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1

Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

by Edgar Allan Poe

12,017 members

75 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 9

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

2

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

by Washington Irving

4,088 members

116 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 29

4 Members: rainpebble, sturlington, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

3

Collected Ghost Stories

2,291 members

44 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 73

Member: sturlington

4

Something Wicked This Way Comes

by Ray Bradbury

11,369 members

296 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 74

Member: sturlington

5

by Charlotte Brontë

58,935 members

916 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 3

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

6

by Peter Straub

3,827 members

113 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 76

Member: sturlington

7

Absalom, Absalom!

by William Faulkner

7,653 members

107 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 54

2 Members: rainpebble, sturlington

8

A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories

by Flannery O'Connor

4,065 members

98 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 31

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

9

by Daphne Du Maurier

20,699 members

610 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 7

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

10

by Richard Matheson

2,351 members

102 reviews

½ 3.5

Global Rank 78

Member: sturlington

11

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

51,937 members

702 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 2

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

12

The Night Country

by Stewart O'Nan

369 members

17 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 79

Member: sturlington

13

by Patrick McGrath

1,506 members

35 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 80

Member: sturlington

14

The Little Stranger

by Sarah Waters

5,084 members

343 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 19

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

15

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

17,127 members

315 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 4

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

16

The Invisible Man

10,907 members

253 reviews

½ 3.5

Global Rank 81

Member: sturlington

17

The Picture of Dorian Gray

39,468 members

633 reviews

4

Global Rank 5

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

18

The Thirteenth Tale

by Diane Setterfield

17,189 members

910 reviews

4

Global Rank 10

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

19

The Turn of the Screw

8,094 members

248 reviews

½ 3.4

Global Rank 14

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

20

Her Fearful Symmetry

by Audrey Niffenegger

6,984 members

469 reviews

½ 3.4

Global Rank 18

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

21

The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story

891 members

65 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 63

2 Members: rainpebble, sturlington

22

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle

15,324 members

299 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 27

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

23

by Jennifer Egan

1,991 members

96 reviews

½ 3.4

Global Rank 44

3 Members: rainpebble, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

24

by Shirley Jackson

753 members

20 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 51

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

25

The Lace Reader

by Brunonia Barry

3,393 members

281 reviews

½ 3.5

Global Rank 85

Member: sturlington

26

Northanger Abbey

21,616 members

418 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 13

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

27

by Thomas Tryon

1,361 members

33 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 35

4 Members: rainpebble, sturlington, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda

28

The Phantom of the Opera

by Gaston Leroux

12,988 members

204 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 24

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

29

The Island of Dr. Moreau

7,250 members

172 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 64

2 Members: rainpebble, sturlington

30

The Yellow Wallpaper - story

by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

3,199 members

145 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 12

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

31

Burnt Offerings

by Robert Marasco

567 members

28 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 90

Member: sturlington

32

American Gothic Tales

by Joyce Carol Oates

459 members

5 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 67

2 Members: rainpebble, sturlington

33

by Mary Shelley

42,601 members

709 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 6

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

34

The Haunting of Hill House

by Shirley Jackson

9,723 members

431 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 11

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

35

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

by Shirley Jackson

8,129 members

423 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 17

6 Members: jain, lahochstetler, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, FreyaEinde

36

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

24,655 members

525 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 26

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

37

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

by Angela Carter

5,515 members

150 reviews

4

Global Rank 33

4 Members: roby72, sturlington, andomck, alex68

38

House of Echoes

by Brendan Duffy

267 members

47 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 69

2 Members: rainpebble, sturlington

39

35,390 members

624 reviews

4

Global Rank 1

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

40

by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

582 members

51 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 95

Member: sturlington

41

Sweetheart, Sweetheart

by Bernard Taylor

135 members

7 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 97

Member: sturlington

42

Cast a Cold Eye

112 members

8 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 98

Member: sturlington

43

428 members

12 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 100

Member: sturlington

44

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

by Henry Farrell

319 members

14 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 101

Member: sturlington

45

by Toni Morrison

22,815 members

