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What to read after “Lady Audley's Secret” by Mary Elizabeth Braddon: a list matched by tropes, mood and atmosphere. Under each book you will see what it has in common.

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Uncle Silas
J. Sheridan Le Fanu · 1864
From the same world: “Gothic”
- Gothic
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.
2
The Monk
Matthew Gregory Lewis · 1796
From the same world: “Gothic”
- Gothic
- Femme Fatale
Ambrosio, a celebrated monk in Madrid, is admired for his apparent virtue until a novice leads him into pride, desire and crime. Around him runs the legend of a sorcerer, and the story follows the abbot's fall from purity into a bargain he cannot undo.
3
The Thirteenth Tale
Diane Setterfield · 2006
From the same world: “Gothic”
- Gothic
- Twist Ending
A bookseller's daughter is summoned by a reclusive author who has never told the truth about her life. As the old woman finally recounts her childhood at a crumbling country house, the listener realises the story hides one more secret. A gothic tale about stories, sisters and the gaps between them.
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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson · 1886
From the same world: “Gothic”
- Gothic
- Dual Identity
A respected London doctor is oddly close to a violent, mysterious man named Hyde. When a friend investigates the link between them, he uncovers a scientific experiment that set loose a darker self.
5
The Beetle
Richard Marsh · 1897
From the same world: “Gothic”
- Gothic
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.
6
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
James Hogg · 1824
From the same world: “Gothic”
- Gothic
- Dual Identity
A young man raised to believe he is one of the elect is drawn into a double life by a stranger who may be a demon, a double, or a delusion. His own account of his crimes is set against an editor's, and the two versions refuse to agree.
7
The Moonstone
Wilkie Collins · 1868
Same genre: “Sensation novel”
- Dual Identity
- Twist Ending
A priceless yellow diamond looted from an Indian temple is left to Rachel Verinder on her birthday, and vanishes the same night. Family, servants, doctors and a famous detective each tell their part of the story as suspicion moves from one person to another.
8
The Mysteries of Udolpho
Ann Radcliffe · 1794
From the same world: “Gothic”
- Gothic
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
From the same world: “Gothic”
- Gothic
- Twist Ending
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.
10
Carmilla
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · 1872
From the same world: “Gothic”
- Gothic
- Femme Fatale
In a lonely Styrian castle, Laura longs for companionship. A carriage accident brings Carmilla, a charming guest her own age, to stay with the family. As Laura's health fades and strange dreams visit her at night, she begins to suspect that her new friend is not what she seems.
11
Jamaica Inn
Daphne du Maurier · 1936
From the same world: “Gothic”
- Gothic
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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The Shadow of the Wind
Carlos Ruiz Zafón · 2001
From the same world: “Gothic”
- Gothic
- Twist Ending
In 1945 Barcelona, young Daniel is taken to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books and chooses a novel called The Shadow of the Wind. He becomes obsessed with its vanished author, Julián Carax, and his search through a scarred city uncovers a decades-old story of doomed love, madness and revenge.