Curated by mantis · 7 books
Reading path
Fog, crumbling mansions, and things that should stay buried — the gothic canon in reading order.
Mary Shelley
The original: ambition, creation, and abandonment in the Arctic ice.
Joseph Sheridan LeFanu
The vampire novella that predates Dracula — and arguably better.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Victorian London's most famous split personality.
Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley
The count sails for England. Epistolary horror at its grandest.
Henry James
Ghosts or madness? The most debated haunting in literature.
Daphne du Maurier
Manderley burns bright in memory. Gothic romance with a razor edge.
Shirley Jackson
Four people, one malevolent house. The modern gothic blueprint.
