I’m halfway through Dracula, and I’m loving everything about it. The writing style isn’t too frilly for the time period, and the characters are lovely.
I’m already looking for my next similar read. I read Frankenstein before and was pretty disappointed in comparison. I was thinking maybe Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to continue with the seasonal classics. Other Bram Stoker books have low ratings. What are your recs?
by EconomistSecret253
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Read Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeit’s tight, doesn’t waste time, and delivers on duality and horror without Frankenstein’s philosophical bloat.
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins uses the same multi-narrator format as Dracula with better pacing. Skip other Stoker books; those ratings don’t lie. Stop chasing classics for their reputation focus on what you actually enjoyed: character-driven narrative, building dread, and forward momentum.
Carmilla by LeFanu. About a female vampire, written 25 years before Stoker’s Dracula. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is really good too!
If you like adventure, elegant but approachable language, and a captivatingly larger than life character, then you might like Dumas’ *Count of Monte Cristo*.