Dracula
Bram Stoker
1897
Books with the “Gothic” trope
A blend of romance, fear of death, old castles, storms, and ominous omens.
Genre tropes · Gothic
Books with this trope
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
1818
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
1890
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
1847
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
1847
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
1886
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle
1902
Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier
1938
Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
2020
Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice
1976
Carmilla
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
1872
The Vampire Lestat
Anne Rice
1985
Shutter Island
Dennis Lehane
2003
The Turn of the Screw
Henry James
1898
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shirley Jackson
1962
The Mysteries of Udolpho
Ann Radcliffe
1794
The Monk
Matthew Gregory Lewis
1796
Melmoth the Wanderer
Charles Robert Maturin
1820
The Beetle
Richard Marsh
1897
The Woman in Black
Susan Hill
1983
The Thirteenth Tale
Diane Setterfield
2006
The Little Stranger
Sarah Waters
2009
The Silent Companions
Laura Purcell
2017
The Turn of the Key
Ruth Ware
2019
The Shadow of the Wind
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
2001
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Anne Brontë
1848
A Dowry of Blood
S.T. Gibson
2021
Beloved
Toni Morrison
1987
The Elementals
Michael McDowell
1981
Uncle Silas
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
1864
The Hacienda
Isabel Cañas
2022
Rock Paper Scissors
Alice Feeney
2021
The Last House on Needless Street
Catriona Ward
2021
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Victor Hugo
1831
Jamaica Inn
Daphne du Maurier
1936
The Essex Serpent
Sarah Perry
2016
The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter
Theodora Goss
2017
What Moves the Dead
T. Kingfisher
2022
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton
1973
The Wife Upstairs
Rachel Hawkins
2021
Lady Audley's Secret
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
1862
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
James Hogg
1824
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Creeping Dread
Gothic Manor
Unreliable Narrator
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Vampires
Stories built around vampires - immortal, blood-drinking beings that mix danger, seduction and power.
Werewolves
Werewolves, packs, and a wild nature that wakes under the full moon.
Witches
Witches, covens, and magic that society either fears or hunts down.
Fairy Tale Retelling
A familiar fairy tale reimagined with new twists, perspectives or a darker adult tone.