Recs if you like Vathek...

katabasis (n.) “descent”; often referring to a descent into the underworld, or the realm of the dead.

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

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!)

Overlooked, lesser known classics from all over the world and of many genres.

This list also exists as a book club on Fable under the same name.

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.

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

angels, demons, monks, plague, puss, flesh, fear, fire,

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

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

The foundations of the genre.

books mentioned and/or quoted in the shadowhunters universe! up until lord of shadows! to be updated soon!

books mentioned/quoted by Will and/or Tessa in Cassandra Clare's Infernal Devices series (i added also the first book of the series to make it easier to navigate)

This is the compendium of books from the 2012 edition.