Best Modern Gothic Novels - April 2024

Their Eyes Were Watching God

A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick“A deeply soulful novel that comprehends love and cruelty, and separates the big people from the small of heart, without ever losing sympathy for those unfortunates who don’t know how to live properly.” —Zadie SmithOne of the most important and enduring books of the twentieth century, Their Eyes Were Watching God brings to life a Southern love story with the wit and pathos found only in the writing of Zora Neale Hurston. Out of print for almost thirty years—due largely to initial audiences’ rejection of its strong black female protagonist—Hur... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0061120065
• ASIN: 0061120065
• ISBN: 0061120065
• Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
• Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Modern Classics

Heaven (Casteel Book 1)

• ASIN: B004CLYL44
• ASIN: B004CLYL44
• Manufacturer: Pocket Books

The Road

• ASIN: 0307387895
• ASIN: 0307387895
• ISBN: 9780307387899
• Brand: Vintage Books
• Manufacturer: Vintage

Rebecca

A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderly again."With these words, the reader is ushered into an isolated gray stone mansion on the windswept Cornish coast, as the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter recalls the chilling events that transpired as she began her new life as the young bride of a husband she barely knew. For in every corner of every room were phantoms of a time dead but not forgotten—a past devotedly preserved by the sinister housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers: a suite immaculate and untouched, clothing laid out and ready to be worn, but not by any of the grea... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0380730405
• ASIN: 0380730405
• ISBN: 0380730405
• Brand: William Morrow Company
• Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Book 1)

"Gabriel García Márquez meets Umberto Eco meets Jorge Luis Borges for a sprawling magic show."—The New York Times Book ReviewA New York Times BestsellerBarcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, and Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer’s son who mourns the loss of his mother, finds solace in a mysterious book entitled The Shadow of the Wind, by one Julián Carax. But when he sets out to find the author’s other works, he makes a shocking discovery: someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book Carax has written. In fact, Daniel ma... [Read More]

• ASIN: B000OVLINI
• ASIN: B000OVLINI
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft (Chartwell Classics)

The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft collects the author's novel, four novellas, and fifty-three short stories. Written between the years 1917 and 1935, this collection features Lovecraft's trademark fantastical creatures and supernatural thrills, as well as many horrific and cautionary science-fiction themes, that have influenced some of today's important writers and filmmakers, including Stephen King, Alan Moore, F. Paul Wilson, Guillermo del Toro, and Neil Gaiman. Included in this volume are The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, "The Call of Cthulhu," "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath," "A... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0785834206
• ASIN: 0785834206
• ISBN: 0785834206
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: Chartwell Books

Dark Angel (Casteel Book 2)

• ASIN: B004CLYL4Y
• ASIN: B004CLYL4Y
• Manufacturer: Pocket Books

'Salem's Lot

Ben Mears has returned to Jerusalem's Lot in the hopes that living in an old mansion, long the subject of town lore, will help him cast out his own devils and provide inspiration for his new book. But when two young boys venture into the woods and only one comes out alive, Mears begins to realize that there may be something sinister at work and that his hometown is under siege by forces of darkness far beyond his control.

• ASIN: 0307743675
• ASIN: 0307743675
• ISBN: 0307743675
• Manufacturer: Anchor

The Historian

• ASIN: B000FCK6EI
• ASIN: B000FCK6EI
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

First Lessons: A Strong Woman in the Middle Ages (A Medieval Tale Book 1)

Enjoy the complete historical romance and time travel series by a bestselling Amazon author right now!Aliya is a medical school graduate gifted with both smarts and an athletic body. Her life seems perfect…until she finds herself in a fatal car accident. Instead of dying, however, she wakes up in a completely different body in the middle of a half-ruined castle during alternate medieval times. Confused and dismayed, Aliya realizes she was given a second chance in life — so she rolls up her sleeves and gets to work on restoring the castle and her new life.Aliya’s situation is confusing an... [Read More]

• ASIN: B079318YMX
• ASIN: B079318YMX
• Manufacturer: LitHunters Ltd.

The Complete Stories (FSG Classics)

Winner of the National Book AwardThe publication of this extraordinary volume firmly established Flannery O'Connor's monumental contribution to American fiction. There are thirty-one stories here in all, including twelve that do not appear in the only two story collections O'Connor put together in her short lifetime--Everything That Rises Must Converge and A Good Man Is Hard to Find. O'Connor published her first story, "The Geranium," in 1946, while she was working on her master's degree at the University of Iowa. Arranged chronologically, this collection shows that her last story, "Judgement ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0374515360
• ASIN: 0374515360
• ISBN: 0374515360
• Brand: Noonday Press
• Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Daughters of the Lake

