Best Gothic Fiction

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Original list based on "gothic fiction" tag. Recommend your favorites; vote down the bad ones.
5
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
47,238 members
749 reviews
4
11 Members
Nickelini, .Monkey., rainpebble, roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, leigonj, alex68, ahef1963, raperper, ManWithAnAgenda
8
The Woman in White
by Wilkie Collins
14,574 members
374 reviews
4
11 Members
acenturyofsleep, melonbrawl, rainpebble, roby72, merrystar, sturlington, souloftherose, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
10
The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield
18,365 members
932 reviews
4
8 Members
lahochstetler, Nickelini, acenturyofsleep, rainpebble, sturlington, souloftherose, ahef1963, kara.shamy
11
The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson
12,870 members
518 reviews
3.9
10 Members
jain, Nickelini, .Monkey., rainpebble, sturlington, andomck, alex68, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
12
The Yellow Wallpaper [short story]
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
3,973 members
167 reviews
4.1
9 Members
Nickelini, .Monkey., rainpebble, sturlington, andomck, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, kaiacat, FreyaEinde
13
Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen
25,039 members
463 reviews
3.8
8 Members
Nickelini, acenturyofsleep, roby72, merrystar, sturlington, souloftherose, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
sturlington: Satire on the gothic novel.
14
The Turn of the Screw
by Henry James
9,447 members
296 reviews
½ 3.4
9 Members
Nickelini, acenturyofsleep, rainpebble, roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
15
The Castle of Otranto
by Horace Walpole
4,340 members
143 reviews
3.1
8 Members
SqueakyChu, .Monkey., acenturyofsleep, roby72, souloftherose, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963,Nickelini
16
The House of Seven Gables
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
9,651 members
118 reviews
½ 3.5
7 Members
lahochstetler, rainpebble, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
17
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
21,775 members
334 reviews
4.2
7 Members
KimarieBee, Nickelini, roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963
18
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
by Shirley Jackson
10,369 members
504 reviews
4.1
6 Members
jain, lahochstetler, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, FreyaEinde
19
Her Fearful Symmetry
by Audrey Niffenegger
7,459 members
475 reviews
½ 3.4
6 Members
lahochstetler, KimarieBee, acenturyofsleep, melonbrawl, rainpebble, sturlington,souloftherose
20
The Little Stranger
by Sarah Waters
5,640 members
357 reviews
½ 3.6
6 Members
rainpebble, sturlington, souloftherose, electrice, ahef1963, kara.shamy
21
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
26,609 members
447 reviews
3.9
7 Members
rainpebble, roby72, sturlington, alex68, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
22
The Mysteries of Udolpho
by Ann Radcliffe
3,305 members
66 reviews
½ 3.3
6 Members
acenturyofsleep, roby72, souloftherose, thecoroner, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
23
The Shining
by Stephen King
27,413 members
530 reviews
4.1
6 Members
.Monkey., rainpebble, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, Booknormous
24
The Phantom of the Opera
by Gaston Leroux
15,582 members
228 reviews
3.8
6 Members
rainpebble, roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, Booknormous
25
The Tell-Tale Heart [short story]
by Edgar Allan Poe
1,132 members
40 reviews
4.1
5 Members
rainpebble, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Booknormous, illusivkd8,sturlington
26
The Vampyre
by John William Polidori
766 members
34 reviews
3.1
5 Members
.Monkey., roby72, sturlington, jasmaynard, thecoroner
27
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
29,478 members
599 reviews
4.1
5 Members
rainpebble, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham
28
The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle
17,917 members
341 reviews
3.9
5 Members
rainpebble, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
29
The Moonstone
by Wilkie Collins
12,087 members
273 reviews
4
5 Members
rainpebble, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
30
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
by Patrick Süskind
20,332 members
497 reviews
3.9
4 Members
KimarieBee, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham
31
The Monk
by Matthew Lewis
5,070 members
103 reviews
3.8
4 Members
SqueakyChu, acenturyofsleep, sturlington, souloftherose
32
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow [short story]
by Washington Irving
5,051 members
144 reviews
½ 3.6
4 Members
rainpebble, sturlington, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
33
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
by Flannery O'Connor
4,718 members
110 reviews
4.1
4 Members
rainpebble, sturlington, andomck, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
sturlington: Southern gothic
34
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
by Angela Carter
6,443 members
163 reviews
4
4 Members
roby72, sturlington, andomck, alex68
35
The Fall of the House of Usher [short story]
by Edgar Allan Poe
1,330 members
47 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
rainpebble, ahef1963, Booknormous, illusivkd8,sturlington
36
The Other
by Thomas Tryon
1,567 members
35 reviews
3.9
4 Members
rainpebble, sturlington, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
37
Other Voices, Other Rooms
by Truman Capote
2,864 members
56 reviews
3.8
4 Members
rainpebble, roby72, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
sturlington: Southern gothic.
