Tabs & TwistsGothic and Haunting Reads
Nine atmospheric novels of dread, obsession and ghosts, from Frankenstein to Beloved.
9 books
Gothic fiction is about the things we cannot leave behind: old houses, old crimes and old desires. These eight books range from classic Victorian chills to a modern novel haunted by history.
Read them on a rainy evening, preferably with the lights low.
1.Frankenstein
Mary Shelley · 1818
No ratings yetWhere it all began: a young scientist, a creature he abandons and a question about who the real monster is.
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2.Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë · 1847
No ratings yetA storm of a novel. Love as obsession on the Yorkshire moors, with no one to root for and no way to look away.
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3.Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë · 1847
No ratings yetThornfield Hall's locked rooms and midnight laughter wrapped around one of fiction's most independent heroines.
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4.Dracula
Bram Stoker · 1897
No ratings yetTold through letters and diaries, the novel that made the vampire. The castle chapters are pure dread.
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5.The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde · 1890
No ratings yetA beautiful face, a rotting portrait in the attic and Lord Henry's poisonous wit.
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6.Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier · 1938
No ratings yetManderley is haunted by a woman who is already dead. A masterclass in slow-burn suspense.
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7.Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad · 1899
No ratings yetA river journey into the horror of empire. Short, dense and unforgettable.
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8.Kozmik Korku
5.0 out of 5, 1 ratingThe newest entry: a 1980s small-town horror where a gothic bookshop, a cursed book and something vast in the sky collide.
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9.Beloved
Toni Morrison · 1987
No ratings yetA modern ghost story where the ghost is history. Demanding, devastating and essential.
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