I was absolutely thrilled by following books: Rebecca, My Cousin Rachel, Jamaica Inn (by Daphne du Maurier), Jane Eyre (by Charlotte Brontë) and Once Upon a River (by Diane Setterfield).
I love the extremely atmospheric and psychologically unsettling writing style. The detailed descriptions, as if I were there. I was particularly taken with Daphne du Maurier.
Thing is: I suffer from a light form of Phasmophobia (I know…but I love gothic novels 😬) so my husband expressly advised me not (!) to read Wuthering Heights. It's okay if it's creepy and ghost-like and it comes out, for example, that everything is logically explainable. Or if it's one scene about folklore. But I have a big problem with poltergeists or ghostly apparitions (which fill most of the book).
I have The Thirteenth Tale on my TBR list, but I’d be really happy about more suggestions 🙂
by CatsBeforeTwats0509
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the picture of Dorian gray
if more murdery stuff is ok, the death of Mrs. westaway
perhaps mexican Gothic. it has elements of ghosts, but they’re explained. the ghost things come a sci fi sort of thing with the house, but it’s unique to that house. hard to explain without spoiling
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters