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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

Vathek Summary
Vathek
by William Beckford 1786 180 pages
3.24
7.0K ratings
Gothic
Classics
Horror
A Theory of Dreaming Summary
A Theory of Dreaming
by Ava Reid 2025 416 pages
3.80
3.0K ratings
Fantasy
Dark Academia
Young Adult
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
Bone Island Summary
Bone Island
Book of Danvers
by Nicole Fiorina 2023 680 pages
4.32
3.2K ratings
Fantasy
Romantasy
Dark Romance
The Phantom of the Opera Summary
The Phantom of the Opera
by Gaston Leroux 1910 360 pages
3.96
264.5K ratings
Horror
Romance
Gothic
We Live Here Now Summary
We Live Here Now
by Sarah Pinborough 2025 291 pages
3.73
9.2K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Poisoner Summary
The Poisoner
by I.V. Ophelia 2024 442 pages
3.73
13.1K ratings
Fantasy
Dark Romance
Vampires
A Dark and Drowning Tide Summary
A Dark and Drowning Tide
by Allison Saft 2024 370 pages
3.58
12.1K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Lesbian
Frankenstein Summary
Frankenstein
The 1818 Text
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 1818 260 pages
3.89
1.7M ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Gothic
The Complete Stories and Poems Summary
The Complete Stories and Poems
by Edgar Allan Poe 1849 821 pages
4.40
289.4K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Horror
The Yellow Wall-Paper Summary
The Yellow Wall-Paper
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1892 62 pages
4.08
330.2K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Horror
The Exorcism of Faeries Summary
The Exorcism of Faeries
by J.L. Vampa 2025 418 pages
3.94
3.5K ratings
Fantasy
Dark Academia
Romance
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories Summary
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories
by Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 254 pages
4.00
35.8K ratings
Classics
Horror
Short Stories
Things We Lost in the Fire Summary
Things We Lost in the Fire
by Mariana Enríquez 2016 192 pages
4.05
55.9K ratings
Short Stories
Horror
Magical Realism
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket Summary
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
by Edgar Allan Poe 1838 288 pages
3.50
14.0K ratings
Horror
Adventure
Gothic
The Raven Summary
The Raven
by Edgar Allan Poe 1845 64 pages
4.29
161.1K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Horror
Lady Macbeth Summary
Lady Macbeth
by Ava Reid 2024 295 pages
3.47
20.1K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Retellings
Hazelthorn Summary
Hazelthorn
by C.G. Drews 2025 368 pages
4.36
2.6K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Gothic
We Have Always Lived in the Castle Summary
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
by Shirley Jackson 1962 152 pages
3.92
278.9K ratings
Horror
Classics
Gothic
The Gospel Singer Summary
The Gospel Singer
by Harry Crews 1968 300 pages
4.22
1.8K ratings
Southern Gothic
Southern
Classics
Grimstone Summary
Grimstone
by Sophie Lark 2023 362 pages
3.65
21.5K ratings
Dark Romance
Romance
Dark
Dracul Summary
Dracul
by Dacre Stoker 2018 497 pages
4.15
17.5K ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Vampires
Autumn of the Grimoire Summary
Autumn of the Grimoire
by J.L. Vampa 2022 412 pages
4.05
3.7K ratings
Fantasy
Witches
Romance
Master of Salt & Bones Summary
Master of Salt & Bones
by Keri Lake 2020 552 pages
3.91
34.5K ratings
Dark Romance
Romance
Fantasy
The Ghost Woods Summary
The Ghost Woods
by C.J. Cooke 2022 408 pages
3.94
7.3K ratings
Horror
Gothic
Fantasy
Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Summary
Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe 1849 304 pages
4.20
9.4K ratings
Classics
Horror
Short Stories
The Woman in White Summary
The Woman in White
by Wilkie Collins 2003 672 pages
4.01
163.9K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Gothic
What Big Teeth Summary
What Big Teeth
by Rose Szabo 2021 394 pages
3.37
6.9K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Young Adult
The Lottery and Other Stories Summary
The Lottery and Other Stories
by Shirley Jackson 1949 302 pages
4.02
83.0K ratings
Short Stories
Horror
Classics
The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories Summary
The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories
by Oscar Wilde 1891 320 pages
4.09
3.2K ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
The Fall of the House of Usher Summary
The Fall of the House of Usher
by Edgar Allan Poe 2004 36 pages
3.85
85.3K ratings
Classics
Horror
Short Stories
American Supernatural Tales Summary
American Supernatural Tales
by S.T. Joshi 2007 478 pages
4.01
1.2K ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Anthologies
The Turn of the Screw Summary
The Turn of the Screw
by Henry James 1898 121 pages
3.38
170.4K ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
The Minotaur Summary
The Minotaur
by Barbara Vine 2005 341 pages
3.65
3.0K ratings
Mystery
Suspense
Crime
Monarch Summary
Monarch
by Sophie Lark 2024 320 pages
3.85
8.5K ratings
Dark Romance
Romance
Dark
Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood Summary
Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood
by James Malcolm Rymer 1845 809 pages
3.40
1.5K ratings
Horror
Vampires
Classics
The Thirteenth Child Summary
The Thirteenth Child
by Erin A. Craig 2024 498 pages
4.05
17.6K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Horror
The Devil Rides Out Summary
The Devil Rides Out
by Dennis Wheatley 1934 320 pages
3.77
2.3K ratings
Horror
Occult
Fantasy
The Bog Wife Summary
The Bog Wife
by Kay Chronister 2024 336 pages
3.59
8.6K ratings
Horror
Gothic
Fantasy
Dracula the Un-Dead Summary
Dracula the Un-Dead
by Dacre Stoker 2009 424 pages
3.15
6.7K ratings
Horror
Vampires
Fantasy
House of Hearts Summary
House of Hearts
by Skyla Arndt 2025 288 pages
4.04
337 ratings
Horror
Dark Academia
Fantasy
The Last House on Needless Street Summary
The Last House on Needless Street
by Catriona Ward 2021 337 pages
3.82
137.4K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Darkbirch Academy Summary
Darkbirch Academy
by Krista Graves 2025 368 pages
3.72
2.4K ratings
Fantasy
Romantasy
Dark Academia
Powers of Darkness Summary
Powers of Darkness
The Lost Version of Dracula
by Valdimar Ásmundsson 1901 309 pages
3.63
1.5K ratings
Horror
Vampires
Classics
Ghosts Summary
Ghosts
by Edith Wharton 1937 288 pages
3.88
835 ratings
Short Stories
Horror
Classics
House of the Beast Summary
House of the Beast
by Michelle Wong 2025 464 pages
3.96
2.3K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Gothic
The Angel's Game Summary
The Angel's Game
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 2009 531 pages
4.02
180.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
Collected Ghost Stories Summary
Collected Ghost Stories
by M.R. James 1931 568 pages
4.13
7.6K ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Classics
Vampires of El Norte Summary
Vampires of El Norte
by Isabel Cañas 2023 371 pages
3.88
37.1K ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Northanger Abbey Summary
Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen 1817 260 pages
3.85
433.5K ratings
Classics
Gothic
Historical Fiction
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