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ITT: gothic horror books worth(...) 03/08/26(Sun)20:26:57 No.25128887

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ITT: gothic horror books worth reading Anonymous 03/08/26(Sun)20:26:57 No.25128887 Archived

Please post some gothic horror books worth reading

Anonymous
03/08/26(Sun)20:30:59 No.25128896

Anonymous 03/08/26(Sun)20:30:59 No.25128896

Necroscope was pretty good.

Anonymous
03/08/26(Sun)20:38:42 No.25128921

Anonymous 03/08/26(Sun)20:38:42 No.25128921

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Real Gothic Literature reccomendations. If you read all of these then you can move on to books written after the gothic golden age (Dracula) or books that aren't fully gothic yet use gothic themes (Frankenstein)
Books
>Longsword by Thomas Leland (Proto-Gothic)
>The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom by Tobias Smollett (Proto Gothic)
>The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole (Start here)
>The Mysteries of Udolpho, Romance of the Forest, and the Italian by Anne Radcliffe
>The Monk by MG lewis
>The Mysterious Freebooter, The Midnight Bell and the Castle of Ollada by Francis Lathom
>The Haunted Cavern by John Palmer
>Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Maturin
Short Story collections
>Literary Hours by Nathan Drake
>Great Tales of Terror by Peter Haining
Poetry
>Tales of Terror and Wonder by MG lewis

Anonymous
03/08/26(Sun)20:46:44 No.25128937

Anonymous 03/08/26(Sun)20:46:44 No.25128937

>>25128921
Wow thanks. I'm really into the classics right now.

>>25128896
Interesting. Thank you anon.

Anonymous
03/08/26(Sun)20:51:18 No.25128945

Anonymous 03/08/26(Sun)20:51:18 No.25128945

What's with the uptick in horror interest?

Anonymous
03/08/26(Sun)20:51:39 No.25128947

Anonymous 03/08/26(Sun)20:51:39 No.25128947

>>25128921
>Frankeinstein
>Not gothic
Fuck off schizophrenic retard.

Anonymous
03/08/26(Sun)20:57:01 No.25128956

Anonymous 03/08/26(Sun)20:57:01 No.25128956

>>25128947
It uses gothic elements but isn't fully gothic.
Retard.

Anonymous
03/08/26(Sun)21:08:26 No.25128968

Anonymous 03/08/26(Sun)21:08:26 No.25128968

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>>25128887

Anonymous
03/08/26(Sun)21:22:16 No.25128992

Anonymous 03/08/26(Sun)21:22:16 No.25128992

>>25128887
Those vampire books by Ann Rice

Anonymous
03/08/26(Sun)21:30:05 No.25129009

Anonymous 03/08/26(Sun)21:30:05 No.25129009

>>25128945
It's because of capitalism

Anonymous
03/08/26(Sun)21:33:19 No.25129016

Anonymous 03/08/26(Sun)21:33:19 No.25129016

>>25128968
not horror but the duel in the room of spiders is absolute magnificence. that novel changed my life.

Anonymous
03/08/26(Sun)23:01:54 No.25129140

Anonymous 03/08/26(Sun)23:01:54 No.25129140

i've been intrigued by william hope hodgson but i haven't read any of his stuff yet