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Top authors writing gothic horror
Tessa Dawn
4.21 · 190 ratings
book · fiction · audiobook · paranormal · fantasy · supernatural · romance · adult · dark · horror · vampires · action-adventure · magic · shapeshifters · alpha-mc · suspense · steamy · gothic · dark-fantasy · urban-fantasy
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Louise Douglas
4.08 · 208 ratings
book · fiction · adult · female-mc · family · mystery · domestic-drama · ghosts · gothic · breakup · contemporary · coming-of-age · suspense · horror · audiobook · friendship · drama · womens-fiction · historical-fiction · supernatural
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón
4.06 · 456 ratings
fiction · mystery · historical-fiction · fantasy · suspense · magical-realism · action-adventure · book · historical · gothic · horror · drama · audiobook · 20th-century · crime · literary-fiction · dark · young-adult · urban-fantasy · adult
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Michael McDowell
4.04 · 213 ratings
fiction · adult · horror · gothic · book · historical · audiobook · fantasy · mystery · supernatural · historical-fiction · paranormal · southern-gothic · monsters · family · ghosts · shapeshifters · dark · drama · spirituality
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Darcy Coates
4.00 · 495 ratings
horror · fiction · mystery · supernatural · book · paranormal · suspense · ghosts · gothic · fantasy · adult · spooky · audiobook · hauntings · young-adult · dark · contemporary · haunted-places · monsters · female-author
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Eve Chase
3.95 · 127 ratings
suspense · audiobook · book · gothic · historical-fiction · mystery · fiction · historical · family · drama · crime · coming-of-age · psychological · season-summer · adult · horror · womens-fiction · literary-fiction · young-adult · death
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Vivian Shaw
3.95 · 113 ratings
fantasy · horror · fiction · mystery · paranormal · contemporary · book · supernatural · urban-fantasy · magic · witches-wizards · angels · audiobook · gothic · vampires · demons · female-author · adult · monsters · female-mc
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Simone St. James
3.95 · 243 ratings
horror · mystery · paranormal · suspense · ghosts · adult · fiction · supernatural · book · crime · audiobook · spooky · killer · gothic · historical-fiction · historical · murder · thriller · female-author · 20th-century
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Erin A. Craig
3.93 · 114 ratings
fiction · romance · book · young-adult · fantasy · gothic · retellings · horror · paranormal · mystery · dark · fairy-tale · myths · high-fantasy · historical-fiction · historical · season-autumn · supernatural · audiobook · family
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Laura Purcell
3.92 · 128 ratings
gothic · historical-fiction · adult · fiction · historical · book · spooky · supernatural · horror · industrial-era · ghosts · mystery · audiobook · paranormal · victorian · dark · suspense · female-author · drama · 21st-century
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Kelly Creagh
3.92 · 108 ratings
romance · horror · retellings · fiction · fantasy · mystery · paranormal · young-adult · supernatural · urban-fantasy · gothic · book · magic · dark · contemporary · ghosts · dark-fantasy · spooky · high-school · demons
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Wendy Webb
3.92 · 179 ratings
fiction · adult · historical-fiction · book · supernatural · mystery · horror · gothic · ghosts · suspense · paranormal · audiobook · contemporary · female-mc · spooky · fantasy · haunted-places · magical-realism · family · drama
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Shea Ernshaw
3.91 · 148 ratings
fiction · fantasy · book · young-adult · paranormal · contemporary · dark · mystery · spooky · magic · horror · gothic · romance · supernatural · audiobook · myths · witches-wizards · magical-realism · urban-fantasy · suspense
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Selena Winters
3.89 · 191 ratings
romance · fiction · dark · adult · steamy · gothic · book · stalking · contemporary · horror · action-adventure · serial-killers · forced-proximity · crime · enemies-to-lovers · kidnapping · multi-pov · death · sexual-assault · mental-illness
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Stuart Turton
3.84 · 191 ratings- The Witching Hour: From the creators of The Haunting Season and The Winter Spirits comes a spellbinding new collection of original haunted tales by Stuart Turton
- The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton
- The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights by Stuart Turton
- The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
- The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
fiction · mystery · horror · adult · supernatural · crime · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · paranormal · murder · magical-realism · spooky · gothic · book · literary-fiction · suspense · fantasy · action-adventure · dark
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J.D. Horn
3.82 · 155 ratings
