Gothic Horror
Gothic Horror novels are often set in old, dark, haunted mansions or castles, with a mood of decay, death, and despair. It may involve the supernatural or the uncanny and often includes a damsel (or mansel) in distress.
- Dracula by Bram Stoker
- Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
- Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
- The Only One Left by Riley Sager
- A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
- The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen
- The Hill of Dreams by Arthur Machen
- Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice
- The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
- The Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker
- Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice
- The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker
- Haunted by James Herbert
- Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M.R. James
- Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis by Anne Rice
- Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories by M.R. James
- A Thin Ghost and Others by M.R. James
- Pandora by Anne Rice
- Dracul by Dacre Stoker
- The House of Souls by Arthur Machen
- The Moon-Spinners by Mary Stewart
- This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart
- Prince Lestat by Anne Rice
- The Spite House by Johnny Compton
- The Tale of the Body Thief by Anne Rice
- Others by James Herbert
- The Mummy by Anne Rice
- The Vampire Armand by Anne Rice
- The Magic Cottage by James Herbert
- Uncle Silas by Sheridan Le Fanu
- The Haunted Dolls' House and Other Ghost Stories by M.R. James
- Dracula in Love by John Shirley
- Medusa's Web by Tim Powers
- Blood Communion by Anne Rice
- The Grave by Charles L. Grant
- The Dark by James Herbert
- The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale
- Blood and Gold by Anne Rice
- The Invisible World by Nora Fussner
- The Three Impostors by Arthur Machen
- Sepulchre by James Herbert
- The Sound of Midnight by Charles L. Grant
- The Accursed by Joyce Carol Oates
- Loteria by Cynthia Pelayo
- Castle Terror by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Blood Canticle by Anne Rice
- Mormama by Kit Reed
- Curious Warnings: The Great Ghost Stories of M.R. James by M.R. James
- Nightmare Seasons by Charles L. Grant
- The Soft Whisper of the Dead by Charles L. Grant
- Those Who Went Remain There Still by Cherie Priest
- The Last Call of Mourning by Charles L. Grant
- Northern Gothic by Nick Mamatas
- The Priest: A Gothic Romance by Thomas M. Disch
- The Long Night of the Grave by Charles L. Grant
- The Dark Cry of the Moon by Charles L. Grant
- The Hour of the Oxrun Dead by Charles L. Grant
- The House of Storms by Ian R. MacLeod
- Jackals by Charles L. Grant
- Bluebeard's Daughter by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Shadow Black by Tom Arden
- Drums of Darkness by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- The Agonizing Resurrection of Victor Frankenstein and Other Gothic Tales by Thomas Ligotti
- Clara Reeve by Thomas M. Disch (writing as Leonie Hargrave)
- Lost Hearts and Other Chilling Tales by M.R. James