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Top authors writing gothic historical-fiction
Jaime Jo Wright
104 ratings 4.20 ·
historical-fiction · adult · fiction · spirituality · christian · suspense · book · romance · gothic · mystery · historical · audiobook · family · religion · supernatural · horror · contemporary · crime · ghosts · industrial-era
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Madeleine Brent
107 ratings 4.08 ·
fiction · romance · gothic · historical-fiction · historical · mystery · book · suspense · adult · action-adventure · industrial-era · victorian · literary · classics · male-author · womens-fiction · 20th-century · young-adult · horror · cozy
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Mary Stewart
466 ratings 4.00 ·
book · fiction · mystery · historical · literary · classics · action-adventure · historical-fiction · 20th-century · young-adult · romance · female-author · gothic · suspense · audiobook · literary-fiction · cozy · fantasy · crime · magic
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón
310 ratings 4.00 ·
historical · action-adventure · suspense · magical-realism · fiction · historical-fiction · mystery · gothic · fantasy · audiobook · drama · horror · dark · 20th-century · book · literary-fiction · young-adult · urban-fantasy · crime · paranormal
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Kate Morton
246 ratings 3.99 ·
mystery · suspense · book · family · audiobook · historical · historical-fiction · womens-fiction · literary-fiction · gothic · fiction · 20th-century · female-author · adult · crime · drama · romance · realistic · friendship · 21st-century
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Cormac McCarthy
408 ratings 3.97 ·
audiobook · fiction · drama · literary-fiction · book · historical-fiction · dark · adult · literary · classics · western · action-adventure · southern-gothic · 20th-century · industrial-era · gothic · contemporary · philosophy · horror · crime
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Natasha Pulley
111 ratings 3.96 ·
fantasy · fiction · mystery · lgbtq · historical · adult · historical-fiction · book · supernatural · paranormal · action-adventure · audiobook · industrial-era · literary-fiction · gothic · suspense · victorian · magical-realism · alternate-history · magic
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Simone St. James
209 ratings 3.93 ·
horror · mystery · supernatural · crime · book · ghosts · audiobook · fiction · spooky · adult · suspense · paranormal · gothic · historical-fiction · killer · historical · murder · female-author · ww1 · romance
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Susanna Kearsley
306 ratings 3.93 ·
mystery · fiction · historical-fiction · romance · historical · book · adult · audiobook · paranormal · suspense · time-travel · womens-fiction · drama · gothic · female-author · magical-realism · supernatural · action-adventure · literary-fiction · 20th-century
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Laura Purcell
114 ratings 3.92 ·
historical · gothic · historical-fiction · fiction · adult · book · industrial-era · horror · mystery · supernatural · ghosts · paranormal · audiobook · spooky · suspense · dark · victorian · 21st-century · drama · female-author
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Stuart Turton
131 ratings 3.88 ·
mystery · supernatural · fiction · adult · horror · paranormal · book · suspense · murder · magical-realism · literary-fiction · crime · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · action-adventure · spooky · gothic · dark · killer
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Ron Rash
226 ratings 3.87 ·
fiction · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · southern-gothic · gothic · rural · adult · mystery · drama · historical · family · audiobook · book · realistic · crime · suspense · dark · anthologies · outdoors · violent-conflict
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Wendy Webb
146 ratings 3.87 ·
historical-fiction · horror · audiobook · spooky · fiction · mystery · supernatural · adult · gothic · ghosts · book · suspense · paranormal · contemporary · haunted-places · female-mc · drama · female-author · fantasy · magical-realism
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Carson McCullers
182 ratings 3.86 ·
fiction · female-author · literary · classics · literary-fiction · adult · southern-gothic · gothic · historical-fiction · 20th-century · lgbtq · anthologies · drama · historical · psychological · audiobook · book · contemporary · feminism · university
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William Faulkner
507 ratings 3.85 ·- Tales of Terror: The world's most terrifying stories presented by a leading icon of fear by William Faulkner
- Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology (Library of America) by William Faulkner
- American Gothic Tales by William Faulkner
