I am making another list for gothic books from 1980-present. What would you add to this list??

The House on Black Lake - Anastasia Blackwell

House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski

The House Next Door - Anne Rivers Siddons

The Elementals - Michael McDowell

The Ghost Writer - John Hardwood

The Priest - Thomas M. Disch

Possession - A. S. Byatt

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer - Patrick Süskind

Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Secret History - Donna Tartt
The Little Friend - Donna Tartt

The Little Stranger - Sarah Waters
Fingersmith - Sarah Waters

What Moves the Dead - T. Kingfisher

Bunny - Mona Awad

The House at Riverton - Kate Morton

The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield

The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova

The Silent Companions - Laura Purcell

A Dowry of Blood - S.T. Gibson

The Woman in Black - Susan Hill

The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón

The Only Good Indians - Stephen Graham Jones
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter - Stephen Graham Jones

Hungerstone - Kat Dunn
Rottenheart - Kat Dunn

If You’re Seeing This, It’s Meant For You - Leigh Stein

The Bog Wife - Kay Chronister

Japanese Gothic - Kylie Lee Baker

Ninth House (series) - Leigh Bardugo

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil - V.E. Schwab

The Death of Jane Lawrence - Caitlin Starling

Beloved - Toni Morrison

The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice

I recently read Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier after hearing about it from The Book Club YouTube podcast. I had never heard of this book before. I absolutely loved it, and even more so after listening to the hosts of The Book Club podcast discuss the prospect of an unreliable narrator, which I had not at all considered on my own. I can’t wait to read it again, which I rarely ever say, and with my current list of books to read, I’m not sure when I’ll have time. After finishing Rebecca, I ran out and bought 5 more books from Daphne du Maurier with a sudden obsession. I just finished Jamaica Inn, and it wasn’t as tantalizing but it did warm up in the second half.

I am baffled at having never heard of du Maurier before. I have a sudden urge to reach further, and read all sorts of gothic literature. I admit, I did not know the plot of Jane Eyre until this week, and now I am extremely excited to read it. I have many classic gothic novels that I can’t wait to read, and I am burdened by this new hyper fixation of mine, and the already formed list of my next reads (all modern horror novels for spooky season).

Shout out to The Book Club for educating me and opening me up to these books.

u/ash_ahh

Modern Gothic Recommendations?

I am making another list for gothic books from 1980-present. What would you add to this list??

New to Daphne du Maurier