Modern Gothic Reads for Adults

Updated February 13, 2024
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The death of Mrs. Westaway
Ware, Ruth
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A New York Public Library Best Book of 2019 From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, and The Lying Game comes Ruth Ware's fourth novel, "her...
Flyaway
Jennings, Kathleen (Illustrator)
Paper Book
A 2021 World Fantasy Award Finalist! A 2020 Crawford Award Finalist An Indie Next Pick! Named a Best of 2020 Pick for NPR Transformation, enchantment, and the emotional truths of family history teem in...
House of hunger
Henderson, Alexis
Paper Book
NOMINATED FOR BEST HORROR NOVEL in the GOODREADS READERS CHOICE AWARDS... 'A lurid, luscious debauch of a book.' Guardian 'An unforgettable feast of decadence and depravity, House of Hunger cements Henderson's place as one of the great gothic writers...
Mexican gothic
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia
Paper Book
'You don't read this book so much as surrender to it. A dark and heady swoon' THE GUARDIAN 'As rich is suspense as it is in lush '50s atmosphere' ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY He is trying to poison me. You must come for me, Noemí. You have to...
Mrs. England
Halls, Stacey
Paper Book
Our wives under the sea
Armfield, Julia
Paper Book
Miri thinks she has got her wife back, when Leah finally returns after a deep sea mission that ended in catastrophe. It soon becomes clear, though, that Leah may have come back wrong. Whatever happened in that vessel, whatever it was they were supposed to be studying before they were stranded on the...
The secret of Crickley Hall
Herbert, James
Paper Book
The Secret of Crickley Hall is James Herbert's number one bestseller. It explores the darker, more obtuse territories of evil and the supernatural. With brooding menace and rising tension, he masterfully and relentlessly draws the reader through to the ultimate revelation - one that...
The seven deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Turton, Stuart
Paper Book
Stuart Turton's epic instant Sunday Times bestseller The Last Murder at the End of the World is OUT NOW Solve the murder to save what's left of the world... The global million-copy bestseller: introducing The Seven Deaths of Evelyn...
The thirteenth tale
Setterfield, Diane
Paper Book
When Margaret Lea opened the door to the past, what she confronted was her destiny.All children mythologize their birth...So begins the prologue of reclusive author Vida Winter's collection of stories, which are as famous for the mystery of the missing thirteenth tale as they are for the delight and...
The turn of the key
Ware, Ruth
Paper Book
IT WAS THE DREAM JOB. IT WOULD BECOME HER WORST NIGHTMARE. 'So clever and original . . . from the first gripping page to the last shocking twist' ERIN KELLY, author of He Said/She Said 'Ruth Ware just gets better and better. The Turn of the Key...

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