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Gothic

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

The Black Cat Summary
The Black Cat
by Edgar Allan Poe 1843 24 pages
4.03
53k+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Short Stories
The Raven Summary
The Raven
by Edgar Allan Poe 1845 64 pages
4.29
100k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Horror
Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Summary
Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe 1849 304 pages
4.20
9k+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Short Stories
Infernium Summary
Infernium
by Keri Lake 2022 686 pages
3.98
5k+ ratings
Fantasy
Dark Romance
Paranormal
Phobia Summary
Phobia
by Keri Lake 70 pages
3.23
3k+ ratings
Dark Romance
Romance
Novella
The Case Against Satan Summary
The Case Against Satan
by Ray Russell 1962 140 pages
3.69
2k+ ratings
Horror
Classics
Gothic
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
14k+ ratings
Horror
Adventure
Gothic
Lady Macbeth Summary
Lady Macbeth
by Ava Reid 2024 295 pages
3.47
20k+ ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Retellings
Northanger Abbey Summary
Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen 1817 260 pages
3.85
400k+ ratings
Classics
Gothic
Historical Fiction
The Yellow Wall-Paper Summary
The Yellow Wall-Paper
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1892 54 pages
4.07
9k+ ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Horror
Dracul Summary
Dracul
by Dacre Stoker 2018 497 pages
4.15
17k+ ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Vampires
Victorian Psycho Summary
Victorian Psycho
by Virginia Feito 2025 208 pages
3.61
15k+ ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Gothic
The Ghost Woods Summary
The Ghost Woods
by C.J. Cooke 2022 408 pages
3.94
7k+ ratings
Horror
Gothic
Fantasy
Powers of Darkness Summary
Powers of Darkness
The Lost Version of Dracula
by Valdimar Ásmundsson 1901 309 pages
3.63
1k+ ratings
Horror
Vampires
Classics
A Dark and Drowning Tide Summary
A Dark and Drowning Tide
by Allison Saft 2024 370 pages
3.58
12k+ ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Lesbian
Dracula the Un-Dead Summary
Dracula the Un-Dead
by Dacre Stoker 2009 424 pages
3.15
6k+ ratings
Horror
Vampires
Fantasy
The Murders in the Rue Morgue Summary
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
by Edgar Allan Poe 1841 38 pages
3.81
41k+ ratings
Mystery
Short Stories
Horror
Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis Summary
Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis
by Anne Rice 2016 480 pages
3.81
9k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Vampires
Frankenstein, or the modern Prometheus - Illustrated Summary
Frankenstein, or the modern Prometheus - Illustrated
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 1818 310 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Science Fiction
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