawkeBat Blood by Richard Myerscough
Deepest Darkest Reads
45 books — 30 voters

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Oscar Wilde
“But we never get back our youth… The pulse of joy that beats in us at twenty becomes sluggish. Our limbs fail, our senses rot. We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we were too much afraid, and the exquisite temptations that we had not the courage to yield to.”
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

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