Gothic Reads – My February TBR
Gothic horror is the key to my heart, it’s my forever favourite genre.
For February, I decided I wanted to do a deep dive into some of the gorgeous Gothic goodies I have sitting on my shelves (physical or digital). I want haunted houses, slow-burning dread, obsession and secrets that refuse to stay buried.
This year, I really want to read for myself, things that make me happy and go beyond trends, so my plan is to deep dive into gothic literature. I’d love to go back and read the classics, find all the books that created the genre I love so much, but for today and this month, I have eight amazing books by eight wonderful authors calling my name with stories full of all the Gothic goodness I can handle.
The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling is a darkly decadent gothic tale of siege, faith, and desire, following three women as salvation, obsession, and violence entwine within the walls of a doomed castle.
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson is a landmark gothic novel in which a hostile house, subtle psychological terror, and fragile human longing intertwine until the boundaries between place and self begin to dissolve.
Mayra by Nicky Gonzalez is a sultry modern gothic set deep in the Florida swamplands, where a reunion between former best friends curdles into obsession, isolation, and the slow loss of self.
At the Bottom of the Garden by Camilla Bruce is a macabre domestic gothic in which murder, motherhood, and legacy collide, as a woman haunted by her crimes becomes guardian to two girls who can see and summon, her ghosts.
Bochica by Carolina Flórez-Cerchiaro is a haunting gothic novel set in a real-life Colombian mansion, where inherited trauma, fractured memory, and a malevolent house converge to pull a woman back into the secrets of her past.
The Possession of Alba Diaz by Isabel Cañas is a dark historical gothic in which demonic possession, colonial power, and religious obsession tighten their grip on a young woman trapped within an isolated Mexican silver mine.
The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell is a chilling Victorian gothic in which grief, isolation, and superstition take shape through uncanny wooden figures that watch, wait, and refuse to remain inert.
The Ladie Upstairs by Jessie Elland is a darkly claustrophobic gothic novel that uses rigid class structures, ambition, and desire to expose the hidden violence simmering beneath life above stairs.
I can’t wait to dive into all of these amazing Gothic novels, I think I’m going to have to start at the top of the list with the Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling there’s something about about medieval horror with some cannibalism thrown in that just makes me heave to read it also that cover is gorgeous, what’s your pick?
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