There’s something about a good Gothic story—the old houses, mysterious happenings, secrets, and just enough darkness to keep the pages turning. From classic tales of the supernatural to stories filled with suspense and atmosphere, these books offer plenty to discover when you’re in the mood for something a little eerie.
The Castle of Otranto — Horace Walpole (1764)
The Mysteries of Udolpho — Ann Radcliffe (1794)The Italian — Ann Radcliffe (1797)
Frankenstein — Mary Shelley (1818)
Melmoth the Wanderer — Charles Maturin (1820)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow — Washington Irving (1820)
The Vampyre — John Polidori (1819)
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner — James Hogg (1824)
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales — Edgar Allan Poe (1839)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Robert Louis Stevenson (1886)
The Picture of Dorian Gray — Oscar Wilde (1890)
The Great God Pan — Arthur Machen (1894)
Dracula — Bram Stoker (1897)
The Turn of the Screw — Henry James (1898)
The Vampyre — John Polidori (1819)
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner — James Hogg (1824)
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales — Edgar Allan Poe (1839)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Robert Louis Stevenson (1886)
The Picture of Dorian Gray — Oscar Wilde (1890)
The Great God Pan — Arthur Machen (1894)
Dracula — Bram Stoker (1897)
The Turn of the Screw — Henry James (1898)
The Hounds of the Baskervilles- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1901; series - book 1902)
The House on the Borderland — William Hope Hodgson (1908)
The Phantom of the Opera — Gaston Leroux (1910)
The Beetle — Richard Marsh (1897)
The Jewel of Seven Stars — Bram Stoker (1903)
The Lair of the White Worm — Bram Stoker (1911)
The Haunting of Hill House — Shirley Jackson (1959)
The House Next Door — Anne Rivers Siddons (1978)
The House on the Borderland — William Hope Hodgson (1908)
The Phantom of the Opera — Gaston Leroux (1910)
The Beetle — Richard Marsh (1897)
The Jewel of Seven Stars — Bram Stoker (1903)
The Lair of the White Worm — Bram Stoker (1911)
The Haunting of Hill House — Shirley Jackson (1959)
The House Next Door — Anne Rivers Siddons (1978)
Newer Reads
The House In The Middle Of The Street
Hounds of the Underworld: The Path of Ra, Book 1
Hounds of the Underworld: The Path of Ra, Book 1
Risen
The Assumption of Death
The Goodbye Family and the Great Mountain Lorin Morgan-Richards
