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The Best Gothic Horror Books of All-Time

Here is a list of the top 34 gothic horror books of all-time according to Bookscrolling. How many of these chilling stories have you read?
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Carmilla (Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla
1
Sheridan Le Fanu
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
2
Mark Z. Danielewski
In a Glass Darkly (Sheridan Le Fanu)
In a Glass Darkly
3
Sheridan Le Fanu
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
4
Charlotte Bronte
Melmoth the Wanderer (Charles Maturin)
Melmoth the Wanderer
5
Charles Maturin
Tales of Terror and Mystery (Arthur Conan Doyle)
Tales of Terror and Mystery
6
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Devil's Elixirs
The Devil's Elixirs
7
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
8
Shirley Jackson
The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux)
The Phantom of the Opera
9
Gaston Leroux
The Pit and the Pendulum (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Pit and the Pendulum
10
Edgar Allan Poe
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
11
Stephen King
The Thirteenth Tale (Diane Setterfield)
The Thirteenth Tale
12
Diane Setterfield
The Witching Hour (Anne Rice)
The Witching Hour
13
Anne Rice
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
14
Wilkie Collins
Vathek (William Beckford)
Vathek
15
William Beckford
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
16
Shirley Jackson
White Is for Witching (Helen Oyeyemi)
White Is for Witching
17
Helen Oyeyemi
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
18
Jane Austen
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
19
Patrick Suskind
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
20
Edgar Allan Poe
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
21
Oscar Wilde
The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Tell-Tale Heart
22
Edgar Allan Poe
The Vampyre (John William Polidori)
The Vampyre
23
John William Polidori
The Woman in Black (Susan Hill)
The Woman in Black
24
Susan Hill
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
25
Daphne Du Maurier
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
26
Henry James
The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole)
The Castle of Otranto
27
Horace Walpole
The Mysteries of Udolpho (Ann Radcliffe)
The Mysteries of Udolpho
28
Ann Radcliffe
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
29
Emily Bronte
Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Interview With the Vampire
30
Anne Rice
The Monk (Matthew Lewis)
The Monk
31
Matthew Lewis
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
32
Bram Stoker
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
33
Robert Louis Stevenson
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
34
Mary Shelley
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