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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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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 Gothic novella exploring human duality through a London scientist who chemically transform...

Classic Gothic Victorian Duality

8.7 Great

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The Last House on Needless Street

A 2021 psychological horror novel by British author Catriona Ward that won both the Bram Stoker Award and the Shirley Ja...

Psychological Unreliable Narrator 2020S Catriona Ward

8.5 Great

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A Head Full of Ghosts

A Head Full of Ghosts is a 2015 horror novel by American author Paul Tremblay, notable for winning the Bram Stoker Award...

Religious Reality TV 2010S Demonic Possession

8.5 Great

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The Fisherman

The Fisherman is a 2016 horror novel by American author John Langan, notable for winning the Bram Stoker Award and its c...

Grief 2010S Cosmic Horror Lovecraftian

8.5 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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The Ballad of Black Tom

The Ballad of Black Tom is a 2016 horror novella by Victor LaValle, notable for reimagining H.P. Lovecraft's The Horror...

Historical 2010S Cosmic Horror Lovecraftian

8.3 Great

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The Cabin at the End of the World

The Cabin at the End of the World is a 2018 horror novel by American author Paul Tremblay, notable for winning the Bram...

Psychological Apocalyptic 2010S Home Invasion

8.0 Great

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Little Heaven

Little Heaven is a 2016 horror novel by Canadian author Nick Cutter, notable for its extreme violence and its setting of...

Supernatural Western 2010S Nick Cutter

8.0 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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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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My Best Friend's Exorcism

My Best Friend's Exorcism is a 2016 horror novel by American author Grady Hendrix, notable for blending teen comedy and...

1980S Friendship 2010S Demonic Possession

7.7 Good

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Revival

Stephen King's 2014 novel blending cosmic horror with religious themes, tracing a minister's obsession with a mysterious...

Religion 2010S Cosmic Horror Lovecraftian

7.6 Good

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Drood

A 2009 historical horror novel by Dan Simmons narrated by Wilkie Collins, imagining Charles Dickens's obsession with a m...

2000S Gothic Historical Horror Dickens

7.5 Good

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This Book Is Full of Spiders

This Book Is Full of Spiders is a 2012 comedic horror novel by David Wong, notable as the sequel to John Dies at the End...

Supernatural Zombie 2010S Jason Pargin

7.5 Good

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Usher's Passing

A 1984 horror novel by Robert R. McCammon reimagining the cursed Usher family from Poe's tale as a powerful American dyn...

1980S Gothic Robert Mccammon Poe Homage

7.3 Good

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House of Small Shadows

A 2013 horror novel by Adam Nevill about an antiques cataloguer invited to a reclusive taxidermist's English country est...

Gothic 2010S Folk Horror Dolls

7.2 Good