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
46,987 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
14,498 members
374 reviews
4
11 Members
acenturyofsleep, melonbrawl, rainpebble, roby72, merrystar, sturlington, souloftherose, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
10
The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield
18,260 members
930 reviews
4
8 Members
lahochstetler, Nickelini, acenturyofsleep, rainpebble, sturlington, souloftherose, ahef1963, kara.shamy
11
The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson
12,542 members
516 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
3,904 members
165 reviews
4.1
9 Members
Nickelini, .Monkey., rainpebble, sturlington, andomck, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, kaiacat, FreyaEinde
13
Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen
24,912 members
460 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
9,405 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
4,323 members
142 reviews
3.1
8 Members
SqueakyChu, .Monkey., acenturyofsleep, roby72, souloftherose, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963,Nickelini
16
The House of Seven Gables
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
9,620 members
117 reviews
½ 3.5
7 Members
lahochstetler, rainpebble, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
17
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
21,691 members
335 reviews
4.2
7 Members
KimarieBee, Nickelini, roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963
18
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
by Shirley Jackson
10,259 members
503 reviews
4.1
6 Members
jain, lahochstetler, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, FreyaEinde
19
Her Fearful Symmetry
by Audrey Niffenegger
7,441 members
476 reviews
½ 3.4
6 Members
lahochstetler, KimarieBee, acenturyofsleep, melonbrawl, rainpebble, sturlington,souloftherose
20
The Little Stranger
by Sarah Waters
5,549 members
357 reviews
½ 3.6
6 Members
rainpebble, sturlington, souloftherose, electrice, ahef1963, kara.shamy
21
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
26,440 members
447 reviews
3.9
7 Members
rainpebble, roby72, sturlington, alex68, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
22
The Mysteries of Udolpho
by Ann Radcliffe
3,295 members
66 reviews
½ 3.3
6 Members
acenturyofsleep, roby72, souloftherose, thecoroner, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
23
The Shining
by Stephen King
27,175 members
530 reviews
4.1
6 Members
.Monkey., rainpebble, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, Booknormous
24
The Phantom of the Opera
by Gaston Leroux
15,413 members
226 reviews
3.8
6 Members
rainpebble, roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, Booknormous
25
The Tell-Tale Heart [short story]
by Edgar Allan Poe
1,128 members
40 reviews
4.1
5 Members
rainpebble, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Booknormous, illusivkd8,sturlington
26
The Vampyre
by John William Polidori
763 members
33 reviews
3.1
5 Members
.Monkey., roby72, sturlington, jasmaynard, thecoroner
27
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
29,303 members
597 reviews
4.1
5 Members
rainpebble, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham
28
The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle
17,817 members
341 reviews
3.9
5 Members
rainpebble, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
29
The Moonstone
by Wilkie Collins
12,076 members
274 reviews
4
5 Members
rainpebble, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
30
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
by Patrick Süskind
20,260 members
496 reviews
3.9
4 Members
KimarieBee, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham
31
The Monk
by Matthew Lewis
5,048 members
103 reviews
3.8
4 Members
SqueakyChu, acenturyofsleep, sturlington, souloftherose
32
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow [short story]
by Washington Irving
5,017 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
4,691 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
6,405 members
162 reviews
4
4 Members
roby72, sturlington, andomck, alex68
35
The Fall of the House of Usher [short story]
by Edgar Allan Poe
1,320 members
46 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
rainpebble, ahef1963, Booknormous, illusivkd8,sturlington
36
The Other
by Thomas Tryon
1,560 members
34 reviews
3.9
4 Members
rainpebble, sturlington, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
37
Other Voices, Other Rooms
by Truman Capote
2,860 members
56 reviews
3.8
4 Members
rainpebble, roby72, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
sturlington: Southern gothic.
38
Jamaica Inn
by Daphne Du Maurier
4,343 members
129 reviews
3.8
4 Members
rainpebble, roby72, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham
39
Flowers in the Attic
by V. C. Andrews
7,246 members
211 reviews
½ 3.5
5 Members
rainpebble, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, Booknormous,Nickelini
40
The Little Friend
by Donna Tartt
8,059 members
170 reviews
½ 3.4
3 Members
rainpebble, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
42
The Haunted Looking Glass: Ghost Stories Chosen by Edward Gorey
by Edward Gorey
748 members
7 reviews
4.2
3 Members
acenturyofsleep, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
43
Amphigorey
by Edward Gorey
2,946 members
41 reviews
½ 4.4
3 Members
acenturyofsleep, merrystar, sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: satirical; art and poetry
44
The Italian
by Ann Radcliffe
1,407 members
17 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
.Monkey., acenturyofsleep, souloftherose
45
The Keep
by Jennifer Egan
2,147 members
98 reviews
½ 3.4
3 Members
rainpebble, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
46
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
by Victor Hugo
16,317 members
204 reviews
3.9
4 Members
rainpebble, roby72, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda,souloftherose
47
A Hero of Our Time
by Michail Jurjevič Lermontov
4,218 members
70 reviews
3.9
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68
48
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa
by Jan Potocki
1,764 members
34 reviews
4.1
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68
49
Bleak House
by Charles Dickens
15,325 members
274 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
695 members
21 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
aulsmith, rainpebble
51
Dragonwyck
by Anya Seton
929 members
20 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
rainpebble, roby72, alex68
52
Castle of Wolfenbach
by Eliza Parsons
165 members
7 reviews
3.1
2 Members
SqueakyChu, souloftherose
53
The Sundial
by Shirley Jackson
940 members
25 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
54
Carmilla: A Vampyre Tale
by Sheridan Le Fanu
4,682 members
187 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
rainpebble, sturlington, ahef1963
55
Wakenhyrst
by Michelle Paver
656 members
29 reviews
3.8
2 Members
jain, sturlington
56
Absalom, Absalom!