405 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 21

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

46

by Stephen King

23,154 members

453 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 23

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

47

by John William Polidori

631 members

26 reviews

3.1

Global Rank 25

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

48

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

by Patrick Süskind

18,110 members

448 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 28

4 Members: KimarieBee, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham

49

Other Voices, Other Rooms

by Truman Capote

2,549 members

48 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 36

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

50

The Little Friend

7,232 members

158 reviews

½ 3.4

Global Rank 38

3 Members: rainpebble, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

51

The Haunted Looking Glass: Ghost Stories Chosen by Edward Gorey

by Edward Gorey

673 members

7 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 41

3 Members: guyalice, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

52

by Edward Gorey

2,748 members

38 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 42

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

53

20,130 members

691 reviews

4

Global Rank 66

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

54

by Michelle Paver

515 members

23 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 53

2 Members: jain, sturlington

55

by Dorothy Macardle

250 members

18 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 102

Member: sturlington

56

by Andrew Michael Hurley

843 members

48 reviews

½ 3.4

Global Rank 60

2 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy

57

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

14,163 members

176 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 34

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

58

Interview with the Vampire

22,901 members

332 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 72

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

59

by Matthew Lewis

4,378 members

92 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 30

4 Members: SqueakyChu, guyalice, sturlington, souloftherose

60

The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins

12,795 members

336 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 8

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

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

by Edgar Allan Poe

1,204 members

11 reviews

4

Global Rank 39

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

866 members

29 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 40

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

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The Fall of the House of Usher [short story]

by Edgar Allan Poe

1,079 members

31 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 52

3 Members: rainpebble, ahef1963, Booknormous,sturlington

-

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

by Carson McCullers

10,711 members

243 reviews

4

Global Rank 71

2 Members: rainpebble, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington

-

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

38,441 members

435 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 103

5 Members: rainpebble, roby72, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ,merrystar ,sturlington ,souloftherose ,electrice

-

The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar [short fiction]

by Edgar Allan Poe

84 members

3 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 108

-

The Bad Beginning

by Lemony Snicket

21,307 members

491 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 104

2 Members: Nickelini, ahef1963,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: sturlington : More of a satire

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28,683 members

532 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 118

Member: ahef1963, ,jain ,sturlington ,souloftherose

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by Stephen King

9,908 members

118 reviews

4

Global Rank 117

-

24,924 members

578 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 116

Member: ahef1963,sturlington ,souloftherose ,electrice

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American Gods {original}

33,606 members

932 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 115

Member: ahef1963, ,sturlington ,souloftherose
Explanations: sturlington : Not gothic

-

by James Thurber

1,932 members

79 reviews

4

Global Rank 114

Explanations: sturlington : Satirical

-

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

by Susanna Clarke

26,973 members

774 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 112

Member: ahef1963,sturlington ,souloftherose

-

The Shadow of the Wind

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

27,871 members

1,039 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 113

-

The Princess Bride

by William Goldman

24,814 members

530 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 106

4 Members: Nickelini, rainpebble, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ,jain ,sturlington ,souloftherose

-

by Robert Bloch

1,780 members

59 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 111

Member: roby72,sturlington ,electrice

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by Terry Pratchett

34,756 members

788 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 110

2 Members: ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham,jain ,sturlington ,souloftherose
Explanations: sturlington : Not gothic

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by Charles Dickens

24,215 members

241 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 105

3 Members: rainpebble, roby72, ahef1963, ,sturlington ,souloftherose

-

The Pit and the Pendulum [short story]

by Edgar Allan Poe

530 members

13 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 55

3 Members: rainpebble, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham,sturlington

-

The Oval Portrait [short story]

by Edgar Allan Poe

97 members

12 reviews

½ 3.4

Global Rank 107

-

Flowers In The Attic

by V. C. Andrews

6,305 members

187 reviews

½ 3.5

Global Rank 61

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

-

The Black Cat [short story]

by Edgar Allan Poe

542 members

27 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 84

2 Members: rainpebble, ahef1963,sturlington

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To Kill a Mockingbird

78,421 members

1,433 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 109

5 Members: rainpebble, roby72, ahef1963, kara.shamy, TeriAndersonNeedham, ,.Monkey. ,sturlington ,electrice ,raperper ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: .Monkey. : Not Gothic.

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