38
Jamaica Inn
by Daphne Du Maurier
4,365 members
129 reviews
3.8
4 Members
rainpebble, roby72, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham
39
Flowers in the Attic
by V. C. Andrews
7,279 members
213 reviews
½ 3.5
5 Members
rainpebble, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, Booknormous,Nickelini
40
The Little Friend
by Donna Tartt
8,082 members
171 reviews
½ 3.4
3 Members
rainpebble, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
42
The Haunted Looking Glass: Ghost Stories Chosen by Edward Gorey
by Edward Gorey
751 members
7 reviews
4.2
3 Members
acenturyofsleep, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
43
Amphigorey
by Edward Gorey
2,949 members
41 reviews
½ 4.4
3 Members
acenturyofsleep, merrystar, sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: satirical; art and poetry
44
The Italian
by Ann Radcliffe
1,412 members
17 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
.Monkey., acenturyofsleep, souloftherose
45
The Keep
by Jennifer Egan
2,152 members
98 reviews
½ 3.4
3 Members
rainpebble, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
46
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
by Victor Hugo
16,412 members
207 reviews
3.9
4 Members
rainpebble, roby72, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda,souloftherose
47
A Hero of Our Time
by Michail Jurjevič Lermontov
4,229 members
70 reviews
3.9
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68
48
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa
by Jan Potocki
1,766 members
34 reviews
4.1
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68
49
Bleak House
by Charles Dickens
15,378 members
273 reviews
4.2
5 Members
rainpebble, roby72, merrystar, alex68, ahef1963, ,souloftherose
50
Behind a Mask: The Unknown Thrillers Of Louisa May Alcott
by Louisa May Alcott
698 members
21 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
aulsmith, rainpebble
51
Dragonwyck
by Anya Seton
933 members
20 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
rainpebble, roby72, alex68
52
Castle of Wolfenbach
by Eliza Parsons
163 members
7 reviews
3.1
2 Members
SqueakyChu, souloftherose
53
The Sundial
by Shirley Jackson
950 members
25 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
54
Carmilla: A Vampyre Tale
by Sheridan Le Fanu
4,798 members
189 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
rainpebble, sturlington, ahef1963
55
Wakenhyrst
by Michelle Paver
659 members
29 reviews
3.8
2 Members
jain, sturlington
56
Absalom, Absalom!
