Dead Until Dark
Charlaine Harris
2001
Books with the “Southern Gothic” trope
Gothic fiction set in the American South, full of decay, grotesque characters and old sins.
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Atmosphere and mood · Southern Gothic
Books with this trope
Sharp Objects
Gillian Flynn
2006
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
1960
The Elementals
Michael McDowell
1981
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Jesmyn Ward
2017
The Little Friend
Donna Tartt
2002
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
Grady Hendrix
2020
The Spite House
Johnny Compton
2023
Ghost Eaters
Clay McLeod Chapman
2022
The Reformatory
Tananarive Due
2023
The House Next Door
Anne Rivers Siddons
1978
The Wife Upstairs
Rachel Hawkins
2021
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