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Any thought’s on good Gothic fiction?

Any thought’s on good Gothic fiction?

Gavin #recommend #fiction

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Belu

Here for the comments

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Alondra

The only one I can think of is The Phantom of the Opera ?

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Megan

The Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman
Rebecca – Daphne du Maurice
The Night Circus – Erin Morgenstern
The Historian – Elizabeth Kostova
House of Leaves – Mark Danielewski
Let the Right One In – Ajvide Lindqvist
The Vampire Chronicles – Anne Rice
The Gargoyle – Andrew Davidson

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Alli

House of leaves ??????

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Ann

Love it.

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Belu

The shadow of the wind

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Jennifer

Ooo, I love a bit of gothic. You could start at the beginning with The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole or The Mysteries of Udolpho or The Romance of the Forest by Ann Radcliffe through such fantastic authors such as William Beckford, Sheridan Le Fanu (especially ‘In a Glass Darkly’), the Brontes, Bram Stoker & Mary Shelley and of course, Edgar Allen Poe. Big shout out to my favourites though – The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived at the Castle by Shirley Jackson, Daphne du Maurier’s ‘Rebecca’ and ‘Jamaica Inn’, The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Luis Zafon, The 13th Tale by Diane Setterfield, The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Turn of the Screw by M. R. James, The Woman in Black by Susan Hill….then there is the whole sub genre of American Gothic and Southern Gothic…it is such a fab genre, I could go on all day but I will shut up now???

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Julie

Wow! Bravo!

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Germaine

The Shadow of the Wind
The Angel’s Game
Prisoner of Heaven
The Labyrinth of the Spirits
This is a 4-book series of Gothic novels by Carlos Ruiz Zafon set in Barcelona, Spain. The series is also known as The Cemetery of Lost Books.

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Belu

I loved the first one so much I’m scared to read the sequel :'(

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Germaine

I’ve read the first two and did like the first one better. The others are in my tbr shelf. I’d like to complete the series although I’m not a gothic lit fan.

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Belu

I love Gothic n this is one of my favorite books ever. My mom read three n loved them, but I’m still scared

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Veronica

Following. I love gothic novels!!

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GavinQuestion author

Myself Veronica I love this I’m looking forward to reading the woman in white

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Julie

YA but still good – The Night Gardener.

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