Most Popular Gothic Horror Books

The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories #15

The Fifteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Storie

R. Chetwynd-Hayes

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction

November 1979

Pan Book of Horror Stories #20

The 20th Pan Book of Horror Stories

Herbert van Thal

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Splatterpunk · Weird Fiction

September 28, 1979

Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural

Sweeney Todd

Thomas Preskett Prest, James Malcolm Rymer, David Stuart Davies, Dick Collins

Horror · Gothic Horror · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Romance

1847

Home Before Dark

Riley Sager

Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Thriller · Mystery

June 30, 2020

Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Horror · Gothic Horror · Locus Award

June 30, 2020

Carmilla

Sheridan Le Fanu

Horror · Gothic Horror · Vampires

1872

Our Share of Night

Mariana Enríquez

Horror · Gothic Horror · Translation · Mainstream

November 27, 2019

British Library Tales of the Weird #53

The Haunted Trail

Weird Walk

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Anthology

September 19, 2024

Flame Tree 451

Indian Ghost Stories

Dr. Mithuraaj Dhusiya

Horror · 19th century · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror

November 28, 2023

Starling House

Alix E. Harrow

Fantasy · Horror · Gothic Horror

October 3, 2023

British Library Hardback Classics: Gilded Nightmares

The Tell-Tale Heart

Edgar Allan Poe

Fantasy · Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Collection

January 1, 2017

Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural

The Power of Darkness: Tales of Terror

David Stuart Davies, Edith Nesbit

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Collection

May 7, 2006

Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural

The Crimson Blind & Other Ghost Stories

H. D. Everett

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

2006

Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural

Ghost Stories of Henry James

Henry James, David Stuart Davies, Martin Scofield

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction

2001

Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural

Wagner the Werewolf

George W. M. Reynolds

Horror · Gothic Horror · Werewolves

1847

Final Girls

Riley Sager

Gothic Horror · Psychological Thriller · Mystery

July 11, 2017

Bellefleur

Joyce Carol Oates

Fantasy · Horror · Gothic Horror · Historical Fantasy · Magical Realism

1980

Endless Night

Agatha Christie

Gothic Horror · Mystery · Thriller

October 30, 1967

British Library Tales of the Weird #42

The House on the Borderland

William Hope Hodgson

Horror · Gothic Horror · Weird Fiction

1908

The Vampyre; A Tale

John William Polidori

Horror · Gothic Horror · Vampires

1819

The Ring of Thoth

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Horror · Egyptian Mythology · Gothic Horror · Weird Fiction · Mythology

1890

Dollanganger Children #3

If There Be Thorns

Virginia C. Andrews

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Psychological Thriller · Thriller

1981

Bellman & Black

Diane Setterfield

Gothic Horror · Historical Fiction · Mystery

October 2013

Dollanganger Children #1

Flowers in the Attic

Virginia C. Andrews

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror

1979

The Merciful Women

Federico Andahazi

Horror · Gothic Horror · Translation

2000

The Mysteries of Udolpho

Ann Radcliffe

Horror · Gothic Horror

1794

The Silent Companions

Laura Purcell

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror

October 2017

The Essex Serpent

Sarah Perry

Horror · Gothic Horror · Mainstream

May 2016

Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural

Tales of Mystery & the Macabre

Elizabeth Gaskell, David Stuart Davies

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Collection · Short Stories

May 9, 2008

Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural

The Haunted Hotel & Other Stories

David Stuart Davies, Wilkie Collins

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Collection

May 8, 2006

The Castle of Otranto

Horace Walpole

Fantasy · Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror

1764

The Bram Stoker Bedtime Companion

Bram Stoker

Horror · Gothic Horror · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

1973

To Death, We Dance

Megan Lally

Horror · Gothic Horror

May 4, 2027

Tales of Thornhill #2

Tales of Thornhill Book 2

Hanga E. Pavel

Gothic Horror · Dark Romance

2027

Oubliette

L.V. Russell

Horror · Gothic Horror · Historical Fiction

October 23, 2026

Hollow Folk

Andrew K. Clark

Horror · Gothic Horror

September 29, 2026