Recs if you like The Castle of Otranto...

Shorter books (under 200 pages) that are part of at least one quest. Many are also in the public domain, making them easily accessible when you want to grind for that next badge.

Based on the list/book published in 2006, general editor Peter Boxall.

A collection of horror books without animal death/cruelty since it is prevalent in the genre! These books will avoid graphic scenes with animals and cruelty. Animal bones may be present, let me know if you need to know which ones. Suggestions welcome and if I am mistaken about the content let me know and I will remove!

Going back to the Dark Ages with all the horror and death they experienced. A comprehensive list including popular selections along with lesser known works to evoke the Olde Age scares.

(I try to update this list all any time I run across new ones!)

A list of 100 gothic classics which covers over 250 years of literature, from the high-drama castles of the 1700s to the psychological "New Gothic" of today.

Call me Ishmael for this is my white whale

A mix of classics & modern literature, that have to do with the witchy, gothic and horror genres ✨

A list for the cold months.

horror, historical, and fantasy that are all in the medieval gothic genre. also includes books that are heavily inspired but are more scifi/fantasy to get a fully comprehensive vibe

A collection of books that impacted the future of their own genre. ✨️please make recommendations✨️ (Picking emojis for this was hard)

Notes in the margins are a must. — Me, a neurotic literature degree holder

Keeping those narrators unreliable and those mansions decaying. Embrace the madness and dark appetites of Gothic Literature.

Gothic novels and short stories in the Public Domain, available as free eBooks on gutenberg.org and standardebooks.org

Books to reach for when you feel the itch to daydream about running through a dimly lit castle, followed by a shadowy presence, only to discover a dark forest stretching out before you.

books to read if you want to delve into classic gothic classic literature

A comprehensive list from Dr. Rebecca Marks (ig:culture_dumper).

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Supreme Leader has opened a new library for minions to peruse and keep up with all recs off the podcast 🚨 🚨

books either about the goth subculture, contain goth characters, or are synonymous with the subculture itself.

Dark tales of mystery, romance and the supernatural