Best Gothic Horror Novels - April 2024

Immortal Bones (Detective Saussure Mysteries Book 1)

DEATH IS NOT ALWAYS THE ENDIt's the '50s and Richard Saussure could have sworn he'd heard it all between his career as a police officer and his current PI business... Then a man walks in saying he is 213 years old. Lord Hurlingthon wants to die, but he cannot no matter what he tries. The worst part, he doesn’t understand why. As a last effort, he reaches out to the only person who can’t say no to his cry for help. Detective Richard Saussure has never walked away from an unsolved case. If anyone can help, Richard Saussure has the reputation and the results Lord Hurlingthon needs. But how do... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0058FM0SM
• ASIN: B0058FM0SM

Craven Manor

Daniel is desperate for a job. When someone slides a note under his door offering him the groundskeeper’s position at an old estate, it seems too good to be true.Alarm bells start ringing when he arrives at Craven Manor. The mansion’s front door hangs open, and leaves and cobwebs coat the marble foyer. It’s clear no one has lived there in a long time.But an envelope waits for him inside the doorway. It contains money, and promises more.Daniel is desperate. Against his better judgement, he moves into the groundskeeper’s cottage behind the crypt. He’s determined to ignore the strange o... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0787KW4KY
• ASIN: B0787KW4KY
• Manufacturer: Black Owl Books

The Silent Companions: A Novel

“[An] extraordinary, memorable and truly haunting book.” —Jojo Moyes, #1 New York Times bestselling authorLaura Purcell's latest novel, The Poison Thread, is now out from Penguin!Some doors are locked for a reason.                   When Elsie married handsome young heir Rupert Bainbridge, she believed she was destined for a life of luxury. But pregnant and widowed just weeks after their wedding, with her new servants resentful and the local villagers actively hostile, Elsie has only her late husband’s awkward cousin for company. Or so she thinks. Inside her new home... [Read More]

• ASIN: 014313163X
• ASIN: 014313163X
• ISBN: 014313163X
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

Shirley Jackson: Novels and Stories (The Lottery / The Haunting of Hill House / We Have Always Lived in the Castle)

In one volume: The Haunting of Hill House, The Lottery, and much more, including We Have Always Lived in the Castle, now a major motion picture starring Taissa Farmiga and Sebastian Stan"The world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable," writes A. M. Homes. "It is a place where things are not what they seem; even on a morning that is sunny and clear there is always the threat of darkness looming, of things taking a turn for the worse." In this Library of America volume Joyce Carol Oates, our leading practitioner of the contemporary Gothic, presents the essential works of Shirley Jacks... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1598530720
• ASIN: 1598530720
• ISBN: 1598530720
• Brand: Library of America
• Manufacturer: Library of America

The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek: A Novel

From the authors of the #1 New York Times bestseller Rhett & Link's Book of Mythicality and creators of Good Mythical Morning, a thrilling and darkly funny novel about two best friends fighting the sinister forces at the heart of their Southern townIt’s 1992 in Bleak Creek, North Carolina—a sleepy little place with all the trappings of an ordinary Southern town: two Baptist churches, friendly smiles coupled with silent judgments, and an unquenchable appetite for pork products. Beneath the town’s cheerful façade, however, Bleak Creek teens live in constant fear of being sent to t... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1984822136
• ASIN: 1984822136
• ISBN: 1984822136
• Manufacturer: Crown

House of Leaves

• ASIN: 0375703764
• ASIN: 0375703764
• ISBN: 0375703764
• Brand: Pantheon Books
• Manufacturer: Pantheon

The Beauty of Horror 1: A GOREgeous Coloring Book

Get that red crayon ready! With this coloring book for adults channeling The Walking Dead meets The Secret Garden, comics creator/rock star Alan Robert (Crawl to Me, Killogy, Wire Hangers) invites fans of horror to discover their inner-colorist. Through intricate pen and ink illustrations to complete, color, and embellish, readers will meet an onslaught of severed heads, monsters, deadly weapons, and skeletal remains. Visit burial grounds, the zombie apocalypse, serial killer lairs, and gruesome torture chambers. Horror fans and newcomers alike will welcome this GOREgeous and creative journey ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1631407287
• ASIN: 1631407287
• ISBN: 1631407287
• Brand: IDW Publishing
• Manufacturer: IDW Publishing

