Books like “The Woman in White”

What to read after “The Woman in White” by Wilkie Collins: a list matched by tropes, mood and atmosphere. Under each book you will see what it has in common.

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1
Uncle Silas
J. Sheridan Le Fanu · 1864
Same genre: “Sensation novel” and “Gothic fiction”
- Gothic Manor
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
Dracula
Bram Stoker · 1897
Similar setting: “Victorian London Atmosphere” and “Gothic Manor”
- Victorian London Atmosphere
- Gothic Manor
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.
3
The House of Silk
Anthony Horowitz · 2011
Same genre: “Detective fiction”
- Victorian London Atmosphere
Sherlock Holmes is asked to guard a London art dealer who is being followed, and the case opens onto two mysteries: a gang known as the House of Silk, and a crime so dangerous that Watson can only set it down years later, in a final untold adventure.
4
The Beetle
Richard Marsh · 1897
Same genre: “Gothic fiction”
- Victorian London Atmosphere
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.
5
The Silent Companions
Laura Purcell · 2017
Similar setting: “Asylum” and “Gothic Manor”
- Asylum
- Gothic Manor
A young widow is sent to her late husband's crumbling estate and finds an eerie painted wooden figure that seems to move on its own. As the figures multiply, she begins to doubt her own mind. A gothic horror set in the English countryside, told through an asylum diary.
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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson · 1886
Similar setting: “Victorian London Atmosphere”
- Victorian London Atmosphere
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.
7
The Mysteries of Udolpho
Ann Radcliffe · 1794
Same genre: “Gothic fiction”
- Gothic Manor
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.
8
The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie
Jennifer Ashley · 2009
Similar setting: “Asylum” and “Victorian London Atmosphere”
- Asylum
- Victorian London Atmosphere
Lord Ian Mackenzie is brilliant, eccentric and widely believed to be mad. Widow Beth Ackerley looks past the rumours and sees the man beneath. Drawn together in Victorian London and the Highlands, they must face his family's secrets and a danger that has haunted him since childhood.
9
Lady Audley's Secret
Mary Elizabeth Braddon · 1862
Same genre: “Sensation novel” and “Gothic fiction”
When a new, much younger wife arrives at Audley Court, her charm hides an unsettled past. Her husband's nephew's idle curiosity about a missing man turns into a quiet investigation of the woman everyone else adores, and of the secret she has buried.
10
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle · 1892
Same genre: “Detective fiction”
- Victorian London Atmosphere
Twelve stories follow London's most observant detective and his friend Dr Watson as they untangle impossible crimes, strange clients and quiet suburban mysteries from their rooms on Baker Street.
11
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
M. R. James · 1904
Similar setting: “Gothic Manor”
- Gothic Manor
Eight ghost stories in which scholars and clergymen uncover things better left alone. An old manuscript, a whistled tune and a locked country house each hold a presence that follows the people who found it back into ordinary life.
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The Thirteenth Tale
Diane Setterfield · 2006
Similar setting: “Gothic Manor”
- Gothic Manor
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.