fiction · witches-wizards · fantasy · supernatural · paranormal · horror · urban-fantasy · book · audiobook · magic · dark · gothic · magical-realism · suspense · mystery · historical-fiction · young-adult · adult · dark-fantasy · demons
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C.J. Cooke
3.82 · 112 ratings
fiction · audiobook · book · adult · horror · mystery · paranormal · suspense · gothic · supernatural · ghosts · spooky · historical · historical-fiction · family · fantasy · season-autumn · crime · witches-wizards · female-mc
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Jess Kidd
3.81 · 136 ratings- The Witching Hour: From the creators of The Haunting Season and The Winter Spirits comes a spellbinding new collection of original haunted tales by Jess Kidd
- Murder at Gulls Nest by Jess Kidd
- The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights by Jess Kidd
- The Night Ship by Jess Kidd
- The Haunting Season: Eight Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights by Jess Kidd
audiobook · fiction · mystery · fantasy · adult · paranormal · historical · historical-fiction · ghosts · gothic · horror · supernatural · book · suspense · crime · dark · magical-realism · literary-fiction · magic · female-author
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Karen Maitland
3.80 · 122 ratings
audiobook · supernatural · gothic · book · adult · historical · historical-fiction · magical-realism · fantasy · fiction · mystery · medieval · horror · witches-wizards · paranormal · crime · religion · magic · spirituality · female-author
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V.C. Andrews
3.80 · 1825 ratings
fiction · young-adult · book · suspense · family · horror · gothic · contemporary · drama · mystery · romance · womens-fiction · abuse · psychological · epic · dark · realistic · literary · classics · audiobook
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Patton Oswalt
3.79 · 100 ratings
gothic · horror · myths · cosmic-horror · body-horror · holidays · spooky · retellings · ghosts · supernatural · fiction · mystery · fantasy · young-adult · anthologies
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Amelia B. Edwards
3.79 · 113 ratings- Ghost Stories: Stephen Fry's Definitive Collection by Amelia B. Edwards
- 50 Occult & Supernatural masterpieces you have to read before you die by Amelia B. Edwards
- Avenging Angels: Ghost Stories by Victorian Women Writers by Amelia B. Edwards
- The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 2 by Amelia B. Edwards
- Damas oscuras. Cuentos de fantasmas de escritoras victorianas eminentes by Amelia B. Edwards
fiction · horror · adult · supernatural · anthologies · ghosts · classics · literary · gothic · paranormal · historical · fantasy · mystery · industrial-era · victorian · spooky · female-author · book · literary-fiction · hauntings
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Agustina Bazterrica
3.78 · 106 ratings
fiction · horror · adult · literary-fiction · contemporary · poc-mc · latinx-mc · female-author · dark · spooky · sci-fi · terror · gothic · book · audiobook · dystopia · hispanic · spirituality · mystery · social-commentary
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Sarah Rayne
3.78 · 133 ratings
book · fiction · adult · horror · mystery · historical · gothic · spooky · supernatural · ghosts · suspense · paranormal · fantasy · historical-fiction · psychological · crime · haunted-places · family · revenge · small-town
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Cat Winters
3.74 · 119 ratings
horror · historical · mystery · fantasy · paranormal · young-adult · gothic · historical-fiction · magical-realism · fiction · supernatural · book · 20th-century · female-author · family · audiobook · drama · ghosts · suspense · dark
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Elizabeth Kostova
3.70 · 138 ratings
gothic · book · literary-fiction · audiobook · 21st-century · suspense · action-adventure · mystery · fiction · drama · female-author · historical-fiction · historical · epic · realistic · epistolary · horror · adult · dark-academia · dark
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Andrew Michael Hurley
3.63 · 115 ratings- The Witching Hour: From the creators of The Haunting Season and The Winter Spirits comes a spellbinding new collection of original haunted tales by Andrew Michael Hurley
- The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights by Andrew Michael Hurley
- The Haunting Season: Eight Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights by Andrew Michael Hurley
- Starve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley
- This Dreaming Isle by Andrew Michael Hurley
supernatural · paranormal · fiction · spooky · horror · adult · gothic · ghosts · mystery · audiobook · fantasy · anthologies · historical-fiction · dark · rural · suspense · historical · myths · 21st-century · season-winter
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Sarah Perry
3.41 · 106 ratings
horror · adult · fiction · gothic · historical-fiction · book · historical · literary-fiction · mystery · audiobook · female-author · magical-realism · spooky · friendship · fantasy · 21st-century · suspense · ghosts · folk-horror · season-autumn
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