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Jun 4, 2020 · 6. Dracula by Bram Stoker (1897) The book that launched a thousand vampire stories, Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a haunting horror romance that gave us one of the most memorable and mesmerizing of Gothic figures. Count Dracula needs almost no introduction: his name is already synonymous with unquenchable bloodthirstiness.
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- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë.
- Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë.
- Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.
- The Secret History by Donna Tartt (1992) Perhaps the original #darkacademia novel, Tartt's 1992 tale of a death at a liberal arts college has become a cult smash.
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1818) Shelley was just 18 when she took up Byron's challenge to create a ghost story. The result was Frankenstein: Or, the Modern Prometheus, the narrative of a scientist and his "anonymous androdaemon", as one reviewer called his monster.
- Vicious by VE Schwab (2013) VE Schwab's take-no-prisoners fantasy doesn't exactly hide its debt to Frankenstein: its scientist antihero is even called Victor, the same as in Shelley’s novel.
- The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry (2016) Perry's 2016 hit has a seductive set-up: a troubled yet noble heroine, a dissection-loving doctor, and a mysterious serpentine creature stalking the Essex coast.
- The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole. ADD TO CART. The Castle of Otranto, subtitled ‘A Gothic Story’, by Horace Walpole is a classic Gothic novel published in 1764.
- Vathek by William Beckford. ADD TO CART. A classic among Gothic novels, Vathek (1786) by William Beckford is an Arabian tale surrounded by Gothic weather and elements.
- The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe. ADD TO CART. Ann Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794) is another famous Gothic novel. The book depicts the mechanism of the ‘terror’ as prescribed by Horace Walpole and his followers, but combines it with a sentimental but effective description of scenery.
- The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Gothic Tales by Edgar Allan Poe. ADD TO CART. One of the most famous southern gothic novels, The Fall of the House of Usher is a quintessential spooky house story.
Apr 26, 2017 · A remarkable novel which seems to prefigure our own world as much as it reflected Marsh’s own. Recommended edition: The Beetle: A Mystery (Tales of Mystery & The Supernatural). 10. Stephen King, Carrie. We could have picked any number of Stephen King novels to conclude this pick of the best Gothic horror novels.
Oct 21, 2020 · This atmospheric mood is what distinguishes the Gothic novel from the adrenaline of the horror genre. "Horror tends to be more about immediate fear. With the Gothic, it's about building tension. When you get the revelation, it does give you fear, but it also makes you want to know more." Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto, published in 1764 ...
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22. Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake. The novel is a gothic fantasy set in the bizarre and intricate world of Gormenghast Castle, home to the ancient and eccentric Groan family. The story begins with the birth of Titus Groan, the seventy-seventh Earl, who stands to inherit the castle and its strange traditions.