by William Faulkner
8,645 members
115 reviews
4.1
2 Members
rainpebble, sturlington
57
The Pit and the Pendulum [short story]
by Edgar Allan Poe
596 members
13 reviews
3.8
3 Members
rainpebble, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham,sturlington
58
The Loney
by Andrew Michael Hurley
1,024 members
54 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
59
The Stolen Child
by Keith Donohue
2,578 members
132 reviews
3.8
Member
KimarieBee
60
Confessions of an English Opium Eater
by Thomas De Quincey
2,124 members
40 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
roby72, thecoroner
61
The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner
19,545 members
247 reviews
4
2 Members
ahef1963, kara.shamy
62
The Old English Baron: A Gothic Story
by Clara Reeve
235 members
4 reviews
½ 2.5
2 Members
acenturyofsleep, souloftherose
63
The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story
by Susan Hill
4,217 members
254 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
rainpebble, sturlington
64
Nightmare Abbey [and] Crotchet Castle
by Thomas Love Peacock
415 members
2 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
roby72, souloftherose
65
The Island of Doctor Moreau
by H. G. Wells
8,401 members
187 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
rainpebble, sturlington
66
Bellefleur
by Joyce Carol Oates
832 members
14 reviews
3.9
2 Members
rainpebble, roby72
67
American Gothic Tales (William Abrahams)
by Joyce Carol Oates
527 members
5 reviews
3.9
2 Members
rainpebble, sturlington
68
House of Echoes
by Brendan Duffy
302 members
48 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
rainpebble, sturlington
69
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
by Hanns Heinz Ewers
79 members
3.9
2 Members
rainpebble, roby72
70
Interview with the Vampire
by Anne Rice
25,623 members
361 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
71
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
by Carson McCullers
11,983 members
272 reviews
4
2 Members
rainpebble, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
72
Collected Ghost Stories
by M. R. James
2,584 members
45 reviews
4.2
Member
sturlington
73
Malombra
by Antonio Fogazzaro
190 members
4 reviews
3.9
Member
alex68
74
The Quick
by Lauren Owen
1,119 members
132 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
kara.shamy
75
Asylum
by Patrick McGrath
1,658 members
40 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
76
The Witching Hour
by Anne Rice
10,510 members
131 reviews
4
Member
Nickelini
77
Melmoth the Wanderer
by Charles Maturin
1,855 members
35 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
acenturyofsleep
78
The Black Cat [short story]
by Edgar Allan Poe
650 members
37 reviews
3.8
2 Members
rainpebble, ahef1963,sturlington
79
Wieland; and, Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist
by Charles Brockden Brown
876 members
11 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
roby72
80
The Fiery Angel
by Valery Bryusov
160 members
6 reviews
4.2
Member
roby72
81
The Black Monk
by Anton Chekhov
167 members
8 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
roby72
82
A Bloodsmoor Romance
by Joyce Carol Oates
318 members
6 reviews
3.9
Member
roby72
83
My Heart Laid Bare
by Joyce Carol Oates
404 members
5 reviews
3.8
Member
roby72
84
Maldoror and Poems
by Comte de Lautréamont
441 members
5 reviews
3.9
Member
roby72
85
Mysteries of Winterthurn
by Joyce Carol Oates
369 members
9 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
roby72
86
Justine
by Marquis de Sade
2,339 members
44 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
roby72
87
Gli elisir del diavolo
by E. T. A. Hoffmann
756 members
10 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
roby72
88
The Necromancer
by Karl Friedrich Kahlert
126 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
roby72
89
The Cherry Robbers
by Sarai Walker
328 members
17 reviews
4
Member
sturlington
90
A Haunting on the Hill
by Elizabeth Hand
579 members
22 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
91
Coraline
by Neil Gaiman
23,116 members
755 reviews
4
3 Members
Nickelini, sturlington, ahef1963,.Monkey. ,ManWithAnAgenda
92
The Shape of Darkness
by Laura Purcell
234 members
14 reviews
3.8
Member
sturlington
93
Cold Moon Over Babylon
by Michael McDowell
399 members
15 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
94
Ghost Story
by Peter Straub
4,406 members
117 reviews
3.8
Member
sturlington
95
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
43,926 members
479 reviews
3.9
5 Members
rainpebble, roby72, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ,merrystar ,sturlington ,souloftherose ,electrice
96
The Bad Beginning
by Lemony Snicket
25,277 members
526 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
Nickelini, ahef1963,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
sturlington : More of a satire
97
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
28,481 members
273 reviews
3.8
3 Members
rainpebble, roby72, ahef1963, ,sturlington ,souloftherose
98
The Princess Bride
by William Goldman
29,344 members
601 reviews
½ 4.3
4 Members
Nickelini, rainpebble, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ,jain ,sturlington ,souloftherose
99
The Oval Portrait
by Edgar Allan Poe
116 members
13 reviews
½ 3.4
100
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar [short story]
by Edgar Allan Poe
105 members
6 reviews
½ 3.6