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Best Gothic Fiction

Description: Original list based on "gothic fiction" tag. Recommend your favorites; vote down the bad ones.
Members: 29 participating members
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Rank Title Author Added

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32,557 members

579 reviews

4

14 Members: SqueakyChu, Nickelini, .Monkey., guyalice, rainpebble, sturlington, souloftherose, andomck, leigonj, electrice, raperper, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda, Booknormous

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Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

48,604 members

661 reviews

3.9

13 Members: jain, Nickelini, .Monkey., rainpebble, roby72, sturlington, souloftherose, thecoroner, alex68, electrice, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Charlotte Brontë

55,625 members

882 reviews

4.2

13 Members: Nickelini, .Monkey., guyalice, rainpebble, roby72, sturlington, souloftherose, thecoroner, alex68, electrice, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

16,330 members

304 reviews

½ 3.7

13 Members: Nickelini, .Monkey., guyalice, rainpebble, roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, leigonj, alex68, electrice, ahef1963, raperper, ManWithAnAgenda

5

The Picture of Dorian Gray

37,016 members

604 reviews

4

11 Members: Nickelini, .Monkey., rainpebble, roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, leigonj, alex68, ahef1963, raperper, ManWithAnAgenda

6

by Mary Shelley

39,305 members

673 reviews

3.8

13 Members: Nickelini, guyalice, rainpebble, roby72, sturlington, souloftherose, thecoroner, andomck, alex68, electrice, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Daphne Du Maurier

19,349 members

576 reviews

4.2

12 Members: Nickelini, guyalice, rainpebble, roby72, sturlington, souloftherose, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins

12,198 members

328 reviews

4.1

11 Members: guyalice, melonbrawl, rainpebble, roby72, merrystar, sturlington, souloftherose, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

9

Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

by Edgar Allan Poe

11,333 members

73 reviews

½ 4.4

9 Members: .Monkey., guyalice, rainpebble, roby72, sturlington, jasmaynard, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

10

The Thirteenth Tale

by Diane Setterfield

16,600 members

896 reviews

4

8 Members: lahochstetler, Nickelini, guyalice, rainpebble, sturlington, souloftherose, ahef1963, kara.shamy

11

The Haunting of Hill House

by Shirley Jackson

8,664 members

407 reviews

3.9

10 Members: jain, Nickelini, .Monkey., rainpebble, sturlington, andomck, alex68, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda

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Northanger Abbey

20,358 members

405 reviews

3.8

8 Members: Nickelini, guyalice, roby72, merrystar, sturlington, souloftherose, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: sturlington: Satire on the gothic novel.

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The Turn of the Screw

7,612 members

238 reviews

½ 3.4

9 Members: Nickelini, guyalice, rainpebble, roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

14

The Yellow Wallpaper [short fiction]

by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

2,942 members

134 reviews

4.1

8 Members: Nickelini, .Monkey., rainpebble, sturlington, andomck, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, kaiacat

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The Castle of Otranto

by Horace Walpole

3,475 members

120 reviews

3.1

8 Members: SqueakyChu, .Monkey., guyalice, roby72, souloftherose, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963,Nickelini

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The House of the Seven Gables

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

8,174 members

114 reviews

½ 3.5

7 Members: lahochstetler, rainpebble, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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Her Fearful Symmetry

by Audrey Niffenegger

6,806 members

462 reviews

½ 3.4

6 Members: lahochstetler, KimarieBee, guyalice, melonbrawl, rainpebble, sturlington,souloftherose

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The Little Stranger

by Sarah Waters

4,917 members

337 reviews

½ 3.6

6 Members: rainpebble, sturlington, souloftherose, electrice, ahef1963, kara.shamy

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The Name of the Rose

18,828 members

296 reviews

4.2

6 Members: KimarieBee, Nickelini, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963

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by Toni Morrison

21,574 members

396 reviews

3.9

7 Members: rainpebble, roby72, sturlington, alex68, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda

21

The Mysteries of Udolpho

by Ann Radcliffe

2,775 members

60 reviews

½ 3.4

6 Members: guyalice, roby72, souloftherose, thecoroner, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Stephen King

21,696 members

434 reviews

4.1

6 Members: .Monkey., rainpebble, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, Booknormous

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The Phantom of the Opera

by Gaston Leroux

11,983 members

194 reviews

3.8

6 Members: rainpebble, roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, Booknormous

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We Have Always Lived in the Castle

by Shirley Jackson

7,326 members

404 reviews

4.1

5 Members: jain, lahochstetler, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by John William Polidori

572 members

24 reviews

3.1

5 Members: .Monkey., roby72, sturlington, jasmaynard, thecoroner

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A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

