Seaside Gothic
Inspired by the sea fog, whistling winds, and the dark sea crashing against the rocks in summer
created by thatdamgirl
last updated July, 2026
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This looks fun! 🌊
Thank you! I’ve been very inspired by my trips to the beach recently haha
Obsessed with this niche sub-subgenre 👀🦇🌊 Dracula would be great for this!
Oooh I haven’t seen an ocean mention in Dracula yet (I’m about 20% of the way through). Are there more ocean settings later on in the story?
The town in England where they live is a seaside town, I can't remember how prevalent the mentions are to be fair but it's very prevalent in my mind and how I think of Dracula
That’s fair! I’m excited to get to that part then cause that sounds like the perfect spooky setting 🙂↕️🌊
Tangentially there's a book about the ship's voyage (a queer retelling of it really) called The Route of Ice and Salt, that one definitely fits
Obsessed with this list!! 🤩
😍 I’m so glad you love it! Always taking recs too if you have any!
Love this omg!!!! (Btw dark and drowning tide takes place over rivers not sea. There may be a bit of sea towards the end but idr for sure)
Oh good to know!! Thank you! I haven’t read all of them, just chose off of synopsis/recs/vibes so that’s helpful. :) I may remove that one since it doesn’t fit the theme exactly
This gives Widow's Bay vibes!!!! I loveeee so many books on this list.
I keep seeing that show pop up on my tiktok fyp! I wasn’t aware it had a seaside gothic vibe so now I definitely gotta watch it! 🙂↕️ Which is your favorite book from the list?
I’m between Rebecca and A Study in Drowning!!! Both are just 👩🏻🍳👌🏼. I went to Cornwall recently and stayed in Jamaica Inn, where Du Maurier stayed and then wrote the titular book! Very coastal gothic vibes with the cliffs and rain!
Agree Study in Drowning is one of my all time faves. 🙂↕️ Rebecca is definitely on my TBR. That’s sooo cool you got to stay at the Jamaica Inn 🤩 that sounds perfect.
