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
46,929 members
747 reviews
4
11 Members
Nickelini, .Monkey., rainpebble, roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, leigonj, alex68, ahef1963, raperper, ManWithAnAgenda
8
The Woman in White
by Wilkie Collins
14,494 members
373 reviews
4
11 Members
acenturyofsleep, melonbrawl, rainpebble, roby72, merrystar, sturlington, souloftherose, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
10
The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield
18,304 members
930 reviews
4
8 Members
lahochstetler, Nickelini, acenturyofsleep, rainpebble, sturlington, souloftherose, ahef1963, kara.shamy
11
The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson
12,703 members
515 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
3,935 members
165 reviews
4.1
9 Members
Nickelini, .Monkey., rainpebble, sturlington, andomck, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, kaiacat, FreyaEinde
13
Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen
24,869 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
9,397 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
4,334 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
9,610 members
117 reviews
½ 3.5
7 Members
lahochstetler, rainpebble, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
17
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
21,711 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
10,242 members
503 reviews
4.1
6 Members
jain, lahochstetler, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, FreyaEinde
19
Her Fearful Symmetry
by Audrey Niffenegger
7,433 members
476 reviews
½ 3.4
6 Members
lahochstetler, KimarieBee, acenturyofsleep, melonbrawl, rainpebble, sturlington,souloftherose
20
The Little Stranger
by Sarah Waters
5,611 members
357 reviews
½ 3.6
6 Members
rainpebble, sturlington, souloftherose, electrice, ahef1963, kara.shamy
21
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
26,407 members
447 reviews
3.9
7 Members
rainpebble, roby72, sturlington, alex68, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
22
The Mysteries of Udolpho
by Ann Radcliffe
3,292 members
66 reviews
½ 3.3
6 Members
acenturyofsleep, roby72, souloftherose, thecoroner, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
23
The Shining
by Stephen King
27,173 members
528 reviews
4.1
6 Members
.Monkey., rainpebble, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, Booknormous
24
The Phantom of the Opera
by Gaston Leroux
15,449 members
225 reviews
3.8
6 Members
rainpebble, roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, Booknormous
25
The Tell-Tale Heart [short story]
by Edgar Allan Poe
1,126 members
40 reviews
4.1
5 Members
rainpebble, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Booknormous, illusivkd8,sturlington
26
The Vampyre
by John William Polidori
764 members
33 reviews
3.1
5 Members
.Monkey., roby72, sturlington, jasmaynard, thecoroner
27
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
29,278 members
597 reviews
4.1
5 Members
rainpebble, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham
28
The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle
17,792 members
341 reviews
3.9
5 Members
rainpebble, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
29
The Moonstone
by Wilkie Collins
12,041 members
273 reviews
4
5 Members
rainpebble, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
30
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
by Patrick Süskind
20,251 members
496 reviews
3.9
4 Members
KimarieBee, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham
31
The Monk
by Matthew Lewis
5,045 members
103 reviews
3.8
4 Members
SqueakyChu, acenturyofsleep, sturlington, souloftherose
32
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow [short story]
by Washington Irving
5,010 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
4,697 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
6,400 members
162 reviews
4
4 Members
roby72, sturlington, andomck, alex68
35
The Fall of the House of Usher [short story]
by Edgar Allan Poe
1,319 members
46 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
rainpebble, ahef1963, Booknormous, illusivkd8,sturlington
36
The Other
by Thomas Tryon
1,561 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
4,340 members
129 reviews
3.8
4 Members
rainpebble, roby72, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham
39
Flowers in the Attic
by V. C. Andrews
7,263 members
211 reviews
½ 3.5
5 Members
rainpebble, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, Booknormous,Nickelini
40
The Little Friend
by Donna Tartt
8,090 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
2,941 members
41 reviews
½ 4.4
3 Members
acenturyofsleep, merrystar, sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: satirical; art and poetry
44
The Italian
by Ann Radcliffe
1,406 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
16,366 members
204 reviews
3.9
4 Members
rainpebble, roby72, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda,souloftherose
47
A Hero of Our Time
by Michail Jurjevič Lermontov
4,212 members
70 reviews
3.9
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68
48
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa
by Jan Potocki
1,760 members
34 reviews
4.1
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68
49
Bleak House
by Charles Dickens
15,338 members
272 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
935 members
25 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
54
Carmilla: A Vampyre Tale
by Sheridan Le Fanu
4,693 members
187 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
rainpebble, sturlington, ahef1963
55
Wakenhyrst
by Michelle Paver
655 members
29 reviews
3.8
2 Members
jain, sturlington
56
Absalom, Absalom!
by William Faulkner
8,595 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
1,012 members
53 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
59
The Stolen Child
by Keith Donohue
2,575 members
132 reviews
3.8
Member
KimarieBee
60
Confessions of an English Opium Eater
by Thomas De Quincey
2,111 members
39 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
roby72, thecoroner
61
The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner
19,422 members
247 reviews
4
2 Members
ahef1963, kara.shamy
62
The Old English Baron: A Gothic Story
by Clara Reeve
234 members
4 reviews
½ 2.4
2 Members
acenturyofsleep, souloftherose
63
The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story
by Susan Hill
4,186 members
253 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
rainpebble, sturlington
64
Nightmare Abbey [and] Crotchet Castle
by Thomas Love Peacock
417 members
2 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
roby72, souloftherose
65
The Island of Doctor Moreau
by H. G. Wells
8,365 members
187 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
rainpebble, sturlington
66
Bellefleur
by Joyce Carol Oates
828 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
301 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
25,480 members
359 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
71
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
by Carson McCullers
11,911 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
1,115 members
132 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
kara.shamy
75
Asylum
by Patrick McGrath
1,653 members
40 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
76
The Witching Hour
by Anne Rice
10,608 members
130 reviews
4
Member
Nickelini
77
Melmoth the Wanderer
by Charles Maturin
1,846 members
35 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
acenturyofsleep
78
The Black Cat [short story]
by Edgar Allan Poe
648 members
37 reviews
3.8
2 Members
rainpebble, ahef1963,sturlington
79
Wieland; and, Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist
by Charles Brockden Brown
871 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
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
443 members
5 reviews
3.9
Member
roby72
85
Mysteries of Winterthurn
by Joyce Carol Oates
367 members
9 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
roby72
86
Justine
by Marquis de Sade
2,336 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
327 members
17 reviews
4
Member
sturlington
90
A Haunting on the Hill
by Elizabeth Hand
570 members
23 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
91
Coraline
by Neil Gaiman
23,000 members
753 reviews
4
3 Members
Nickelini, sturlington, ahef1963,.Monkey. ,ManWithAnAgenda
92
The Shape of Darkness
by Laura Purcell
234 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
4,366 members
116 reviews
3.8
Member
sturlington
95
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
43,838 members
479 reviews
3.9
5 Members
rainpebble, roby72, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ,merrystar ,sturlington ,souloftherose ,electrice
96
The Bad Beginning
by Lemony Snicket
25,131 members
526 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
Nickelini, ahef1963,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
sturlington : More of a satire
97
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
28,317 members
272 reviews
3.8
3 Members
rainpebble, roby72, ahef1963, ,sturlington ,souloftherose
98
The Princess Bride
by William Goldman
29,123 members
597 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