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Top authors writing gothic literary-fiction
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
4.06 · 456 ratings
fiction · mystery · historical-fiction · fantasy · suspense · action-adventure · magical-realism · book · historical · gothic · drama · horror · audiobook · crime · 20th-century · literary-fiction · dark · young-adult · adult · urban-fantasy
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Kate Morton
4.00 · 341 ratings
audiobook · suspense · gothic · book · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · historical · mystery · fiction · womens-fiction · family · drama · female-author · adult · 20th-century · crime · 21st-century · romance · secrets · realistic
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Ron Rash
3.87 · 226 ratings
literary-fiction · historical-fiction · fiction · gothic · southern-gothic · rural · adult · historical · drama · mystery · family · audiobook · book · realistic · crime · outdoors · violent-conflict · suspense · dark · anthologies
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Carson McCullers
3.87 · 190 ratings
fiction · female-author · classics · literary · literary-fiction · southern-gothic · adult · gothic · 20th-century · historical-fiction · lgbtq · anthologies · historical · drama · book · psychological · audiobook · feminism · university · contemporary
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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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William Faulkner
3.84 · 659 ratings- Ghost: 100 Stories to Read with the Lights On by William Faulkner
- Tales of Terror: The world's most terrifying stories presented by a leading icon of fear by William Faulkner
- Novels, 1926-1929 by William Faulkner
- Essays, Speeches & Public Letters by William Faulkner
- Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology (Library of America) by William Faulkner
fiction · classics · adult · literary · literary-fiction · 20th-century · gothic · historical · southern-gothic · historical-fiction · book · anthologies · drama · horror · audiobook · university · mystery · violent-conflict · fantasy · high-school
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Diane Setterfield
3.82 · 164 ratings
fiction · fantasy · book · mystery · drama · family · female-author · historical-fiction · historical · magical-realism · dark · supernatural · gothic · 21st-century · literary-fiction · audiobook · paranormal · suspense · literary · womens-fiction
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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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Eudora Welty
3.78 · 165 ratings
fiction · literary · classics · adult · gothic · literary-fiction · anthologies · female-author · historical-fiction · 20th-century · southern-gothic · historical · contemporary · audiobook · humor · family · book · fantasy · myths · rural
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Max Porter
3.77 · 101 ratings
fiction · adult · literary-fiction · book · contemporary · audiobook · 21st-century · gothic · supernatural · fantasy · dark · historical-fiction · mental-illness · ghosts · paranormal · coming-of-age · family · drama · mystery · magical-realism
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Walker Percy
3.77 · 143 ratings- The Vintage Book of Amnesia: An Anthology of Writing on the Subject of Memory Loss by Walker Percy
- Signposts in a Strange Land: Essays by Walker Percy
- What's That Pig Outdoors?: A Memoir of Deafness by Walker Percy
- The Thanatos Syndrome by Walker Percy
- Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book by Walker Percy
literary-fiction · adult · fiction · literary · classics · book · gothic · 20th-century · southern-gothic · spirituality · contemporary · christian · psychological · audiobook · philosophy · religion · historical · dystopia · coming-of-age · politics
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Sarah Waters
3.75 · 250 ratings
literary-fiction · historical-fiction · fiction · historical · female-author · book · lgbtq · wlw · mystery · adult · 20th-century · drama · suspense · lesbian-mc · audiobook · 21st-century · gothic · feminism · romance · industrial-era
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Daniel Woodrell
3.75 · 106 ratings
crime · mystery · fiction · southern-gothic · noir · gothic · literary-fiction · audiobook · family · historical-fiction · book · rural · contemporary · dark · poverty · thriller · adult · death · male-author · realistic
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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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Audrey Niffenegger
3.53 · 222 ratings
fiction · contemporary · supernatural · gothic · literary-fiction · fantasy · literary · paranormal · classics · book · adult · female-author · horror · action-adventure · urban-fantasy · mystery · magical-realism · ghosts · dark · audiobook
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Ann Radcliffe
3.41 · 116 ratings
literary · gothic · classics · adult · fiction · book · literary-fiction · horror · romance · historical · mystery · audiobook · female-author · historical-fiction · university · suspense · industrial-era · victorian · supernatural · action-adventure
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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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