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Dark corridors and haunted mansions set the stage for tales of psychological torment, forbidden desires, and supernatural terror in Victorian-era Britain and beyond. Brooding antiheroes, cursed artifacts, and family secrets intertwine with themes of morality, science, and social decay in these atmospheric works that birthed horror literature as we know it.

Gothic Book Summaries

Nocticadia Summary
Immersive
Nocticadia
by Keri Lake 2023 682 pages
4.22
91.0K ratings
Dark Romance
Fantasy
Romance
The Knight and the Moth Summary
The Knight and the Moth
by Rachel Gillig 2025 400 pages
4.61
1.6K ratings
Fantasy
Romantasy
Romance
Anathema Summary
Anathema
by Keri Lake 2024 688 pages
4.22
47.5K ratings
Fantasy
Romantasy
Romance
One Dark Window Summary
One Dark Window
by Rachel Gillig 2022 399 pages
4.28
476.1K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Romantasy
Phantasma Summary
Phantasma
by Kaylie Smith 2024 497 pages
4.08
182.8K ratings
Fantasy
Romantasy
Romance
Enchantra Summary
Enchantra
by Kaylie Smith 2025 448 pages
4.38
37.3K ratings
Fantasy
Romantasy
Romance
Flowers in the Attic Summary
Flowers in the Attic
by V.C. Andrews 1979 389 pages
3.85
229.6K ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Classics
Two Twisted Crowns Summary
Two Twisted Crowns
by Rachel Gillig 2023 437 pages
4.41
355.0K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Romantasy
Belladonna Summary
Belladonna
by Adalyn Grace 2022 409 pages
3.97
151.3K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Young Adult
Enigma Summary
Enigma
by RuNyx 2025 463 pages
3.92
3.8K ratings
Dark Romance
Fantasy
Romance
Don't Let the Forest In Summary
Don't Let the Forest In
by C.G. Drews 2024 336 pages
4.11
19.1K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Young Adult
Mexican Gothic Summary
Mexican Gothic
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2020 320 pages
3.67
408.8K ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Gothic
Nightshade Summary
Nightshade
by Keri Lake 2021 676 pages
4.01
15.4K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Dark Romance
The Bewitching Summary
The Bewitching
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2025 368 pages
4.28
708 ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
The Tell-Tale Heart Summary
The Tell-Tale Heart
by Edgar Allan Poe 1843 31 pages
4.24
114.8K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Horror
Jane Eyre Summary
Immersive
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë 1847 532 pages
4.15
2.2M ratings
Classics
Romance
Gothic
A Study in Drowning Summary
A Study in Drowning
by Ava Reid 2023 378 pages
3.73
81.2K ratings
Fantasy
Dark Academia
Young Adult
The Picture of Dorian Gray Summary
Immersive
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde 1890 272 pages
4.13
1.7M ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
Phobia Summary
Phobia
by Keri Lake 70 pages
3.23
3.2K ratings
Dark Romance
Romance
Novella
Wisteria Summary
Wisteria
by Adalyn Grace 2024 419 pages
4.24
32.6K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Young Adult
Interview with the Vampire Summary
Interview with the Vampire
by Anne Rice 1976 346 pages
4.02
628.1K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Vampires
The Lamb Summary
The Lamb
by Lucy Rose 2025 336 pages
3.89
8.8K ratings
Horror
LGBT
Queer
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame Summary
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
by Victor Hugo 1831 510 pages
4.02
211.3K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
France
Grave Matter Summary
Grave Matter
by Karina Halle 2024
4.01
8.5K ratings
Dark Romance
Romance
Horror
Eldritch Summary
Eldritch
by Keri Lake 2025
4.46
1.1K ratings
Fantasy
Romantasy
Gothic
Diavola Summary
Diavola
by Jennifer Marie Thorne 2024 296 pages
3.84
24.5K ratings
Horror
Gothic
Thriller
The Black Cat Summary
The Black Cat
by Edgar Allan Poe 1843 24 pages
4.03
53.4K ratings
Classics
Horror
Short Stories
Infernium Summary
Infernium
by Keri Lake 2022 686 pages
3.98
5.2K ratings
Fantasy
Dark Romance
Paranormal
The Thirteenth Tale Summary
The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield 2006 406 pages
3.98
321.8K ratings
Mystery
Historical Fiction
Book Club
The Haunting of Hill House Summary
The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson 1959 182 pages
3.82
356.1K ratings
Gothic
Mystery
Paranormal
Carmilla Summary
Carmilla
by J. Sheridan Le Fanu 1872 108 pages
3.87
157.8K ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
Victorian Psycho Summary
Victorian Psycho
by Virginia Feito 2025 208 pages
3.61
15.3K ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Gothic
Dracula Summary
Immersive
Dracula
by Bram Stoker 1897 488 pages
4.02
1.4M ratings
Classics
Horror
Fantasy
Gallant Summary
Gallant
by Victoria E. Schwab 2022 338 pages
3.71
134.8K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Horror
Rebecca Summary
Rebecca
by Daphne du Maurier 1938 449 pages
4.25
685.9K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Gothic
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Summary
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
by Anne Brontë 1848 576 pages
4.02
124.7K ratings
Classics
Romance
19th Century
Wuthering Heights Summary
Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë 1847 464 pages
3.90
1.9M ratings
Gothic
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Murders in the Rue Morgue Summary
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
by Edgar Allan Poe 1841 38 pages
3.81
41.0K ratings
Mystery
Short Stories
Horror
Hollow Heathens Summary
Hollow Heathens
Book of Blackwell
by Nicole Fiorina 2020 475 pages
3.92
13.6K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Romantasy
Foxglove Summary
Foxglove
by Adalyn Grace 2023 465 pages
4.12
61.9K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Young Adult
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Summary
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 139 pages
3.83
633.6K ratings
Horror
Gothic
Mystery
The Yellow Wall-Paper Summary
The Yellow Wall-Paper
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1892 54 pages
4.07
10.0K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Horror
The Possession of Alba Díaz Summary
The Possession of Alba Díaz
by Isabel Cañas 2025 384 pages
4.10
1.1K ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Gothic
The Great God Pan Summary
The Great God Pan
by Arthur Machen 1890 82 pages
3.68
15.5K ratings
Horror
Classics
Fantasy
Lucy Undying Summary
Lucy Undying
by Kiersten White 2024 464 pages
3.72
4.2K ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Vampires
The Witching Hour Summary
The Witching Hour
by Anne Rice 1990 1216 pages
4.10
122.1K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Paranormal
Play Nice Summary
Play Nice
by Rachel Harrison 2025 336 pages
4.08
7.3K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Gothic
Villette Summary
Villette
by Charlotte Brontë 1853 573 pages
3.78
77.6K ratings
Classics
Romance
19th Century
Vathek Summary
Vathek
by William Beckford 1786 180 pages
3.24
7.0K ratings
Gothic
Classics
Horror
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror Summary
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
by Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 224 pages
3.92
137.3K ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
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