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.
created by GLeigh
last updated April, 2026
Ghost Wall
Sarah Moss
The Silent Companions
Laura Purcell
The Ancestor
Danielle Trussoni
Our Share of Night
Mariana EnrĂquez
Plain Bad Heroines
Emily M. Danforth
The Death of Jane Lawrence
Caitlin Starling
Melmoth
Sarah Perry
The Essex Serpent
Starve Acre
Andrew Michael Hurley
The Loney
The Devil in Silver
Victor LaValle
Alias Grace
Margaret Atwood
The Blind Assassin
Blackwater: The Complete Caskey Family Saga (Blackwater, #1-6)
Michael McDowell
The Elementals
House of Leaves
Mark Z. Danielewski
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Stuart Turton
Fingersmith
Sarah Waters
The Little Stranger
Child of God
Cormac McCarthy
Outer Dark
Seven Gothic Tales
Isak Dinesen
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
V.C. Andrews
The Thirteenth Tale
Diane Setterfield
Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Historian
Elizabeth Kostova
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
Carlos Ruiz ZafĂłn
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
Dragonwyck
Anya Seton
Mistress of Mellyn
Victoria Holt
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