The ghosts of the past come calling in a spellbinding heart-stopper from the “Queen of the Northern Gothic.”After the end of her marriage, Kate Granger has retreated to her parents’ home on Lake Superior to pull herself together—only to discover the body of a murdered woman washed into the shallows. Tucked in the folds of the woman’s curiously vintage gown is an infant, as cold and at peace as its mother. No one can identify the woman. Except for Kate. She’s seen her before. In her dreams…One hundred years ago, a love story ended in tragedy, its mysteries left unsolved. It’s ti... [Read More]

• ASIN: B076M1Z7BQ
• ASIN: B076M1Z7BQ
• Manufacturer: Lake Union Publishing

As I Lay Dying: The Corrected Text

• ASIN: 067973225X
• UPC: 884157876417
• ASIN: 067973225X
• ISBN: 067973225X
• Brand: Vintage
• Manufacturer: Vintage

The Almost Sisters: A Novel

With empathy, grace, humor, and piercing insight, the author of gods in Alabama pens a powerful, emotionally resonant novel of the South that confronts the truth about privilege, family, and the distinctions between perception and reality---the stories we tell ourselves about our origins and who we really are.Superheroes have always been Leia Birch Briggs’ weakness. One tequila-soaked night at a comics convention, the usually level-headed graphic novelist is swept off her barstool by a handsome and anonymous Batman. It turns out the caped crusader has left her with more than just a nice, fuz... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01M3QYT9U
• ASIN: B01M3QYT9U
• Manufacturer: William Morrow

The Labyrinth of the Spirits: A Novel (Cemetery of Forgotten Books)

New York Times bestsellerOne of O: The Oprah Magazine's 15 Favorite Books of 2018A Library Journal Best Book of 2018The internationally acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author returns to the magnificent universe he constructed in his bestselling novels The Shadow of the Wind, The Angel’s Game, and The Prisoner of Heaven in this riveting series finale—a heart-pounding thriller and nail-biting work of suspense which introduces a sexy, seductive new heroine whose investigation shines a light on the dark history of Franco’s Spain.In this unforgettable final volume of Ruiz Zafón’s cy... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062668692
• ASIN: 0062668692
• ISBN: 0062668692
• Manufacturer: Harper

The Haunting of Cabin Green : A Modern Gothic Horror Novel

One of PopSugar's Most Chilling Horror Books of 2018.One of Inquisitr's Best Horror Books of 2018.One of Ranker's 2018's Scariest Horror Books.One of BoredPanda's 7 Books That Scared Me Half to Death.#1 Amazon Best-Seller in

• UPC: 210623606

The Bourbon Thief : A Southern Gothic Novel

"A family with bourbon in the blood, and blood on their hands."--Front

• UPC: 49983005
• Rating: 4.0

The Mammoth Book of Southern Gothic Romance

Presents a collection of Gothic romance stories set in the South that contain elements of mystery, magic, and the

• UPC: 39967821

Vathek (A Gothic Novel: the Original Translation by Reverend Samuel Henley) - eBook

This carefully crafted ebook: "Vathek (A Gothic Novel: the Original Translation by Reverend Samuel Henley)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.This Beckford's novel, translated by Samuel Henley, was

• UPC: 632092092
• Rating: 2.895

The Castle Of Otranto: A Gothic Novel - eBook

Widely considered the first gothic novel, and indeed an initiator of the whole genre, The Castle of Otranto is a 1764 novel by Horace Walpole. It tells the tale of the lord of a castle,

• UPC: 946471490
• Rating: 3.286

Three Gothic Novels : The Castle of Otranto; Vathek; Frankenstein

Walpole's The Castle of Otranto, Beckford's Vathek, and Shelley's Frankenstein The Gothic novel, which flourished from about 1765 until 1825, revels in the horrible and the supernatural, in suspense and exotic settings. This volume, with

• UPC: 516624
• Rating: 3.0

Three Gothic Novels

Includes The Castle of Otranto, the first work of the Gothic genre; Vathek, the high point of the Oriental tale in English literature; TheVampyre, the first full-length vampire story in English; and Lord Byron's little-known

• UPC: 24487960
• Rating: 3.0

A Very Gothic Christmas

Romance blends with the supernatural mysteries and magic of the occult and the extraordinary wonder of the holiday season in special collection of passionate romance

• UPC: 39565155

Christian Cathedrals Stained Glass Coloring Book : For Adults and Children Including Bible Themes, Rose Windows, Gothic and Floral Designs from the Medieval and Renaissance to Modern Eras

Relax and have fun coloring inspirational pictures and designs while becoming acquainted with exquisite stained glass windows from around the world. This coloring book is designed for children, teens, and adults, from kindergarten age to

• UPC: 597216050

The Seven Churches: A Gothic Novel of Prague - eBook

A bloody, atmospheric modern classic of crime literature and one of the most haunting and terrifying thrillers to come out of Europe in recent years Written in the spirit of the sensational murder story and combined

• UPC: 637325234
• Rating: 4.0