Gothic
Dark corridors and haunted mansions set the stage for tales of psychological torment, forbidden desires, and supernatural terror in Victorian-era Britain and beyond. Brooding antiheroes, cursed artifacts, and family secrets intertwine with themes of morality, science, and social decay in these atmospheric works that birthed horror literature as we know it.
Gothic Book Summaries
Monarch
An immigrant bride finds her fiancé's gothic hotel a prison, its brooding owner her only hope.
Romance
Dark
Gothic
Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense
Monarch
An immigrant bride finds her fiancé's gothic hotel a prison, its brooding owner her only hope.
Romance
Dark
Gothic
Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense
The Island of Doctor Moreau
A castaway lands on an island of beasts carved into men by a surgeon playing god.
Classics
Science Fiction
Horror
Gothic
Literature
The Island of Doctor Moreau
A castaway lands on an island of beasts carved into men by a surgeon playing god.
Classics
Science Fiction
Horror
Gothic
Literature
His Sinner
Kidnapped to a gothic manor by her stalker, a writer learns that captivity can feel like devotion.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
Gothic
His Sinner
Kidnapped to a gothic manor by her stalker, a writer learns that captivity can feel like devotion.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
Gothic
A Ship of Bones and Teeth
She traded her tail for a cage. The pirate who chains her next wears matching scars.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Dark
Pirates
A Ship of Bones and Teeth
She traded her tail for a cage. The pirate who chains her next wears matching scars.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Dark
Pirates
The House Saphir
A ghost-tour grifter who sees real spirits must break the murderous curse of a haunted château.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Gothic
Retellings
Romance
The House Saphir
A ghost-tour grifter who sees real spirits must break the murderous curse of a haunted château.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Gothic
Retellings
Romance
The Library at Hellebore
A magic school devours its students. Locked in the library, survivors learn only one leaves alive.
Horror
Fantasy
Dark Fantasy
Adult
Queer
The Library at Hellebore
A magic school devours its students. Locked in the library, survivors learn only one leaves alive.
Horror
Fantasy
Dark Fantasy
Adult
Queer
The Gathering Dark
Teen girls battle cursed houses and hungry forests in folk horror stories where trauma grows teeth.
Horror
Young Adult
Short Stories
Anthologies
Paranormal
The Gathering Dark
Teen girls battle cursed houses and hungry forests in folk horror stories where trauma grows teeth.
Horror
Young Adult
Short Stories
Anthologies
Paranormal
Where the Dark Stands Still
Forced to serve an antlered demon, a girl falls for the warden who hides past sacrifices.
Fantasy
Romance
Young Adult
Fantasy Romance
Gothic
Where the Dark Stands Still
Forced to serve an antlered demon, a girl falls for the warden who hides past sacrifices.
Fantasy
Romance
Young Adult
Fantasy Romance
Gothic
All the Birds, Singing
A solitary sheep farmer on a remote island discovers the killer of her flock may be human.
Literary Fiction
Mystery
Contemporary
Gothic
Suspense
All the Birds, Singing
A solitary sheep farmer on a remote island discovers the killer of her flock may be human.
Literary Fiction
Mystery
Contemporary
Gothic
Suspense
Infernal Creatures
Separated by prophecy, one sister hunts vampires while the other is claimed by a vampire prince.
Fantasy
Vampires
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Paranormal Romance
Infernal Creatures
Separated by prophecy, one sister hunts vampires while the other is claimed by a vampire prince.
Fantasy
Vampires
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Paranormal Romance
The Screaming Staircase
A psychic joins a ghost-hunting agency and must survive a night in England's most haunted house.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Mystery
Horror
Paranormal
The Screaming Staircase
A psychic joins a ghost-hunting agency and must survive a night in England's most haunted house.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Mystery
Horror
Paranormal
Three Queens
Siren. Heir. Their fated bond triggers a prophecy a dying court will kill to control.
Romance
Vampires
Paranormal Romance
Fantasy Romance
Paranormal
Three Queens
Siren. Heir. Their fated bond triggers a prophecy a dying court will kill to control.
Romance
Vampires
Paranormal Romance
Fantasy Romance
Paranormal
The Bog Wife
When their father dies, five siblings must revive an ancient bargain with a sickening bog.