22,716 members

472 reviews

4.1

5 Members: rainpebble, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham

27

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle

14,311 members

279 reviews

3.9

5 Members: rainpebble, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

28

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

by Patrick Süskind

17,307 members

430 reviews

3.9

4 Members: KimarieBee, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham

29

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

by Washington Irving

3,801 members

111 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: rainpebble, sturlington, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Matthew Lewis

4,132 members

91 reviews

3.8

4 Members: SqueakyChu, guyalice, sturlington, souloftherose

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A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories

by Flannery O'Connor

3,838 members

93 reviews

4.1

4 Members: rainpebble, sturlington, andomck, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: sturlington: Southern gothic

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by Wilkie Collins

10,273 members

244 reviews

4

4 Members: rainpebble, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

by Angela Carter

5,182 members

141 reviews

4.1

4 Members: roby72, sturlington, andomck, alex68

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

13,150 members

171 reviews

3.9

5 Members: rainpebble, roby72, sturlington, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda,souloftherose

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by Thomas Tryon

1,278 members

31 reviews

3.9

4 Members: rainpebble, sturlington, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda

36

Other Voices, Other Rooms

by Truman Capote

2,443 members

46 reviews

3.8

4 Members: rainpebble, roby72, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: sturlington: Southern gothic.

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by Daphne Du Maurier

3,604 members

107 reviews

3.8

4 Members: rainpebble, roby72, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham

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The Little Friend

6,904 members

149 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: rainpebble, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

39

The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings: Poems, Tales, Essays, and Reviews (Penguin Classics)

by Edgar Allan Poe

1,061 members

9 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Nickelini, rainpebble, thecoroner, raperper,sturlington
Explanations: sturlington : List duplicate

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The Tell-Tale Heart [short story]

by Edgar Allan Poe

779 members

28 reviews

4.1

4 Members: rainpebble, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Booknormous,sturlington

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The Haunted Looking Glass: Ghost Stories Chosen by Edward Gorey

by Edward Gorey

642 members

8 reviews

4.2

3 Members: guyalice, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Edward Gorey

2,657 members

36 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: guyalice, merrystar, sturlington
Explanations: sturlington: satirical; art and poetry

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by Ann Radcliffe

1,155 members

13 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: .Monkey., guyalice, souloftherose

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by Jennifer Egan

1,938 members

93 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: rainpebble, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

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A Hero of Our Time

by Michail Jurjevič Lermontov

3,589 members

58 reviews

3.9

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

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The Manuscript Found in Saragossa

1,516 members

32 reviews

4.1

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

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by Charles Dickens

13,041 members

241 reviews

4.2

5 Members: rainpebble, roby72, merrystar, alex68, ahef1963, ,souloftherose

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Behind a Mask: The Unknown Thrillers Of Louisa May Alcott

by Louisa May Alcott

615 members

18 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: aulsmith, rainpebble

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789 members

17 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: rainpebble, roby72, alex68

50

The Castle of Wolfenbach

by Eliza Parsons

129 members

6 reviews

3.2

2 Members: SqueakyChu, souloftherose

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by Shirley Jackson

676 members

16 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Fall of the House of Usher [short story]

by Edgar Allan Poe

966 members

27 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: rainpebble, ahef1963, Booknormous,sturlington

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by Michelle Paver

447 members

22 reviews

3.9

2 Members: jain, sturlington

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Absalom, Absalom!