- The Medusa in the Shield by William Faulkner
- Tales of Dungeons and Dragons by William Faulkner
fiction · adult · classics · literary · literary-fiction · gothic · 20th-century · historical · historical-fiction · southern-gothic · book · anthologies · drama · university · horror · audiobook · mystery · realistic · high-school · family
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Philippa Carr
180 ratings 3.85 ·
historical · book · fiction · historical-fiction · romance · adult · mystery · gothic · womens-fiction · action-adventure · sci-fi · industrial-era · female-mc · paranormal · early-modern · family · victorian · 20th-century · suspense · regency
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Victoria Holt
505 ratings 3.82 ·
gothic · romance · fiction · book · mystery · historical · historical-fiction · literary · classics · suspense · adult · industrial-era · victorian · womens-fiction · young-adult · female-author · action-adventure · audiobook · 20th-century · horror
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Karen Maitland
112 ratings 3.80 ·
medieval · adult · gothic · fantasy · magical-realism · supernatural · fiction · mystery · audiobook · historical · historical-fiction · book · witches-wizards · horror · crime · paranormal · spirituality · magic · religion · female-author
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Jess Kidd
111 ratings 3.78 ·
fantasy · audiobook · fiction · mystery · paranormal · adult · book · historical · horror · gothic · ghosts · supernatural · dark · historical-fiction · magical-realism · magic · literary-fiction · suspense · action-adventure · female-author
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Eudora Welty
138 ratings 3.78 ·
fiction · adult · literary-fiction · literary · classics · gothic · female-author · southern-gothic · historical-fiction · 20th-century · anthologies · historical · humor · audiobook · family · contemporary · book · myths · fantasy · university
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Diane Setterfield
115 ratings 3.76 ·
fiction · fantasy · book · dark · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · 21st-century · mystery · supernatural · magical-realism · literary-fiction · gothic · drama · female-author · suspense · family · paranormal · death · season-autumn
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Barbara Michaels
385 ratings 3.76 ·
gothic · romance · fiction · book · mystery · suspense · supernatural · paranormal · adult · fantasy · historical-fiction · horror · ghosts · historical · psychological · literary-fiction · contemporary · audiobook · vampires · crime
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Jane Aiken Hodge
113 ratings 3.74 ·
book · adult · romance · fiction · historical-fiction · industrial-era · suspense · regency · historical · gothic · mystery · classics · literary · action-adventure · contemporary · pulp · audiobook · violent-conflict · 20th-century · crime
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Cat Winters
108 ratings 3.73 ·
fiction · magical-realism · historical-fiction · young-adult · paranormal · mystery · supernatural · gothic · fantasy · horror · historical · book · female-author · 20th-century · audiobook · family · drama · ghosts · spooky · dark
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Sarah Waters
224 ratings 3.72 ·
literary-fiction · historical-fiction · fiction · book · historical · female-author · wlw · lgbtq · mystery · adult · 20th-century · feminism · 21st-century · romance · gothic · drama · suspense · lesbian-mc · audiobook · industrial-era
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Carol Goodman
358 ratings 3.67 ·
fiction · book · audiobook · gothic · supernatural · mystery · historical-fiction · paranormal · suspense · thriller · contemporary · myths · crime · adult · psychological · action-adventure · young-adult · friendship · literary-fiction · fantasy
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A.N. Roquelaure
135 ratings 3.61 ·
historical-fiction · historical · retellings · audiobook · lgbtq · fiction · romance · adult · drama · fantasy · medieval · womens-fiction · book · steamy · slavery · wlw · horror · dark · abuse · gothic
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Leanna Renee Hieber
135 ratings 3.59 ·- A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts by Leanna Renee Hieber
- A Sanctuary of Spirits by Leanna Renee Hieber
- Castle of Horror Anthology Volume One: A Collection of Stories from the Minds behind the Castle of Horror Podcast by Leanna Renee Hieber
- The Spectral City by Leanna Renee Hieber
- Miss Violet & the Great War by Leanna Renee Hieber
fiction · historical · industrial-era · paranormal · fantasy · steampunk · supernatural · gothic · book · urban-fantasy · historical-fiction · victorian · ghosts · gaslamp · mystery · romance · young-adult · magic · adult · horror
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