Horror
Gothic
Fantasy
Dark Fantasy
Literary Fiction
The Bog Wife
When their father dies, five siblings must revive an ancient bargain with a sickening bog.
Horror
Gothic
Fantasy
Dark Fantasy
Literary Fiction
Nevermore
Poe's murders play out on a college campus. The Winchesters hunt a scholar's resurrection ritual.
Urban Fantasy
Horror
Supernatural
Paranormal
Fantasy
Nevermore
Poe's murders play out on a college campus. The Winchesters hunt a scholar's resurrection ritual.
Urban Fantasy
Horror
Supernatural
Paranormal
Fantasy
Hercule Poirot's Silent Night
Trapped in a crumbling Norfolk house at Christmas, Poirot hunts a killer who targets happy men.
Mystery
Crime
Historical Fiction
Christmas
Detective
Hercule Poirot's Silent Night
Trapped in a crumbling Norfolk house at Christmas, Poirot hunts a killer who targets happy men.
Mystery
Crime
Historical Fiction
Christmas
Detective
The Sleeper and the Spindle
A queen abandons her wedding, dons armor, and rides toward a sleeping plague that devours kingdoms.
Fantasy
Graphic Novels
Young Adult
Fairy Tales
Retellings
The Sleeper and the Spindle
A queen abandons her wedding, dons armor, and rides toward a sleeping plague that devours kingdoms.
Fantasy
Graphic Novels
Young Adult
Fairy Tales
Retellings
The Hunger
The Donner Party cuts through the mountains. By the first snow, something is feeding on them.
Horror
Historical Fiction
Historical
Gothic
Paranormal
The Hunger
The Donner Party cuts through the mountains. By the first snow, something is feeding on them.
Horror
Historical Fiction
Historical
Gothic
Paranormal
Poor Unfortunate Soul
A sea witch, three grieving sisters, and a pact of hate that will drown them all.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Retellings
Dark Fantasy
Fairy Tales
Poor Unfortunate Soul
A sea witch, three grieving sisters, and a pact of hate that will drown them all.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Retellings
Dark Fantasy
Fairy Tales
Hills of Shivers and Shadows
Abducted to a frozen fortress, she belongs to four men who won't let her go.
Romance
Dark
Reverse Harem
Contemporary Romance
Thriller
Hills of Shivers and Shadows
Abducted to a frozen fortress, she belongs to four men who won't let her go.
Romance
Dark
Reverse Harem
Contemporary Romance
Thriller
Dracula the Un-Dead
Mina Harker's son, an actor, confronts a vampire threat that unearths his family's secret.
Horror
Vampires
Gothic
Paranormal
Historical Fiction
Dracula the Un-Dead
Mina Harker's son, an actor, confronts a vampire threat that unearths his family's secret.
Horror
Vampires
Gothic
Paranormal
Historical Fiction
What Big Teeth
Eleanor returns to her family's isolated mansion to find monsters and an even darker matriarch.
Horror
Fantasy
Young Adult
Gothic
Paranormal
What Big Teeth
Eleanor returns to her family's isolated mansion to find monsters and an even darker matriarch.
Horror
Fantasy
Young Adult
Gothic
Paranormal
Second Rite
When a vampire returns and siren blood awakens, the Council demands a trial to prove their bond.
Romance
Paranormal Romance
Vampires
Fantasy Romance
Paranormal
Second Rite
When a vampire returns and siren blood awakens, the Council demands a trial to prove their bond.
Romance
Paranormal Romance
Vampires
Fantasy Romance
Paranormal
We All Fall Down
His punch shattered her. Now the haunted bridge where it happened is calling them both back.
Young Adult
Horror
Contemporary
Mystery
Thriller
We All Fall Down
His punch shattered her. Now the haunted bridge where it happened is calling them both back.
Young Adult
Horror
Contemporary
Mystery
Thriller
Rebel Angels
When magic bleeds into Victorian London, a schoolgirl must find its source before a sorceress does.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
Gothic
Magic
Rebel Angels
When magic bleeds into Victorian London, a schoolgirl must find its source before a sorceress does.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
Gothic
Magic
The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories
An eternal youth wish leaves him flawless, but his hidden portrait decays with every sin.
Classics
Horror
Gothic
Fantasy
Literature
The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories
An eternal youth wish leaves him flawless, but his hidden portrait decays with every sin.