by William Faulkner

7,336 members

104 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rainpebble, sturlington

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The Pit and the Pendulum [short story]

by Edgar Allan Poe

504 members

12 reviews

3.8

3 Members: rainpebble, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham,sturlington

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The Stolen Child

by Keith Donohue

2,434 members

129 reviews

3.8

Member: KimarieBee

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Confessions of an English Opium Eater

by Thomas De Quincey

1,845 members

30 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: roby72, thecoroner

58

The Sound and the Fury

by William Faulkner

16,472 members

221 reviews

4

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy

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The Old English Baron: A Gothic Story

180 members

3 reviews

½ 2.3

2 Members: guyalice, souloftherose

60

by Andrew Michael Hurley

784 members

48 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

61

Flowers In The Attic

by V. C. Andrews

5,901 members

177 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: rainpebble, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, Booknormous,Nickelini ,sturlington

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Nightmare Abbey [and] Crotchet Castle

by Thomas Love Peacock

370 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: roby72, souloftherose

63

The Woman in Black

3,333 members

227 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: rainpebble, sturlington

64

The Island of Dr. Moreau

6,834 members

165 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: rainpebble, sturlington

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by Joyce Carol Oates

726 members

14 reviews

4

2 Members: rainpebble, roby72

66

18,956 members

665 reviews

4

3 Members: Nickelini, sturlington, ahef1963,.Monkey.

67

American Gothic Tales

by Joyce Carol Oates

426 members

5 reviews

3.9

2 Members: rainpebble, sturlington

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by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

2,388 members

116 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: rainpebble, ahef1963

69

House of Echoes

by Brendan Duffy

251 members

46 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: rainpebble, sturlington

70

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

by Hanns Heinz Ewers

67 members

3.9

2 Members: rainpebble, roby72

71

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

by Carson McCullers

10,302 members

237 reviews

4

2 Members: rainpebble, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington

72

Interview with the Vampire

21,736 members

315 reviews

3.8

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

73

Collected Ghost Stories

2,162 members

44 reviews

4.1

Member: sturlington

74

Something Wicked This Way Comes

by Ray Bradbury

10,736 members

288 reviews

4

Member: sturlington

75

by Antonio Fogazzaro

162 members

4 reviews

3.8

Member: alex68

76

by Peter Straub

3,581 members

111 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

77

981 members

135 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: kara.shamy

78

by Richard Matheson

2,161 members

98 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: sturlington

79

The Night Country

by Stewart O'Nan

360 members

17 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: sturlington

80

by Patrick McGrath

1,445 members

33 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington

81

The Invisible Man

10,361 members

240 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: sturlington

82

The Witching Hour

9,079 members

113 reviews

4

Member: Nickelini

83

Melmoth the Wanderer

by Charles Maturin

1,543 members

34 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: guyalice

84

The Black Cat [short story]

by Edgar Allan Poe

496 members

26 reviews

3.8

2 Members: rainpebble, ahef1963,sturlington

85

The Lace Reader

by Brunonia Barry

3,334 members

280 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: sturlington

86

Wieland; and, Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist

by Charles Brockden Brown

767 members

9 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: roby72

87

The Fiery Angel

by Valery Bryusov

119 members

5 reviews

4.1

Member: roby72

88

by Anton Chekhov

136 members

7 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: roby72

89

A Bloodsmoor Romance

by Joyce Carol Oates

271 members

6 reviews

4

Member: roby72

90

Burnt Offerings

by Robert Marasco

514 members

23 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington

91

My Heart Laid Bare

by Joyce Carol Oates

346 members

5 reviews

3.8

Member: roby72

92

Maldoror and Poems

by Comte de Lautréamont

396 members

3 reviews

3.9

Member: roby72

93

Mysteries of Winterthurn

by Joyce Carol Oates

307 members

9 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: roby72

94

by Marquis de Sade

1,923 members

34 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: roby72

95

by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

544 members

51 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: sturlington

96

The Devil's Elixirs

by E. T. A. Hoffmann

635 members

9 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: roby72

97

Sweetheart, Sweetheart

by Bernard Taylor

130 members

7 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

98

Cast a Cold Eye

107 members

8 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: sturlington

99

The Necromancer, or, The Tale of the Black Forest, founded on facts

by Karl Friedrich Kahlert

99 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: roby72

100

346 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington

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