by William Faulkner
8,599 members
115 reviews
4.1
2 Members
rainpebble, sturlington
57
The Pit and the Pendulum [short story]
by Edgar Allan Poe
595 members
13 reviews
3.8
3 Members
rainpebble, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham,sturlington
58
The Loney
by Andrew Michael Hurley
1,013 members
53 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
59
The Stolen Child
by Keith Donohue
2,577 members
132 reviews
3.8
Member
KimarieBee
60
Confessions of an English Opium Eater
by Thomas De Quincey
2,113 members
40 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
roby72, thecoroner
61
The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner
19,437 members
247 reviews
4
2 Members
ahef1963, kara.shamy
62
The Old English Baron: A Gothic Story
by Clara Reeve
233 members
4 reviews
½ 2.4
2 Members
acenturyofsleep, souloftherose
63
The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story
by Susan Hill
4,165 members
253 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
rainpebble, sturlington
64
Nightmare Abbey [and] Crotchet Castle
by Thomas Love Peacock
416 members
2 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
roby72, souloftherose
65
The Island of Doctor Moreau
by H. G. Wells
8,382 members
187 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
rainpebble, sturlington
66
Bellefleur
by Joyce Carol Oates
830 members
14 reviews
3.9
2 Members
rainpebble, roby72
67
American Gothic Tales (William Abrahams)
by Joyce Carol Oates
522 members
5 reviews
3.9
2 Members
rainpebble, sturlington
68
House of Echoes
by Brendan Duffy
303 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
25,500 members
360 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
71
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
by Carson McCullers
11,922 members
270 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
189 members
4 reviews
3.9
Member
alex68
74
The Quick
by Lauren Owen
1,116 members
132 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
kara.shamy
75
Asylum
by Patrick McGrath
1,652 members
40 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
76
The Witching Hour
by Anne Rice
10,617 members
131 reviews
4
Member
Nickelini
77
Melmoth the Wanderer
by Charles Maturin
1,848 members
35 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
acenturyofsleep
78
The Black Cat [short story]
by Edgar Allan Poe
649 members
37 reviews
3.8
2 Members
rainpebble, ahef1963,sturlington
79
Wieland; and, Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist
by Charles Brockden Brown
872 members
11 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
roby72
80
The Fiery Angel
by Valery Bryusov
154 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
320 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
443 members
5 reviews
3.9
Member
roby72
85
Mysteries of Winterthurn
by Joyce Carol Oates
368 members
9 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
roby72
86
Justine
by Marquis de Sade
2,335 members
44 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
roby72
87
Gli elisir del diavolo
by E. T. A. Hoffmann
752 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
572 members
22 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
91
Coraline
by Neil Gaiman
22,906 members
754 reviews
4
3 Members
Nickelini, sturlington, ahef1963,.Monkey. ,ManWithAnAgenda
92
The Shape of Darkness
by Laura Purcell
233 members
13 reviews
3.8
Member
sturlington
93
Cold Moon Over Babylon
by Michael McDowell
398 members
15 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
94
Ghost Story
by Peter Straub
4,365 members
116 reviews
3.8
Member
sturlington
95
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
43,896 members
479 reviews
3.9
5 Members
rainpebble, roby72, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ,merrystar ,sturlington ,souloftherose ,electrice
96
The Bad Beginning
by Lemony Snicket
25,157 members
526 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
Nickelini, ahef1963,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
sturlington : More of a satire
97
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
28,349 members
272 reviews
3.8
3 Members
rainpebble, roby72, ahef1963, ,sturlington ,souloftherose
98
The Princess Bride
by William Goldman
29,132 members
598 reviews
½ 4.3
4 Members
Nickelini, rainpebble, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ,jain ,sturlington ,souloftherose
99
The Oval Portrait
by Edgar Allan Poe
118 members
13 reviews
½ 3.4
100
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar [short story]
by Edgar Allan Poe
107 members
6 reviews
½ 3.6