Inspired by ‘Terror and Wonder’, a great Gothic Literature exhibition at the British Library #BLGothic, here’s our suggestions in stock at Leeds Libraries – first newer Gothic novels, then the classics. A bonus is that Headingley Library recently did a stock buy of Gothic fiction, so look out for some new additions coming there soon. November is closing in, it’s foggy and we’re in the mood for some Gothic terror!
We’ve picked out the following 5 star reads recommended by our readers and more.
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Susan Hill – The Woman in Black – 5 *
Diane Setterfield – The Thirteenth Tale 5*
Ann Rice – Interview with a vampire 5*
John Harding – Florence and Giles 5*
Jane Harris – The Observations 5*
Shirley Jackson –The Haunting of Hill House (eBook) 5*
Erin Morgenstern – The Night Circus
Sarah Waters – The Little Stranger
Angela Carter – The Magic Toyshop
John Boyne – This House is Haunted
Valerie Martin – The Ghost of the Marie Celeste
The Classics
Horace Walpole – The Castle of Utranto
Ann Radcliffe – Mysteries of Udolpho
Mary Shelley – Frankenstein Why not listen to the eAudioBook
William Beckford – Vathek
Bram Stoker – Dracula
Gaston LeRoux – Phantom of the Opera
Sheridan Le Fanu – Uncle Silas
Robert Louis Stevenson – Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Henry James – The Turn of the Screw
Emily Bronte – Wuthering Heights
M. G.Lewis – The Monk
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