Books like “Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”

What to read after “Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson: a list matched by tropes, mood and atmosphere. Under each book you will see what it has in common.

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The Beetle
Richard Marsh · 1897
Similar atmosphere: “Creeping Dread”
A strange, insect-like creature arrives in London bent on revenge against a member of Parliament, and its powers reach into the lives of everyone near him. The story is told through several witnesses who each encounter the being and try to stop it.
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Dracula
Bram Stoker · 1897
Similar atmosphere: “Creeping Dread”
A young solicitor journeys to a remote castle in the Carpathians to settle a client's estate, only to find his host is no ordinary nobleman. As the count travels to England, letters and diaries record a creeping sickness spreading from Whitby to London.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde · 1890
From the same world: “Gothic”
A beautiful young man surrenders to his vanity when his portrait begins to age and wither in place of his body. Sheltered by a cynical friend, Dorian chases pleasure without consequence until the hidden painting becomes a record of his cruelty.
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Frankenstein
Mary Shelley · 1818
From the same world: “Gothic”
Victor Frankenstein discovers the secret of life and assembles a living creature from the dead, then abandons it in horror. Lonely and rejected, the creature turns on its maker, and both are drawn into a cycle of guilt and vengeance.
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The Mysteries of Udolpho
Ann Radcliffe · 1794
Similar atmosphere: “Creeping Dread”
- Gothic
- Creeping Dread
After her parents die, Emily St. Aubert is left to the care of an aunt who marries an Italian nobleman. Taken to the gloomy castle of Udolpho, she is surrounded by unexplained sounds, sealed rooms and sinister men, while she tries to keep her love and her safety.
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Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier · 1938
Similar atmosphere: “Creeping Dread”
- Gothic
- Creeping Dread
A shy young woman marries the widowed Maxim de Winter and arrives at Manderley, his grand estate by the sea. There she is measured against his first wife, the beautiful Rebecca, whose presence lingers in every room, in the servants' loyalty and in a secret nobody will speak.
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The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter
Theodora Goss · 2017
From the same world: “Gothic”
Mary Jekyll, orphaned and poor, sets out to find her father's old colleague, the missing Doctor Hyde. Instead she gathers a family of young women who are the daughters or creations of famous scientists, from Moreau and Jekyll to Rappaccini. Together they investigate a series of murders in Victorian London.
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The War of the Worlds
H. G. Wells · 1898
Similar atmosphere: “Creeping Dread”
- Victorian London Atmosphere
- Creeping Dread
Cylinders fall from Mars onto the English countryside, and the machines inside prove ruthlessly hostile. A student watches the invasion spread toward London as orderly Victorian society collapses around him.
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Uncle Silas
J. Sheridan Le Fanu · 1864
Similar atmosphere: “Creeping Dread”
- Gothic
- Creeping Dread
Orphaned heiress Maud Ruthyn is sent to Bartram-Haugh, the remote house of her uncle Silas, a man once suspected of murder. Isolated there with him, his strange son and a governess, she slowly realises the household is closing in on her.
10
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë · 1847
Similar atmosphere: “Creeping Dread”
- Gothic
- Creeping Dread
An orphan becomes a governess at the brooding Thornfield Hall. A bond grows between her and its stern master, but the house hides a dangerous secret that threatens the life she is beginning to hope for.
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Jamaica Inn
Daphne du Maurier · 1936
Similar atmosphere: “Creeping Dread”
- Gothic
- Creeping Dread
After her mother's death, Mary Yellan goes to live with her aunt at Jamaica Inn on the bleak Bodmin Moor. Her uncle keeps the inn closed to travellers and answers to dangerous men from the coast. Mary must work out what her one remaining family is hiding before the moor and its secrets close over her.
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Melmoth the Wanderer
Charles Robert Maturin · 1820
Similar atmosphere: “Creeping Dread”
- Gothic
- Creeping Dread
A scholar finds a manuscript telling of Melmoth, a man who centuries earlier traded his soul for knowledge and an unnaturally long life. Doomed to wander the earth, he appears to people in their worst moments and offers them the chance to take on his burden.