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Carlos Ruiz Zafón
310 ratings 4.00 ·
mystery · gothic · fantasy · historical · action-adventure · suspense · magical-realism · fiction · historical-fiction · drama · horror · audiobook · book · 20th-century · literary-fiction · dark · young-adult · urban-fantasy · crime · supernatural
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Kate Morton
246 ratings 3.99 ·
family · suspense · book · gothic · literary-fiction · fiction · womens-fiction · mystery · historical · audiobook · historical-fiction · 20th-century · adult · crime · drama · female-author · secrets · realistic · murder · romance
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Cormac McCarthy
408 ratings 3.97 ·
audiobook · fiction · literary-fiction · drama · book · dark · historical-fiction · adult · classics · literary · western · southern-gothic · action-adventure · gothic · 20th-century · industrial-era · contemporary · horror · crime · philosophy
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Natasha Pulley
111 ratings 3.96 ·
fiction · fantasy · historical-fiction · adult · historical · lgbtq · mystery · action-adventure · paranormal · audiobook · book · supernatural · suspense · magical-realism · victorian · industrial-era · literary-fiction · gothic · mlm · female-author
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Stuart Turton
131 ratings 3.88 ·
horror · adult · mystery · fiction · supernatural · magical-realism · suspense · book · paranormal · historical · audiobook · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · crime · murder · action-adventure · killer · dark · gothic · spooky
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Ron Rash
226 ratings 3.87 ·
literary-fiction · historical-fiction · fiction · southern-gothic · gothic · rural · adult · historical · mystery · drama · family · audiobook · book · realistic · crime · suspense · dark · anthologies · outdoors · violent-conflict
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Carson McCullers
181 ratings 3.86 ·
fiction · female-author · literary-fiction · literary · classics · adult · southern-gothic · gothic · historical-fiction · lgbtq · 20th-century · drama · historical · anthologies · psychological · audiobook · book · contemporary · university · feminism
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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 · literary · classics · literary-fiction · gothic · historical-fiction · 20th-century · historical · southern-gothic · book · anthologies · drama · university · audiobook · horror · mystery · family · realistic · high-school
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Walker Percy
134 ratings 3.78 ·- The Vintage Book of Amnesia: An Anthology of Writing on the Subject of Memory Loss by Walker Percy
- Signposts in a Strange Land: Essays by Walker Percy
- What's That Pig Outdoors?: A Memoir of Deafness by Walker Percy
- The Thanatos Syndrome by Walker Percy
- Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book by Walker Percy
literary-fiction · adult · fiction · southern-gothic · gothic · 20th-century · book · literary · classics · spirituality · christian · psychological · contemporary · historical · audiobook · religion · philosophy · dystopia · historical-fiction · university
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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 ·
book · fantasy · fiction · suspense · family · paranormal · historical · 21st-century · audiobook · historical-fiction · dark · drama · gothic · literary-fiction · female-author · mystery · magical-realism · supernatural · fairy-tale · grief
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Sarah Waters
223 ratings 3.72 ·
fiction · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · female-author · historical · book · adult · lgbtq · mystery · wlw · audiobook · lesbian-mc · suspense · romance · drama · gothic · 21st-century · 20th-century · feminism · industrial-era
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Audrey Niffenegger
217 ratings 3.53 ·
fiction · contemporary · gothic · literary-fiction · supernatural · fantasy · book · classics · paranormal · literary · horror · female-author · adult · urban-fantasy · action-adventure · audiobook · dark · ghosts · magical-realism · mystery
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