swap_horiz Lost Souls Alternatives

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We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson’s *We Have Always Lived in the Castle* presents a chilling portrait of isolation and psychological horro...

Classic Isolation Gothic Unreliable Narrator

9.1 Excellent

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Boy's Life

Robert McCammon’s *Boy's Life* is a supernatural horror novel exploring themes of innocence and corruption through the e...

Supernatural Coming Of Age Small Town 1990S

9.0 Excellent

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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson’s *The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde* explores the duality of human nature through a chil...

Classic Psychological Novel Gothic

8.7 Great

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'Salem's Lot

Stephen King's 1975 vampire novel set in the fictional Maine town of Jerusalem's Lot, widely regarded as a landmark of A...

Supernatural Vampire Small Town 1970S

8.5 Great

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Summer of Night

Dan Simmons's 1991 novel set in a 1960 Illinois small town where a group of children discover and confront an ancient ma...

Supernatural Coming Of Age Small Town 1990S

8.4 Great

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Mexican Gothic

Mexican Gothic is a 2020 horror novel by Mexican-Canadian author Silvia Moreno-Garcia, notable for becoming a bestseller...

Gothic 2020S Silvia Moreno Garcia 1950S Mexico

8.4 Great

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The Vampire Lestat

Anne Rice's 1985 second Vampire Chronicles entry, narrated by Lestat de Lioncourt, who recounts his origins and reinvent...

Vampire 1980S Gothic Anne Rice

8.3 Great

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My Soul to Keep

This 1997 supernatural thriller by American author Tananarive Due explores the dark side of immortality through a secret...

Family 1990S Immortal Tananarive Due

8.3 Great

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The Cipher

Kathe Koja's 1991 debut body horror novel centers on a seemingly bottomless hole that warps the minds and bodies of thos...

1990S Cosmic Horror Transgressive Kathe Koja

8.2 Great

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The Other

Thomas Tryon's 1971 psychological horror novel, set in 1930s rural Connecticut, follows twin boys and builds to a devast...

Psychological 1970S Gothic Thomas Tryon

8.1 Great

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The Monk

Matthew Lewis's 1796 Gothic masterpiece follows the violent downfall of a Catholic monk in Madrid, notorious for its sho...

Classic Supernatural Gothic Transgressive

8.0 Great

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The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

James Hogg's 1824 Scottish novel is a pioneering work of psychological horror that uses a split narrative to explore dem...

Classic Gothic Doppelganger James Hogg

8.0 Great

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Bag of Bones

Stephen King's 1998 ghost story about a grieving novelist who retreats to his Maine lake house and encounters supernatur...

Grief 1990S Ghost Story Haunted House

7.8 Good

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The Witching Hour

Anne Rice's 1990 novel launching the Mayfair Witches series, tracing a New Orleans dynasty of witches and their centurie...

Supernatural Family Saga 1990S Witches

7.8 Good

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Imajica

Clive Barker's 1991 epic fantasy-horror novel spanning five interconnected dimensions called Dominions, centering on a r...

Epic Dark Fantasy 1990S Cosmic

7.8 Good

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Intensity

A 1995 psychological thriller by Dean Koontz following Chyna Shepherd, who survives a night of terror as a sociopathic s...

Psychological Thriller 1990S Serial Killer

7.8 Good

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The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires is a 2020 horror novel by Grady Hendrix, notable for depicting housew...

Vampire Suburban 2020S Female Friendship

7.8 Good

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Melmoth the Wanderer

Charles Maturin's 1820 Irish Gothic novel tells the story of a man who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for 150 y...

Classic Gothic Faustian Charles Maturin

7.8 Good

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Uncle Silas

Sheridan Le Fanu's 1864 Irish Gothic novel depicts a young heiress held captive by her sinister uncle, pioneering the lo...

Classic Gothic Victorian Mystery Horror

7.8 Good

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Drawing Blood

Poppy Z. Brite's 1993 novel follows a young cartoonist who returns to the Mississippi house where his father murdered hi...

Psychological Gothic 1990S Transgressive

7.0 Good