New in Gothic Fiction
If you’re anything like us, fall has you in the mood to immerse yourself in the dark, eerie, mysterious atmosphere of a good Gothic fiction novel. Here are 11 must-read books brimming with that haunting literary aesthetic we all know and love.
Alchemised: A Novel by SenLinYu
In this riveting dark fantasy debut, a woman with missing memories fights to survive a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy—and the man tasked with unearthing the deepest secrets of her past.
“What is it you think you’re protecting in that brain of yours? The war is over. Holdfast is dead. The Eternal Flame extinguished. There’s no one left for you to save.”
Available in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Editions.
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The Hong Kong Widow: A Novel by Kristen Loesch
Hong Kong, 1953: In a remote mansion, witnesses insist a massacre took place. The police see nothing but pristine rooms and declare it a collective hallucination. Until decades later, when one witness returns . . . from the Edgar®-nominated author of The Last Russian Doll.
“This book had me on the edge of my seat from start to finish! The Hong Kong Widow is gripping, suspenseful, terrifying, filled with shocking twists and turns. But it’s also exquisitely written and heartbreaking—a masterful, immersive work about mothers and daughters, trauma and healing, longing and vengeance. Unforgettable.”—Amy Chua, New York Times bestselling author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Available October 7th in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Editions.
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Slashed Beauties: A Novel by A. Rushby
A gothic feminist body horror in two timelines revolving around three Anatomical Venuses—ultrarealistic wax figures of women—that come to life at night to murder men who have wronged them.
“Thewarped, witchy lovechild of Madame Tussaud and Jack the Ripper—an engrossing gothic tale of friendship, misogyny, and the murderous consequence of denying women’s autonomy.”—Ellie Marney, New York Times bestselling author of None Shall Sleep
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The Bewitching: A Novel by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Three women in three different eras encounter danger and witchcraft in this eerie multigenerational horror saga from the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic.
“In Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s sure hands, every uncovered secret is fraught with intrigue and creeping horror. This multigenerational story weaves class, history, and brujería in the way only Moreno-Garcia can. Fans of Silver Nitrate and Mexican Gothic can rejoice—The Bewitching does not disappoint!”—Tananarive Due, Bram Stoker Award–winning author of The Reformatory
Available in Hardcover, eBook, Audio, and Large Print Editions.
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House of Monstrous Women: A Novel by Daphne Fama
A young woman is drawn into a dangerous game after being invited to the mazelike home of her childhood friend, a rumored witch, in this gothic horror set in 1986 Philippines.
In this game, there’s one rule: survive.
“Mesmerizing. Beautifully written, richly atmospheric, and compulsively readable, the horrors in these pages are confronted with ferocious hope. Suspenseful and heartfelt, House of Monstrous Women is a stunning gothic and an exceptional debut.”—Rachel Harrison, USA Today bestselling author of So Thirsty
Available in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Editions.
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Mayra: A Novel by Nicky Gonzalez
An eerie, hypnotic debut about friendship, desire, and memory set against the sultry backdrop of Florida’s swamplands.
“Nicky Gonzalez channels Shirley Jackson (something I do not say lightly) in this disquieting, mesmerizing twenty-first-century Southern Gothic. In Mayra, the hazy borders of friendship and identity are blurred, made uncanny and dangerous, and I was hooked from paragraph one.”—Paul Tremblay, New York Times bestselling author of Horror Movie and A Head Full of Ghosts
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Asylum Hotel: A Novel by Juliet Blackwell
When a mysterious figure shows up in the photograph an architect takes of the derelict Seabrink Hotel, ghostly encounters and murder are unleashed.
“Gothic mystery with modern edge, perfect for fans of haunted history, true crime tangents, and hotels that should’ve stayed condemned.”—Daily Mom
Available in Trade Paperback, eBook, and Audio Editions.
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The Place Where They Buried Your Heart: A Novel by Christina Henry
A woman must confront the evil that has been terrorizing her street since she was a child in this gripping haunted house novel from the national bestselling author of The House That Horror Built and Good Girls Don’t Die.
“The Place Where They Buried Your Heart is an ode to all facets of a haunted house tale. Henry masterfully layers childhood nostalgia and complex family relationships with genuine chills and eerie thrills. I was equal parts moved and terrified. Read this under the covers with a very strong flashlight!”—Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Thirteenth Child
Available November 4th in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Editions.
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Death in the Aviary: The Charlotte Blood Chronicles by Victoria Dowd
A ‘locked lift’ mystery for Golden Age crime fans, from award-winning author Victoria Dowd.
“Steeped in grief and darkness, Charlotte Blood is a compelling heroine. Deliciously dark and gorgeously gothic, Dowd’s twist-filled puzzle positively drips with menace.”—Antony Johnston New York Times bestselling author of Atomic Blonde
Available in Trade Paperback and eBook Editions.
Orpheus Builds a Girl: A Novel by Heather Perry
Based on a gruesome true story, this is a compelling, horrifying, and heartbreaking modern Gothic horror story of sexual obsession, medical abuse, and coercion masquerading as love.
“A chilling exploration of power, love and grief, written with incredible precision by a major talent.”—Julia Armfield, author of Our Wives Under the Sea
Available September 30th in Trade Paperback and eBook Editions.
We would be remiss not to have an updated edition of Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein on this list. So, whether you want to read it for the first time, read it again, or add it to your collection, be sure to check out this new edition of one of the most famous Gothic horror novels ever written.
Frankenstein: Or Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley; with a new introduction by Jeanette Winterson
The most famous horror story in world literature—the original tale of a mad scientist and his monster—is also a profoundly moving masterpiece.
When the scientist Victor Frankenstein attempts to create life in his laboratory, he sets in motion tragic forces beyond his control and faces losing everything he loves. No reader in the grip of Mary Shelley’s novel, with its mythic-minded hero and its highly sympathetic monster who reads Goethe and longs to be at peace with himself, can fail to notice how much more excellent the original is than all the countless adaptations, imitations, and homages which have followed in its ample wake. In her first novel, written at the instigation of Lord Byron and published in 1818 (and revised in 1831), the teenaged Shelley managed to produce English Romanticism’s finest prose fiction. This edition reproduces her original 1818 text.
Available September 30th in Trade Paperback and eBook Editions.