Classics
Horror
Gothic
Fantasy
Literature
House of Salt and Sorrows
After four sisters die, Annaleigh discovers enchanted balls where death dances closer each night.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Horror
Retellings
Gothic
House of Salt and Sorrows
After four sisters die, Annaleigh discovers enchanted balls where death dances closer each night.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Horror
Retellings
Gothic
Vampires of El Norte
1846. War returns a vaquero to the girl he thought dead, and to the vampires stalking her.
Horror
Historical Fiction
Romance
Vampires
Gothic
Vampires of El Norte
1846. War returns a vaquero to the girl he thought dead, and to the vampires stalking her.
Horror
Historical Fiction
Romance
Vampires
Gothic
El vals de la bruja
A disgraced witch enters Victorian high society as a killer drains the magic from London's outcasts.
Fantasy
Romance
Young Adult
Witches
Paranormal
El vals de la bruja
A disgraced witch enters Victorian high society as a killer drains the magic from London's outcasts.
Fantasy
Romance
Young Adult
Witches
Paranormal
Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood
A fanged neighbor mirrors the cursed portrait on their wall. Their daughter is his prey.
Horror
Vampires
Gothic
Classics
Victorian
Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood
A fanged neighbor mirrors the cursed portrait on their wall. Their daughter is his prey.
Horror
Vampires
Gothic
Classics
Victorian
Cuentos desde Interior
Dark fairy tales where blood opens doors, Death collects brides, and every wish leaves a scar.
Fantasy
Horror
Fairy Tales
Young Adult
Short Stories
Cuentos desde Interior
Dark fairy tales where blood opens doors, Death collects brides, and every wish leaves a scar.
Fantasy
Horror
Fairy Tales
Young Adult
Short Stories
The Midnight Witch
A young duchess inherits a necromantic coven, loves an outsider, and a rival order closes in.
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Witches
Romance
Paranormal
The Midnight Witch
A young duchess inherits a necromantic coven, loves an outsider, and a rival order closes in.
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Witches
Romance
Paranormal
American Supernatural Tales
A journey through two centuries of American supernatural fiction: Gothic shadows to cosmic dread.
Horror
Short Stories
Anthologies
Classics
Gothic
American Supernatural Tales
A journey through two centuries of American supernatural fiction: Gothic shadows to cosmic dread.
Horror
Short Stories
Anthologies
Classics
Gothic
Delicious Monsters
A teen medium inherits a mansion that devours pain, where forgotten girls' ghosts demand justice.
Horror
Young Adult
Paranormal
Supernatural
Thriller
Delicious Monsters
A teen medium inherits a mansion that devours pain, where forgotten girls' ghosts demand justice.
Horror
Young Adult
Paranormal
Supernatural
Thriller
Doll Parts
Posthumous letters from her dead best friend force a new mother to confront their buried secret.
Thriller
Mystery
Literary Fiction
Gothic
Suspense
Doll Parts
Posthumous letters from her dead best friend force a new mother to confront their buried secret.
Thriller
Mystery
Literary Fiction
Gothic
Suspense
The Ordeals
A magical blood contract holds her captive. A dark academy's deadly trials could set her free.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Dark Fantasy
Vampires
The Ordeals
A magical blood contract holds her captive. A dark academy's deadly trials could set her free.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Dark Fantasy
Vampires
Bad Dreams in the Night
A person's nightmares pull them into a decaying house, where a family curse frays sanity.
Horror
Graphic Novels
Comics
Paranormal
Short Stories
Bad Dreams in the Night
A person's nightmares pull them into a decaying house, where a family curse frays sanity.
Horror
Graphic Novels
Comics
Paranormal
Short Stories
The Little Stranger
A country doctor called to a decaying manor finds the house destroying the family from within.
Horror
Gothic
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Ghosts
The Little Stranger
A country doctor called to a decaying manor finds the house destroying the family from within.
Horror
Gothic
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Ghosts
Clockwork Princess
Her fiancé is dying. His best friend secretly loves her. The cure demands her surrender.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Paranormal
Historical Fiction
Clockwork Princess
Her fiancé is dying. His best friend secretly loves her. The cure demands her surrender.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Paranormal
Historical Fiction