The Weight of Lies: A Novel

In this gripping, atmospheric family drama, a young woman investigates the forty­-year­-old murder that inspired her mother’s bestselling novel, and uncovers devastating truths—and dangerous lies.Reformed party girl Meg Ashley leads a life of privilege, thanks to a bestselling horror novel her mother wrote decades ago. But Meg knows that the glow of their very public life hides a darker reality of lies, manipulation, and the heartbreak of her own solitary childhood. Desperate to break free of her mother, Meg accepts a proposal to write a scandalous, tell-all memoir.Digging into the past�... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01M04OQWE
• ASIN: B01M04OQWE
• Manufacturer: Lake Union Publishing

The Haunting of Hill House (Penguin Classics)

The greatest haunted house story ever written, the inspiration for a 10-part Netflix series directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, and Timothy Hutton First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a "haunting"; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luk... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0143039989
• ASIN: 0143039989
• ISBN: 0143039989
• Brand: Shirley Jackson
• Manufacturer: Penguin Classics

Burying the Honeysuckle Girls

Althea Bell is still heartbroken by her mother’s tragic, premature death—and tormented by the last, frantic words she whispered into young Althea’s ear: Wait for her. For the honeysuckle girl. She’ll find you, I think, but if she doesn’t, you find her.Adrift ever since, Althea is now fresh out of rehab and returning to her family home in Mobile, Alabama, determined to reconnect with her estranged, ailing father. While Althea doesn’t expect him, or her politically ambitious brother, to welcome her with open arms, she’s not prepared for the chilling revelation of a grim, long-burie... [Read More]

• ASIN: B017LGAKEG
• ASIN: B017LGAKEG
• Manufacturer: Lake Union Publishing

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

Black Hotel: A Supernatural Thriller

Welcome to Black Hotel. A haunted hotel... with no ghostsWhen overweight dreamer Jack stumbles on work at Black Hotel, he believes he has found the perfect job. With no guests, the hotel pays him to sit about all night and do nothing. He doesn't even mind when he discovers the hotel is haunted. But why won't anyone believe him?Black Hotel has a secret. The past and future are colliding. Can Jack figure out what's going on before it's too late? You love this spine-tingling terror ride, because of its blend of humour, horror and heart.Get it today.

• ASIN: B07JBLGMBF
• ASIN: B07JBLGMBF

Blood Gifts (A Final Formula Story)

Seventeen-year-old Ian is used to pressure. Born into a necromancer family, he and his twin brother Lex exhibited uncommon magical potential at an early age that led their father to expect great things—from them both. That is until Lex’s blood gift fails to manifest.Or so everyone believes.For the past five years, Ian has been keeping a secret. A secret that—if it got out—would see his brother shunned, or worse. Lex does have a blood gift, but not every gift is a blessing, and not every recipient can manage the talent in his blood.As Lex’s sanity begins to slip, Ian knows the respo... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01E09AMI6
• ASIN: B01E09AMI6

'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

Heaven (Casteel Book 1)

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

What the Hell Did I Just Read : A Novel of Cosmic Horror

New York Times bestselling author David Wong takes readers to a whole new level with his latest dark comic horror, set in the world of John Dies at the

• UPC: 909339172
• Rating: 4.4

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

Father of Lies : A Supernatural Horror Novel

A darkly disturbing occult horror novel, set in a bleak asylum on the moors of northern

• UPC: 53428961

The Raping of Ava DeSantis: A Horror Novel

THE #1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT. Winner of 4 'Best Novel' Awards including 2015 Grand Prize Winner of Best Novel of the Year and Best Thriller of the Year. STORY: A working class

• UPC: 53442489
• Rating: 3.667

Spook Lights II: Southern Gothic Horror

Y'all gather round for thirteen more tales of Southern Gothic horror: Boys find evil in their favorite sweet treat, a perfume shop that makes more than scents, a hurricane carries a mother's vengeance, a conjure

• UPC: 866781722
• Rating: 5.0

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

Plague of the Manitou : A 'manitou' Horror Novel

Virus expert Anna Grey wonders if she's going mad when she hears a corpse whisper: 'Get it out of me.' There is no such thing as demons, she tells herself. But cynical fortune-teller Harry Erskine

• UPC: 55421382
• Rating: 5.0

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

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